%A Xiaoxuan LU %T Bombs, Wood and Gold: Synchronizing the Processes of Mining and Demining in the Post-war Landscape of Laos %0 Journal Article %D 2013 %J Landsc. Archit. Front. %J Landscape Architecture Frontiers %@ 2096-336X %R %P 140-149 %V 1 %N 2 %U {https://journal.hep.com.cn/laf/EN/ %8 2013-04-01 %X

The project poses a new linkage between resource extraction and post-war metal cycling economies, strengthening a livelihood that heals a war-scarred landscape. It proposes a strategy of "demining bombs by mining gold". The bomb-soaked landscape of Laos, which has 80 million unexploded bombs left over from the Vietnam War, provides an opportunity to rethink the processes of mining. Simultaneously, mineral exploration and excavation processes become mechanisms of rehabilitating and reconstructing the hazardous ground.