MOEBHIOS team has been part of the last ICOM EUROPE 2024 conference “Heritage Resilience: Safeguarding Cultural Legacy in Crisis Zones,” taking place on 28-30 November in Tbilisi, Georgia. Link
The event marked the 70th anniversary of the UNESCO Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
The international conference gathered global experts to address the broader challenges and solutions related to protecting cultural heritage under threat. The conference dealt into best practices, the roles of various entities, and strategies to prevent the intentional destruction of cultural assets. It aims to offer a platform for knowledge exchange, addressing complex issues, and fostering international collaboration.
From MOEBHIOS team, Dr. Raffaella De Marco and Prof. Yara Saifi were selected as speakers at the international conference, under the session “THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT. The dynamic roles of communication strategies, community engagement, and public narratives in conflict zones.”
The presentation “Preserving Architectural Heritage through Phy-gital Heritage and Cultural Narratives: a didactic contribution under the crisis of West Bank” addressed a strategy for preserving Architectural Heritage in the West Bank through educational initiatives combining virtual representations and local narratives. Since 2022, MOEBHIOS partners have adopted a joint approach of onsite documentation, archival research, and interviews. This process focuses on digitizing historical sites, drawings, and oral histories, which are then used to create Virtual Heritage models. These digital reconstructions of key sites in the West Bank were developed alongside educational materials, blending the technical aspects of heritage preservation with personal stories from the local community.
The research action demonstrates how the integration of digital technologies and local narratives serves as a resilient strategy for heritage preservation, particularly in conflict zones. It highlights how Palestinian Architectural Heritage acts as both a material record of cultural values and a symbolic connector of community identity across generations. Furthermore, digital heritage provides a foundation for future research, enabling the reconstruction of fragmented historical records.
The research aligns with objectives set by international conventions, such as the 1954 Hague Convention, and offers a replicable model for promoting cultural continuity in areas where physical preservation is under threat.
The recordings of the sessions are available on the official YouTube channel of ICOM Georgia.
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