Roșia Montană. When heritage meets social activism, politics and community identity

• Autores: Alexandra Ion
• Localización: AP: Online Journal in Public Archaeology, ISSN-e 2171-6315, Nº. 4, 2014, págs. 51-60
• Idioma: inglés
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  • “Archaeology for Whom?” A situation where this question gainsparticular importance is the case of rescue archaeology projects,especially those facing big economic projects. It is the purpose ofthis article to propose a reflective attitude towards our practice.Thus, I will focus on the case of the site of Roșia Montană (Romania).Here, the contentious topic of a proposed cyanide gold miningexploitation brought forward a series of relevant questions: what isheritage, for whom it is meaningful (and in what way), and what isthe relationship between heritage and sustainable development ofa contemporary community.