Listen ""Mapping the destruction of cultural heritage sites in Gaza"- with the Bellingcat and Scripps News team"
Episode Synopsis
This Stage Talk is about the impact of conflict on cultural heritage sites and how, as open source researchers, we can monitor the scale of destruction. The discussion was based around our latest documentary with Scripps News, which you can watch in full hereTools: Planet Sentinel Hub Google Earth Ollie Ballinger's damage probability map tool of GazaWikimapiaAnnique's analysing satellite imagery to monitor settlements, video guideRelevant research:The Byzantine mosaic https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/emergency-safeguarding-recently-discovered-al-bureij-mosaics-gaza Jake's X thread on the demolition of the mosaic https://x.com/JakeGodin/status/1805965185653395721Bellingcat's investigation into the 8219 IDF unit. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/29/weve-become-addicted-to-explosions-the-idf-unit-responsible-for-demolishing-homes-across-gaza/CNN visits a destroyed graveyard: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2024/01/29/idf-gaza-graveyard-destruction-diamond-pkg-lead-vpx.cnnDamage to Ukraine's cultural heritage sites by Bellingcat and Scripps News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HiGgcuB2y4Organisations referenced:EAMENA: https://www.eamena.org/Heritage for Peace: https://www.heritageforpeace.org/Aliph Foundation: https://www.aliph-foundation.org/Caucus Heritage Center (Cornell) https://caucasusheritage.cornell.edu/This talk was recorded on July 3rd, 2024 in the Bellingcat Discord Server. To join the server, download Discord and visit www.discord.gg/bellingcat . Music courtesy of Artlist.
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