How can archaeological museums work in the time of COVID?
Online, 15-19 March 2021
The COVID situation, making it difficult or impossible to visit museums in the physical environment, is a challenge for museum professionals and the members of different archaeology-related communities. Museums need new means for communicative work and reaching visitors – new ways to interact with museum collections.
The role of social networks sites (SNS) and the importance of social network-based communities has grown in the time of social distancing. The skills of online visitor studies and the competencies to organize the SNS exhibitions are some of the most important for museum professionals at this time.
COST ARKWORK online Training school is aimed to overview the museum work in the digital environment at the time of the pandemic and to develop the skills of SNS visitor studies and the curation of the Twitter exhibition.
COST ARKWORK online Training school is open to museum professionals, social sciences and humanities scholars, MA and PhD students. Students will be expected 20 hours of their time during the week of the training school for attendance of synchronous sessions and asynchronous preparation and collaboration.
Participation in the Training school is free of charge but registration is required.
Registration at: <https://forms.gle/67dTd4ZabmuQgD5N7>.
Registration closes – 10 March 2021, 17.00 EET
We will respond to applicants by 12 March 2021, 17.00 EET
Training school programme (all times are EET):
| 15 March 2021 | ||
| 13.45 | Welcome | |
| 14.00-14.45 | Lecture 30 min.+15 min for discussion Digital museum projects in the time of covid-19 | Chiara Zuanni, University of Graz |
| 14.45-15.30 | Lecture 30 min.+15 min for discussion Museums and online communities | Costis Dallas, University of Toronto |
| 15.30-16.30 | Coffee break in the breakout rooms | |
| 16:30-17:00 | Workshop. How to study online communities: ARKWORK focus group research | Ingrida Kelpšienė, Vilnius University |
| 17.00-17.30 | Asynchronous work assignment. Topic, objective, and tasks | Suzie Thomas, University of Helsinki |
| 16 March 2021 | ||
| 10.30-16.00 | Asynchronous work. Online community case study. Meeting online first at 10:30 – recap; 11:00 opportunity for questions and private discussions; 15:00 reconvene – recap and questions | [moderators] Suzie Thomas, University of Helsinki; Ingrida Kelpšienė, Vilnius University |
| 17 March 2021 | ||
| 12.00-13.00 | Presentation of asynchronous work results | [moderators] Suzie Thomas, University of Helsinki; Ingrida Kelpšienė, Vilnius University |
| 13.00-13.45 | Lecture 30 min.+15 min for discussion On the road to everywhere. Archaeological routes for online travellers during the pandemic? | Jacqueline Balen, Archaeological Museum in Zagreb |
| 13.45-14.30 | Lecture 30 min.+15 min for discussion From visitor studies to the exhibition. | Rimvydas Laužikas, Vilnius University |
| 14.30-15.30 | Coffee break in the breakout rooms | |
| 15.30-16.30 | Workshop. How to prepare a Twitter exhibition: interpretive planning, design and implementation | Costis Dallas, University of Toronto |
| 18 March 2021 | ||
| 10.30-16.00 | Asynchronous work Preparation of Twitter exhibition. Meeting online first at 10:30 – recap; 11:00 opportunity for questions and private discussions; 15:00 reconvene – recap and questions. | [moderators] Costis Dallas, University of Toronto; Rimvydas Laužikas, Vilnius University |
| 19 March 2021 | ||
| 12.00-13.00 | Opening of Twitter exhibition and presentation of exhibits (results of asynchronous work) | [moderators] Costis Dallas, University of Toronto; Rimvydas Laužikas, Vilnius University |
| 13.00-13.45 | Lecture: 30 min.+15 min. for discussion Immersive experiences and difficult heritage: Past lessons, Challenges ahead | Agiatis Benardou, Digital Curation Unit, Athena Research Centre |
| 13.45-1350 | Closing the school | |
| 13.50-15.00 | Coffee in the breakout rooms |