Linking theory and practice, we started by visiting the Sala Silver Mine with it’s jaw-dropping central shaft 🪨✨ It’s scary to think that this bucket went up and down with 3-7 miners at a time. On the second day, we had the opportunity to exchange ideas and research problems.

The morning had presentations from Armel Cornu, Tim Berndtsson, Caroline Lindroth, Hedvig Widmalm, and ‌Sarah Seinitzer, covering gendered, colonial, utopian, and medical aspects of mining history. Plus a crumble of blueberries handpicked in the forest! ☕️🍰