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There is a growing need in the cultural heritage sector today to learn more about how to convey historical knowledge and historical insight using different forms of media, not least film. For this reason, I have developed two freestanding courses in historical documentary production, where beginners build on their practical filmmaking competence through close collaboration with professional documentary filmmakers. These two undergraduate courses are taught online so that professionals at museums, archives and cultural heritage sites (or those who are cultural heritage enthusiasts in their spare time) can continue working while taking them part-time.    

During these courses the students examine how historical documentary film has the potential to convey knowledge about our past. In this article I will briefly explain the special possibilities that the medium of film offers to explore times past and I will also describe the approaches to the subject that have evolved to become some of the cornerstones of my teaching.

Essä i serie för kulturdebatt "Det bästa med Sverige" 

En film om restaureringen av vägg- och takmålningar i Glanshamamrs kyrka, samt om nya rön kring byggnadens historia. Varför byggdes en så märkvärdig kyrka vid Äverstsaån nära Hjälmarens strand för 900 år sedan?