SCOTTS RUN MINERS' WALK: A COMMUNITY OF CURATORS OF THE COAL HISTORY IN SCOTTS RUN, WEST VIRGINIA

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dc.contributor.advisorBennett, Ralph D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWilfong, Kileyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-03T05:30:40Z
dc.date.available2013-04-03T05:30:40Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractWest Virginia's coal mining history is long and rich, with many cultures intersecting with the industry. As coal mining shrank from the industry it used to be, poor families were left in the once-prosperous coal towns, unable to afford to move to find better jobs. The natural landscape had yielded to the industry, and the remnants of mining remain, evocative relics of an earlier era. As the coal companies moved on, these towns and landscapes were left at a loss for how to move forward. This thesis investigates ways to revitalize an abandoned landscape and to engage people in their cultural history. Reading the remnants and fragments of industry, and the landscape as clearings, seams and runs, it proposes architectural interventions in six places on the site that are connected by various path types meant to encourage visitors to experience the culture and history of coal mining in West Virginia.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/13794
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArea planning and developmenten_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLandscape architectureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcoal miningen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcommunityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcultural landscapeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlandscape architectureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledrecreation parken_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWest Virginiaen_US
dc.titleSCOTTS RUN MINERS' WALK: A COMMUNITY OF CURATORS OF THE COAL HISTORY IN SCOTTS RUN, WEST VIRGINIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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