Grundtvig - Archimedes

Workshop Reference number: 2011-1-TR1-GRU13-27496
Venue: Erzurum Date of the Workshop: 01/07/2012 - 08/07/2012
Creating Your Own Accessories Made of OLTU Stone and Exploring
Traditional Turkish Cuisine?
Subject area: Artistic education, also including Arts and Crafts and Music / Cultural heritage
Social integration / exclusion
Working language(s): EN
Target Group + Translation:
This workshop is directed to adults –both women and men- from European countries who wish to
learn to make Turkish handicrafts and learn about different cultures through cooking. Priority will
be given to candidates who have special interest in manual skills and cookery, howeverno particular
artistic skills are needed.
Main activities Programme + Programme translation:
The participants will get a basic knowledge of how to carve Oltu stone, a precious, regional stone
only found in the city of Erzurum. They will create accessories with Oltu and discover how to cook
traditional Turkish food at the same time.
1. Welcome meeting, getting to know each other and general information about the programme
(Opening Ceremony).
2. Introducing necessary equipments for carving/proccessing Oltu stone via slideshows on the
projection in the classroom.
3. Observing the craftsman/expert of Oltu stone and learning basic skills in carving and
proccessing it.
4. Producing Oltu products.
5. Getting necessary and brief knowledge about traditional Turkish cuisine.
6. Practising in cooking some special and easy Turkish dishes.
7. Evaluations, discussions and getting the reflections.
8. Exhibiting participants’ products while serving traditional Turkish dessert cooked by the
participants.
9. Study visits to the town called Oltu where this precious stone is mined, and to the city center,
museums, historical places around it.
10. Closing ceremony. Giving the participants their certificates .
Workshop Organiser:
MEB Hizmetici Egitim Dairesi Erzurum Hizmetici Egitim
Enstitusu
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