THROUGH MOUNTAINS OF WORK
Lecture by Willy Van Poucke
Thu 26 May 2011 - 8:00 PM
Willy
Van Poucke chose a very special tour guide to discover Wallonia: the
slag heap. He crossed the GR 412, the "slag heap path" which runs from
Bernissart to Blegny. Hundreds of slag heaps lead him into a region
that - as one of the first in Europe - went up the path of modernity.
This "testimony hills" are stringing together nearly a century of
industrial coal mining. Social struggle, industrial landscapes,
migration, ... these themes are vividly described by Van Poucke! This
world - for many still unknown - will be explored!