Stage Talks with Bellingcat "Mapping the destruction of cultural heritage sites in Gaza"- with the Bellingcat and Scripps News team
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 here
Tools:
Ollie Ballinger's damage probability map tool of Gaza
Annique's analysing satellite imagery to monitor settlements, video guide
Relevant 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/1805965185653395721
Bellingcat'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.cnn
Damage to Ukraine's cultural heritage sites by Bellingcat and Scripps News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HiGgcuB2y4
Organisations 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.