Online training school is starting!

Our online Training school "How can archaeological museums work in the time of COVID?" is starting today

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.
Our online training school is starting today and all lectures will be broadcast live on the COST ARKWORK Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CostArkwork

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
13.45-14.30 Lecture: 30 min.+15 min. for discussion The Playful Turn in Heritage Studies and Gamification of Heritage Representations Piraye Hacıgüzeller, University of Antwerp
14.30-14.35 Closing the school  
14.35-16.00 Coffee in the breakout rooms  


25 trainees at COST-ARKWORK Training School in Sarajevo

The WG2 training school took place between 17-21st September, 2018 in Sarajevo. The training school was hosted and organized by Meliha Handzic in cooperation with WG2 leader Gisli Palsson (pictured) at the International Burch University, and included trainers and guest speakers recruited both locally and across Europe. The programme took a broad approach to the issues at stake in managing archaeological datasets. Furthermore, one trainer coached the attendees specifically in how to prepare project proposals, building on projects that attendees had ongoing.

 

Invited scholars from the COST Action, as well as from Bosnia’s heritage and archaeological communities presented case studies reflecting on insights and experience gained in digital documentation and curation practices. These case studies were supplemented by hands-on workshops aimed at developing practical skills, including training in topic modelling, metadata analysis, PostGIS data storage and spatial analysis, and statistical analysis using R. As the week progressed, trainees were introduced to more theoretical perspectives on the social and political contexts in which archaeological knowledge is produced, with a keynote lecture by Prof. Isto Huvila and a discussion panel between all of the trainers. Field trips throughout the week offered students the opportunity to understand Sarajevo’s complex history and pivotal geopolitical role, and an opportunity to see many of the issues discussed in the classroom applied to present-day museological practice.
Written by Gísli Palsson

COST Action COST-ARKWORK CA15201 Training School 2018 - Call for Trainees

Theme: Studying archaeological collections in the digital environment
Date & Location: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 17-21 September 2018 (5 days)
Local Host: International Burch University, www.ibu.edu.ba
Venue: International Burch University, Francuske revolucije bb., 71210 Ilidza, Canton
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

About this Training School

The training school aims to get participants acquainted with the process of creating,
organising, managing and exploring archaeological collections in digital environment, and
learn how to examine, evaluate and use different state-of-the art methods and tools to work
with archaeological collections. During the training school, participants will examine how
archaeologists create digital objects and documents in different contexts, how they integrate
these diverse and scattered knowledge sources, and how these insights can be used to inform
the development of the state-of-the-art and practical management of the work with
archaeological collections. They will also get hands-on experience in using software tools for
the analysis of digital archaeological collections. Finally, the participants will examine how
this archaeological knowledge work can be disseminated to different stakeholder groups.

Download the Call here

Call for trainees