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VIROM
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life of and contacts between Europeans in the first millennium AD.
CLT2004/A1/SE-335
Final report on
the implementation of the action
Orientation
The project was an annual co-operation project between Staffanstorp in
Sweden (organiser), Wolin in Poland (co-organiser) and Ozzano
dell'Emilia in Italy (co-organiser).
Presentation of the teams:
http://www.virom.net/partic.htm
All three towns has in its close surroundings unique archaeological
sites with the remains under the ground.
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 Sweden |
Staffanstorp – UPPÅKRA |
100
B.C. - 1000 A.D.
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Poland |
Wolin
- JOMSBURG |
900
-1100 A.D.
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 Italy |
Ozzano dell'Emilia – CLATERNA |
500
B.C. - 200 A.D.
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Which means that their are possibilities for contacts/influences
between Uppåkra/Claterna at the start of the first millennium AD and
between Uppåkra/Jomsburg at the end of the first millennium AD.
Overall assessment
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Initial objectives
The main point with the project is to make the involved pupils and
the public aware of their historical heritage in focus of the
unique archaeological site close to them. |
Achievements
Not only the pupils, but also the schools and teachers has become
aware of the unique archaeological site close to them.
Involving local artists in the project gave the project a better
status. It was not only something done inside the schools, it was
something done in the open society.
It has really stimulated the people in the different towns to
think about their historical heritage and to promote their unique
archaeological site
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Through the project, its work and its activities, both
participants and the public, will get an increased awareness,
knowledge and understanding for both their own and other
participating countries historical heritage. |
Finishing the project with a travelling exhibition was really
good. It stimulated to do something extra because it should be
shown to the public in different countries. It also gave the
project an European dimension; youths from the north, east and
south of Europe met, planned and did one, no really three,
exhibitions together.
At that moment - the visitors got an increased awareness,
knowledge and understanding for both their own and the other
participating countries historical heritage.
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What results are anticipated on a long-term basis?
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An increased interest for the historical heritage.
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A better knowledge about the local history.
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A better knowledge about historical co-operation, influence and
exchange between Europeans.
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The project has stimulated the planning in the municipalities for
further investigations and visualisation of the historical
heritage in focus of the history of the three unique
archaeological sites.
It has also stimulated to a closer co-operation in the terms of
culture tourism.
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Who will benefit from the project?
After the project is finished, there will be possibilities for
continuous co-operation and exchange of knowledge, for
professionals, schools and the public, and not only in the
participating towns and countries. The Web-site will, with its
accessibility and possibility to be up-graded, spread knowledge
about the archaeological sites and the historical heritage but
also establish new contacts and create networks in this field over
Europe. This interest and awareness which the project creates for
each of the archaeological sites, will hopefully also increase the
economical support for research and science at the site and an
increase of culture-tourism.
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The VIROM-site is going to be published on the Webb for so long
time there indicates an interest for it.
It has for the moment a top ranking on Google.
There will still be possibilities to use the collected materials
in other coming applications in this field. |
The project in
short
The project started
with information about the archaeological and historical heritage on
each site given to the pupils and teachers in the involved classes.
The same basic information is published on the common WEB-site of the
project;
www.virom.net.
The results of the pupils own work were discussed at seminars with the
archaeological experts. The results from the pupils searching of
information are published on the WEB-site.
The pupils "Education and searching information"-phase of the project
has created pictures in their minds, which they express through
drawings and paintings. Some of those illustrations, from the three
different towns, are presented in a virtual gallery at the common
WEB-site.
The information and the results on the WEB-site did also inspire
invited local artists in the three towns to shape their illustrations
through drawings and paintings. Those work of art are also presented
in a virtual gallery at the common WEB-site, and as a part of the
touring exhibition.
The travelling exhibition was the final part of the project. The
participating countries formed their own part of the exhibition, and
the three parts were be put together and formed the travelling
exhibition. The exhibition was formed out of pupils drawings &
paintings, replicas of archaeological finds and most of the artists
works. together with information about the project and the three
archaeological sites. Involved pupils and teachers accompanied the
exhibition and gave presentations and speeches at each place. Speeches
given by archaeologists completed the information about the historical
heritage and contact between Europeans.
The exhibition was formed out of drawings and paintings, work of arts,
some archaeological finds, and information about the project and the
three archaeological sites. Some pupils represented their town and
accompanied the exhibition and gave presentations and speeches at each
place. The exhibition was open to the public, and stayed at each of
the three places for about a week.
Publishing:
The
creating of a common WEB-site was an important part of the project.
The information about the project and the three places were presented
to the public here, and also the results of the pupils searching
information, and the virtual gallery from the illustrating phase.
It was also planned that the pupils should be able to exchange
information here during the project. A
chat-room was created but did
not became a success. Mostly depending on the lack of synchronising in
time and also troubles with fire-walls.
The main purpose of this WEB-site is to make information about the
project and the three places available to as many people as possible.
All information and all results are sent to Sweden, where the
project-manager and the WEB-editor formed the site.
Hopefully, the awareness created by this site, can inspire to a
further economic support to the activities necessary to make a part of
these heritages in different ways available to the public, and to keep
science going, seeking for more answers.
