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:

Planet

Sentinel Hub

Google Earth

Ollie Ballinger's damage probability map tool of Gaza

Wikimapia

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.

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