In Mined Soil, César connects the history of the Guinean freedom fighter and agronomist Amílcar Cabral and his research on erosion in Portugal associatively with contemporary documentation of experimental mining by a Canadian company in the same area Cabral once studied. Here the soil itself is a depot of memories, traces, exploitation, crises, arsenal, treasures and palimpsests. This work directs our attention at contemporary macro economic questions in the wake of the Euro-crises, where countries like Greece and Portugal have been forced to look for wealth in new ways that can have deep social and environmental consequences. Filipa César does not only tell the story of this 47 km2 of Portuguese landscape among so many absent from the searchlight of the media, she also tells about neo-colonialist operations striking back on European ground.