Episode 9: Digital Heritage

Gill and Lulu get to pick Kelsey's brain about digital heritage!

What is it? How is it useful? What are the pros and cons? How can it be used for archaeology? These are just some of the topics covered in this episode. If you’ve ever wondered about the digitization and storage of heritage online, this is the episode for you.

Intro/Outro Music:

The Spaghetti Western Set by Brett Van Donsel Music - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=WizFTwM_J_8&feature=emb_logo

For your interest:

https://www.cyark.org/

Rapa Nui tour, Tenochtitlan Ruins of Mexico City, Stonewall Guided Tour- EXPLORE HISTORY in 3D

https://preserve.ucalgary.ca/

References

https://en.unesco.org/about-us/introducing-unesco

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_heritage

Bamiyan Buddhas https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-06-11/they-were-destroyed-taliban-now-giant-buddha-statues-bamiyan-have-returned-3-d#:~:text=The%20historic%20Buddhas%20of%20Bamiyan,valley%20as%203D%20light%20projections.&text=They%20were%20once%20the%20world's,apart%20and%20left%20in%20rubble.

https://www.cipaheritagedocumentation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Toubekis-e.a.-Preservation-and-Management-of-the-UNESCO-World-Heritage-Site-of-Bamiyan_Laser-Scan-Documentation-and-Virtual-reconstruction-of-the-Dest.pdf

https://www.geospatialworld.net/news/afghanistans-bamiyan-buddhas-reconstructed-using-laser-scanning-3d-printing/

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/04/laser-scans-could-help-rebuild-notre-dame-cathedral/587230/

Heritagization Paper: https://journals.openedition.org/reset/806

https://www.history.com/news/arctic-shipwreck-franklin-expedition-hms-terror-photos

UNESCO. Digital Heritage. https://en.unesco.org/themes/information-preservation/digital-heritage

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/