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The Turów open pit lignite mine in Poland is currently the subject of intense debates and influences coexistence in the German-Czech-Polish border region. The European Court of Justice has provisionally prohibited further operation following a lawsuit from the Czech Republic, but Poland refuses to implement it. The judgment and the previous disputes have led to great uncertainty in local society. The article examines various processes of border demarcation (boundaries) along national borders. These are thought of simultaneously in the present field and must be related to each other. In addition to political and geographical markers, social and cultural boundaries are drawn in discourses of the mining company and the trade unions. Using ethnographic methods, I approach the complex field of transformation in this region and clarify the underlying interdependencies from the perspective of those who continue to see the future of the region in open pit lignite mining. |
