Harnessing digital tools for Cultural Heritage Promotion and Conservation

Cultural Heritage is the legacy of the past that needs to be protected and tarnsmitetd to future generation, its conservation makes part of the sustainable development goals of the United Nations Conservation. This proposal is focused on the development of a digital information platform for conveying the importance of conservation and protection of cultural heritage places at a global scale by harnessing advanced reality-capture techniques for recording heritage places. The project will be conducted in close collaboration with Google Arts and Culture technologies to enhance public awareness of the conservation and sustainability of cultural heritage and with the support and guidance of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMSO) national committee of Canada.

Faculty Supervisor:

Mario Santana-Quintero

Student:

Larissa Ide

Partner:

ICOMOS Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

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University:

Carleton University

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