FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIETY | Workshop
K3 Monster Lab: Archaeopoetry – writing the haunted past of Sandby borg

Step into the shadows of Sandby borg, a 1,500-year-old Iron Age ring fort on the island of Öland, where a brutal massacre left traces that still echo through time. In this workshop, we will explore how poetry can serve as a vessel for memory, trauma, and transformation.

Using archaeological images and texts as our starting point, we’ll examine how violence and monstrous acts shape our understanding of the past. Participants will be guided in crafting their own archaeopoems – creative responses that give voice to the silenced, the spectral, and the uncanny.