Training school will take place form 1st to 3rd September 2026
Representatives of local organizers: Timo Särkkä & Maare Paloheimo (University of Jyväskylä), Heidi Koponen, Museum curator (Ilomantsi Museum Foundation)
Local Organiser: Möhkö Ironworks Museum/Ilomantsi Museum Foundation
Participants will spend 3 full days training on the topics of historical wood charcoal production and associated iron making, and tar production and traditions. Attendees will also learn how to work on, and help to create, some of the Action deliverables; in particular i) the Platform sharing knowledge, and providing data for the Catalogue, ii) working with different types of information sources like the Vocabulary and the ICH (D2, D12), as well as iii) practical work on making the Virtual educational trail (D13).
This training school is organised by WGs 1, 3 and 4. Details are in PDF below ⬇️
For any questions, please contact:
WG1 Lead Zoë Hazell zoe.hazell@historicengland.org.uk
WG1 Co-lead Aleksandra Fostikov aleks.fostikov@gmail.com
For detailed practical questions nearer the time, the local organisers’ contacts will be available.