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\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]19 April 2022<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nThe EmHuMeN Project team meets every few months to discuss the status of the research and share its up-to-date results. All team members are involved in ongoing research goals. In May 2022, the first of two field sessions were held (in the eastern part of Szopienice). The next one will be held in June in the western part and Ro\u017adzie\u0144 (part of Szopienice).<\/p>\n
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The research on the soundscape created today and in the past in selected areas along the Rawa river (including the audio sphere of Szopienice) is underway. The soundscape can provide information about the ecological condition of the river itself, its appeal for artistic events in the social space and the potential of urban planning. Questions were asked about the quality of the audio sphere by the Rawa River, and whether the soundscape is a wishful and imaginary landscape or an authentic one.<\/span><\/p>\nThe research on the soundscape created today and in the past in selected areas along the Rawa river (including the audio sphere of Szopienice) is underway. The soundscape can provide information about the ecological condition of the river itself, its appeal for artistic events in the social space and the potential of urban planning. Questions were asked about the quality of the audio sphere by the Rawa River, and whether the soundscape is a wishful and imaginary landscape or an authentic one.<\/span><\/p>\nResearch on geochemical and mineralogical soil tests is ongoing in Szopienice within the area of the former Uthemans smelter, Wilhelmina (a former labour district), ul. Szabelniania, the region of Hubertus pond and the neighbourhood of Non-ferrous Metal Smelter. The goal of the research is to identify metalliferous minerals with potentially toxic elements in its structure (such as lead, zinc, cadmium, thallium, iron, manganese, arsenic, antimony); in an irregular grid, several dozens of samples were taken from the topsoil layers (0-0.3m).<\/span><\/p>\n1. The samples will be tested using ICP-ES\/MS methods in order to mark the elements identified. Bureau Veritas Laboratory in Canada, in accordance with the procedures, for example, MA 270, MA250 and the Laboratory of the Faculty of Natural Sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n2. Tests using Thermo Scientific Quanta 250 scanning microscope in the Laboratory of the Institute of Earth Sciences. Analysing BSE images and EDS spectra will let us identify the metalliferous phases. BSE\/EDS image of the post-smelter phase. (According to Caba\u0142a et al. 2021)<\/span><\/p>\n3. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) testing methods by using Philips PW 3710 diffractometer (the Laboratory of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, the Institute of Earth Sciences) will let us identify the mineral composition of the soil.<\/span><\/p>\nResearch is underway to trace the paths of industrialisation and urbanisation of two districts of contemporary Katowice: Ro\u017adzie\u0144 and Szopienice, the fates of which are tied to coal mining and zinc metallurgy and a text describing the impact of industrialisation on the environment and spatial changes associated with progressive urbanisation is being prepared. Historical research will also address the problem of the state institution and its impact on the conditions of the industry. The state institution\u2019s impact has been already seen even before the production of zinc began. This concerns the operating conditions of the main producer – Georg von Giesche’s Erben company, which dates back to the beginning of the 18th century. We also plan to collect and analyse data regarding the lifespan of citizens of Ro\u017adzie\u0144 and Szopienice, based on parish and civil registration records.<\/span><\/p>\nThe analysis of the changes in the use of land in Szopienice and Ro\u017adzie\u0144 in a dynamic perspective is underway. The industrialisation of the part of Upper Silesia that relied on zinc and lead metallurgy has shaped a quite specific, functionally heterogeneous area of the modern urban conurbation. The research is focused on key determinants of the shaping of this area and the planning and strategic challenges facing this part of contemporary Katowice.<\/span><\/p>\nThe literary research on Szopienice and the Rawa river is underway. Here is its excerpt: \u201cRawa is a river after the end of the world – it has lost the battle with humanity and it was turned into sewage. However, even the world of industrial revolution, which has destroyed it, has been destroyed as well and turned into a ruin. Currently, Rawa is a remnant of heroic struggles of the modern world. It may be a living monument of Anthropocene, even though the life around it returns slowly and tentatively. It will be a monument stretched for almost twenty kilometres, whose initial sections are marked by sewage pipes, a spectral (non)presence in \u015awi\u0119toch\u0142owice and Chorz\u00f3w, silent disguise between ponds or a simulated presence in the market square in Katowice. These various types of (non)presence of the river might be a sign referring to the complicated history of industrial revolution, which changes rivers into sewage, earth into a desert.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nThe initial results of biological research are intriguing. Here is an excerpt: \u201cContaminated places may be regarded as reservoirs of native plants that tolerate and bioaccumulate heavy metals in various ranges. Native plant species that colonise such areas first may be valuable bioindicators and bio-accumulators of heavy metals in these areas. Plants capable of colonising both contaminated and uncontaminated environments with heavy metals are dubbed by biologists pseudometallophytes, as opposed to total (obligate) metallophytes found only in metal-enriched areas. Metallophytes colonising soils rich in heavy metals are plants adapted to live in the presence of high concentrations of such metals, but also to harsh habitat conditions.”<\/span><\/p>\nSociological research is underway on reconstruction of life experiences of Szopienice residents in the post-war period connected to living in the area contaminated by lead and working in the non-ferrous metal smelter. In the research, particular importance is attached to the experience of \u201clead children\u201d. The point of interest is the collective memory of the Szopienice citizens about life in the shadow of a smelter. For this purpose, interviews with people living in Szopienice are conducted.<\/span><\/p>\nThe research with the use of spectroscopic techniques such as visible light and near-infrared spectroscopy for rapid monitoring of soil conditions is underway. In addition, a hyperspectral imaging approach is being implemented for effective monitoring of soil quality, using remote mode measurements, i.e. allowing drones to monitor a selected area from the air. Based on spectroscopic fingerprints of cultivated soils and soils from contaminated areas (in particular), the level of selected heavy metals (e.g. Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni), Mg, N, P, K, organic matter, pH, or other relevant parameters are estimated.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”4\/6″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] EmHuMeN [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text el_class=”font-black”] The impact of long-term pollutant emissions \u2013 environmental, health, and socio-cultural effects of non-ferrous metallurgy [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”18px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”4\/6″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text el_class=”foto” css=”.vc_custom_1650348413097{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1655201264899{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 15px !important;}”] Taking into account the socio-cultural influence, […]<\/p>\n
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