Mining, Materiality and Memory: Lingering Legacies in Longyearbyen

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Journal of Contemporary Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-09-20 DOI:10.1558/jca.21643

Dina Brode-Roger

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Abstract

When the old power plant at Longyearbyen on Svalbard in the Arctic was decommissioned in 1983, the building was earmarked for demolition. However, the presence of asbestos made the cost of removal too high and the building remained closed for more than 35 years. Now, its fate is once again being examined. Ideas for its potential future include establishment as an industrial memorial, a site for cultural events, a tourist attraction and/or a monument “of fossilised time”. Questions of which past is to be remembered, which uses are acceptable, which materiality is to be kept – and in what condition – all permeate the project, which is called FOSSIL. This paper examines different aspects of the project from both a material perspective (Identity of Place) and a human perspective (place-identity), bringing up questions of politics of memory, museumification, and the desired and undesired facets of heritage that the project engages with as it shapes the power plant’s (re)incarnation.

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挖掘、物质性和记忆:朗伊尔城挥之不去的遗产

1983年，当北极斯瓦尔巴群岛朗伊尔城的旧发电厂退役时，该建筑被指定拆除。然而，石棉的存在使拆除成本过高，该建筑关闭了35年多。现在，它的命运再次受到审视。其潜在未来的想法包括建立一个工业纪念馆、文化活动场所、旅游景点和/或“化石时代”纪念碑。哪些过去需要记住，哪些用途是可以接受的，哪些物质性需要保留，以及在什么条件下，这些问题都渗透到了这个名为FOSSIL的项目中。本文从物质角度（地点认同）和人类角度（地点身份）考察了该项目的不同方面，提出了记忆政治、博物馆化以及该项目在塑造发电厂（再）化身时所涉及的遗产的期望和不期望的方面的问题。

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Journal of Contemporary Archaeology ARCHAEOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Contemporary Archaeology is the first dedicated, international, peer-reviewed journal to explore archaeology’s specific contribution to understanding the present and recent past. It is concerned both with archaeologies of the contemporary world, defined temporally as belonging to the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, as well as with reflections on the socio-political implications of doing archaeology in the contemporary world. In addition to its focus on archaeology, JCA encourages articles from a range of adjacent disciplines which consider recent and contemporary material-cultural entanglements, including anthropology, art history, cultural studies, design studies, heritage studies, history, human geography, media studies, museum studies, psychology, science and technology studies and sociology. Acknowledging the key place which photography and digital media have come to occupy within this emerging subfield, JCA includes a regular photo essay feature and provides space for the publication of interactive, web-only content on its website.