November 5, 2020
Unesco and Safeguarding
The Dutch model of safeguarding the craft of the miller.
Speakers:
Erik Kopp, Chair Guild of Voluntary Millers, Leiden
Nicole Bakker, Director Dutch Mill Society, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Questions from audience (through live Q&A)
Situation in Europe and Canada concerning the craft of the miller
The situation in Belgium.
Speaker: Alain Goublomme, Chair Mill Forum Flanders, Herzele, Belgium
Questions from audience (through live Q&A)
Traditional milling in the United Kingdom in the 21st century
Speaker: Jonathan Cook, Miller, former Chair of the Traditional Cornmillers Guild and the SPAB-Mill Section, Cambridge, England
Unesco film about Safeguarding in the Netherlands
The craft of the miller in Canada
Speaker: Antoine Gauthier, Executive Director, Quebec Council for Intangible Heritage (CQPV), Quebec, and Martin Trudel, Assistant Miller, Saint-Eustache Mill, Saint-Eustache, Canada and Mardjane Amin
Windmills in Poland and the world of Polish traditional milling
Speaker: Filip Tomaszewski, Assistant Professor, Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Below you can find the results of the conference of 5 November 2020
The craft of the miller in:
Belgium, presentation
United Kingdom, presentation
Canada, presentation
Poland, presentation
Netherlands, film The craft of the miller operating windmills and watermills
A dictionary on the craft of the miller is available here.
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