The Borgund Kaupang Project Workshop 2021

We invited all colleagues involved in the project to Bergen in order to take stock of the progress so far, chart the future of the project, and to get a chance to socialise after a long period of pandemic-related isolation from each other. However, the pandemic is not over, and several of our colleagues had to join us online. The Borgund Kaupang Project's first hybrid meeting went off without a hitch.

After two days of papers and discussions about the different sub-projects at Bryggens Museum, in the heart of medieval Bergen, we retreated to Osterøy Museum in Gjerstad, who had invited us to hold the third day of the workshop on the premises of their open air museum. We used the day to inform ourselves about the textile-related research and experiments that form part of the BKP, as well as to discuss the overall project.

Thank you to our hosts at Bryggens Museum/Bymuseet and at Osterøy Museum/Museumssenteret i Hordaland and thank you to all the participants of the workshop (and the collaborators who unfortunately couldn't attend) for an interesting and intellectually stimulating three days!