Every year, our skilled craft specialists share their knowledge and create a dialogue with visitors by demonstrating the materials and practices related to their work.
With the Gislinge Boat Project 2015, the Museum aimed to expand this dialogue by actively involving the public in these practices. Visitors were invited to ‘take part’ in the construction of the Gislinge boat – a 7m long boat from the 12th century.
Lets do it again- Gislinge III
While last time the primary focus was on Open Source and involvement of the public, this year we will focus on Open Source and experimental archaeology.
Experimental archaeology involves carrying out practical experiments based on archaeological finds – in this case, a boat from 1130 – in order to develop a deeper understanding of the past.
With Gislinge III, we will reconstruct the working boat from Gislinge on the basis of the experience gained during the previous project and with the test-sailing we have carried out with the first reconstruction, which was launched in 2015. The process will again involve traditional Nordic wooden boat building, archaeological sources and more, while all the time working with the understanding that we cannot deviate from the original archaeological material.
The project will involve an exploration and description of the experimental archaeological method: a method, which is based on embodied knowledge, wood technology, tradition, experience and more, all of which becomes the key to raising new and relevant questions, in our endeavours to understand our past.
