Peatland Exchanges #2: Archeological tales from the bog
Peatland Exchanges #2: Archeological tales from the bog
An online event on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 14.00 CET
Peatlands yield information about past and present human cultures as well as landscape change. This event explored: how can we tell the stories of this natural and cultural heritage and incorporate these narratives in museum contexts? What creatives routes might help imagine lives that have been lived, weaving above and below ground?
The program explored these questions with Head of World Soil Museum Stephan Mantel, WUR Assistant Professor in Soil Geography and Landscape and Cultural Geography Roy van Beek, Drents Museum Curator of Archeology Floor Huisman, artist Kate Foster.
00:00:00 Program Welcome and Introduction to Peatland Exchanges and ISRIC World Soil Museum, Stephan Mantel, head of museum, ISRIC - World Soil Information
00:06:25 The past, present and future of Dutch bogs from an archaeological perspective, dr. Roy van Beek, asst professor Soil Geography & Landscape Group / Cultural Geography Group, Wageningen University & Research
00:49:25 Break
00:53:52 Bog treasures at the Drents Museum, Assen, Floor Huisman, Drents Museum Curator of Archeology
01:37:22 Imagining lives lived, above and below ground, Kate Foster
Environmental artist, World Soil Museum artist-in-residence
01:52:54 Group discussion
Peatland Exchanges is a collaborative initiative of 2022 ISRIC World Soil Museum artist-in-residence Kate Foster. It is a four-part online series of researchers talks for the wider community on peatland-related topics in partnership with Wageningen University and Research’s (WUR) Home Turf and Wetfutures projects as well as Drents Museum.
Learn more about the initiatives and institutions represented in the Peatland Exchanges Series:
--Drents Museum https://drentsmuseum.nl/
--Kate Foster's portfolio https://linktr.ee/katefoster
--Home Turf Project http://www.boglandscapes.eu/
--Wetfutures http://www.wetfutures.eu/about.html
--World Soil Museum https://wsm.isric.org/
--Wageningen University and Research Soil Geography & Landscape Group, https://www.wur.nl/en/research-result...