"Minett Stories" virtual exhibition

The Minett Stories virtual exhibition explores the history and identity of the Minett, the industrial region in southern Luxembourg, in 21 stories. For a century (approx. 1870-1970) the Minett was shaped by iron ore mining and the iron and steel industry. Rapid economic and population growth, urbanisation and labour migration had a major impact on the history of the region, which has also been shaped by economic crises, environmental pollution and precarious housing and living conditions.

C²DH historians Viktoria Boretska and  Stefan Krebs and anthropologist Irene Portas Vázquez  spoke to Hanna Siemaszko, the producer of the SciLux podcast on science in Luxembourg, about the making of the stories  and the challenges of fictionalising history.

This podcast was recorded in connection with the 2022 Annual Report of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), a University of Luxembourg research centre.

The exhibition is part of the Remixing Industrial Pasts in the Digital Age (“Remix”) project, in connection with the European Capital of Culture Esch2022.

Want to find out more?

Minett Stories - Remixing Industrial Pasts in the Digital Age: https://minett-stories.lu
C²DH website: https://www.c2dh.uni.lu/
SciLux: https://scilux.buzzsprout.com/

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:33 What is the Minett region?
• 2:12 Iron ore and transnational mobility
• 4:58 "Minett stories" transmedia exhibition
• 6:25 "Biller aus der Minett" picture collection from the Luxembourg Wort
• 10:13 Life in the declining Minett: "Liewen am Minett"
• 13:39 "Minett Stories" as part of the "Remixing Industrial Pasts" project
• 15:50 Graphic novels about pollution
• 19:30 Stories of women in the Minett
• 22:06 The challenges of fictionalising history
• 26:25 How did you start working at the C²DH?