01729nas a2200145   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000800043100001900051245010500070300001000175490000600185520137800191022001401569       2017                            d  cdec1 aCamilo Delgado00aHeritage Construction: the Mobilization of the Collective Memory in Mining towns in Coahuila, Mexico  a70-810 v83 aThis REPORT supports the idea that cultural heritage is a process in constant creation. For this, it documents two case studies resulting from the field work of the current project called "Mining industrial heritage. Exploration and assessment possibilities in the coalfield of Coahuila": the "El viandero" dance, from Nueva Rosita (municipality of San Juan de Sabinas), and the activity of the civil group "Coterraneos de Rancherias" (municipality of Muzquiz). The purposes of this con-tribution concur with those of the above-mentioned general project: on the one hand, to identify the intangible expressions associated with coal mining, such as artistic representations, rituals, knowledge and techniques, as well as emblematic social movements and, on the other hand, to comprehend the meanings that surround the tangible and intangible heritage for the inhabitants of the coalfield of Coahuila in a context of deindustrialization. Non-structured interviews of members of these towns show that, even in such context, the collective memory associated with the mining work re-emerges in different manners to take shape as heritage. Likewise, the information collected indicates that heritage is not only a selection and interpretation of the past but also a construction of the present, projected towards the future through the values that we want to preserve and convey.  a2007-249X