Detailed report of the implementation of
the project
The
creating of the common WEB-site was really an important part of the
project. Here below, is it possible to follow the different steps of
the project and the corresponding information and documentation that
was published on the WEB-site. This in total forms a detailed report
of the implementation of the project
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Step
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Action(s)
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HTML-referens on the VIROM CD corresponding to the Webb-site:
www.virom.net
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Starting-Up!
The project started with a meeting
with the project-manager, and the responsible persons from
Staffanstorp, Ozzano and Wolin. Information about the
archaeological site Uppåkra was given.
Meeting place: Staffanstorp, Sweden
Time: 2004-09-30
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Introduction - Education
At each place the responsible person
organised information about the project to the involved teachers
and pupils at the participating schools, they also organised the
work and assign tasks.
Today
Each place are introduced on the WEB-site in order
to inform the different participants about their VIROM-colleagues
and their towns and surroundings.
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http://www.virom.net/poland/festival/festival.htm
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Archaeological & historical heritage
At each place experts from the
archaeological institutions/similar are gave
information and the basic knowledge to the involved pupils at the
participating schools about their historical heritage with the
main point in the first millennium AD in the mirror of today.
How did they live?
How did it look like?At
the same time in Ozzano Emilia, experts of the archaeological
associations gathered information and documents about the ancient
town of Claterna, in order to give to the involved pupils the
basic knowledge about their historical heritage, focusing on the
period 500 B.C- 500 AD, in the mirror of today.
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Staffanstorp
- Uppåkra
http://www.virom.net/sweden/detector/index.htm
http://www.virom.net/sweden/movie/templet.wmv
Wolin -
Jomsborg
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Overall contacts
Background information about the questionWhere
their any contacts and/or influences with the other participating
places/areas?
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Overall
contacts
http://www.virom.net/contacts/index.htm |
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Searching information
The pupils now formed their own
questions about their archaeological site, their historical
heritage and so on, in order to add supplementary details,
important out of their point of view. They searched actively the
answers in different sources.
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Claterna - Archaeological documentation and catalogue of ancient
finds
In Ozzano dell'Emilia the experts of
the archaeological associations carried out a research work in the
archives and libraries, taking photographs and making digital
scanning of the documents, and a cataloguing work, in order to
reconstruct, for the pupils and the teachers, the history of
Claterna and its inhabitants and the possible connections with the
North Europe archaeological sites of Uppåkra and Jomsborg.
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Claterna - Archaeological documentation and catalogue of ancient
finds
http://www.virom.net/italy/progetto/gallery/index.htm |
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Summing-Up!
The results from the phase
"Searching information" were, including the remaining questions,
presented by the pupils at a seminar together with the
experts from the
archaeological institutions/similar.
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Report
The pupils form a report based on
knowledge found in the phase "Searching information" and from the
"Summing-Up"- seminar.
At
the same time, the archaeological associations in Ozzano dell'
Emilia finished the cataloguing of Claterna finds and the relative
inventory, filing, drawing and taking photographs.
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Claterna - Archaeological documentation and catalogue of ancient
finds
http://www.virom.net/italy/progetto/gallery/index.htm |
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Follow-Up 1!
A follow up was organised with a one
day meeting with the project-manager and the responsible persons
from Staffanstorp, Ozzano and Wolin.
Information about the archaeological site Claterna was given.
Meeting place: Ozzano, Italy.
Time: 2005-02-08
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Illustrating - students
The pupils results - the picture of
the living of and the contacts between European citizens at
"their" place in Europe during the first millennium AD in the
mirror of today - are also presented in drawings & paintings. Out
of the facts and the written-information presented in the report,
pupils were invited to shape their illustration in drawings and
paintings.
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Staffanstorp - Uppåkra
http://www.virom.net/sweden/arch_histor/hagalid/illust_stud.htm
http://www.virom.net/poland/gimnazjum_sierostaw/index.htm
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Illustrating - local artists
Out of the facts and the
written-information presented in the report and on the web-site,
local artists were invited to shape their illustration in drawings
and paintings.
Those
work of art, from the 3 different countries, are also presented in
a virtual gallery at the common www-site. |
http://www.virom.net/sweden/gallery/index.htm
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Follow-Up 2!
A second follow up was organised
with a one day meeting with the project-manager and the
responsible persons from Staffanstorp, Ozzano and Wolin.
Information about the archaeological site Jomsborg was given.
Meeting place: Wolin, Poland.
Time: 2005-04-26
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Travelling exhibition
A travelling exhibition was the
final part of the project. The participating countries formed
their own part of the exhibition, and then the three parts was put
together and functioned as a touring exhibition.
The
exhibition was formed out of pupils drawings & paintings, replicas
of archaeological finds and most of the artists works. together
with information about the project and the three archaeological
sites. Involved pupils and teachers accompanied the exhibition and
gave presentations and speeches at each place. Speeches given by
archaeologists completed the information about the historical
heritage and contact between Europeans.
The
exhibition was open to the public and there was also special
guiding for schools. It stayed at each of the three places for
about a week.
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http://www.virom.net/sweden/exhibition/index.htm
Movies
http://www.virom.net/sweden/movie/opening5.wmv
http://www.virom.net/sweden/movie/opening6.wmv
http://www.virom.net/movie/disc_clat.wmv
http://www.virom.net/movie/disc_upp.wmv
http://www.virom.net/movie/disc_jomsb.wmv
http://www.virom.net/poland/preparations/startex.htm
http://www.virom.net/italy/exhibition/index.htm
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