Dommages au patrimoine de la Syrie – 08 Novembre 2015

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• Franklin Lamb examines the work of Syria’s ‘Monuments Citizens’ to safeguard their heritage on October 29 2015 ici, having met Syrians who pose as buyers for looted antiquities, and others working in teams with 3D cameras.
• H4P has posted an article about Maaloula, by a group who have been documenting Syria’s heritage sites since 2008. Voir ici.

Hear Professor Mamoun Abdul Karim, Head of Syria’s Directorate-General of Antiquities & Musées, Étape Syrie , speak in his first visit to the UK: Thursday 12th November, 7pm

Patrimoine et conflits: Syria’s Battle to Protect its Past
Royal Geographical Society, Kensington Gore, Londres
Tickets: WMFB Members £10/Non-members £15
Book online or call Tel: 020 7251 8142.

Khaled Assad, has been given a memorial, rapporte le DGIA sur Octobre 28 2015. Un livret numérique commémorant sa vie a été produite par la DGIA ici.

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A Syrian activist, together with an international team, has launched a new project to 3D model Palmyra. #NEWPALMYRA. Les premiers modèles sont déjà disponibles sur leur site web. Ils cherchent des collaborateurs de toutes sortes: 3D modelers, archaeologists, artists, curators, developers, educators, journalistes, chercheurs, wikimedians. Check-out their website.

Huffington Post on November 4 2015 examines efforts by the US Congress to limit Daesh’s profits from antiquities trading ici.

More details on the proposed laws can be found in the recently released Heritage for Peace International Actions Report (Vol 3).

En octobre 29 2015, il a été annoncé que le British Museum et le Gouvernement du Royaume-Uni ont mis en place un 4,5 M $ / £3m scheme for rebuilding and conservation of damaged monuments in Iraq, a scheme that they hope one day to extend to Syria. For details, voir ici.

Given that there are so many sites in danger in the region, the World Monuments Fund has instead created the following entry on its endangered sites 2016 Watch List:

“Le 2016 Watch includes the Unnamed Monument in recognition of the deliberate and calculated damage to thousands of cultural heritage sites in many areas of political and social instability. There are simply too many sites at risk to be included individually on the Watch, and no immediate hope for resolution. The Unnamed Monument seeks to shift the focus to local populations who are losing their cultural heritage and history, and away from our own outrage, which plays to the propaganda of those who are perpetrating this damage.”

Read more about the Watch List ici.

ASOR’s Cultural Heritage Initiatives weekly report 55/6 is now available, under the title “Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria and Iraq.” It can be found ici.

• The Independent wonders if we should ‘preserve ruins’ on November 4 2015.
• The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) looks at the work of heritage expert Tess Davis on October 28 2015 ici.
• DW.com looks at illegal looting on October 26 2015 ici.