Can we build a digital defense against the erasure of culture? Let’s explore together.
Join us on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at the Kelowna Downtown Library at 11:00 AM for a discussion and workshop on how technology, communities, and diplomacy all intersect in the pursuit to save cultural heritage.
Across the globe, the material remains of cultural heritage, some dating back millennia, face innumerable threats. In Syria, the ancient ruins of Tadmor, known to much of the world as Palmyra, have endured everything from colonial theft and neglect to military conflict, and even deliberate destruction. Such destruction is not just physical – it may rewrite shared histories.
Take part in the conversation and have your voice heard in shaping public policy to ensure technologies like 3D printing and digital archiving are used in a way that protects and share cultural heritage for future generations. What does cultural heritage mean to you? How would you feel if it were gone? Can a copy of something replace the original? Public feedback at this event will be shared with policymakers to influence future preservation efforts.
The event will feature insights from a UBC archaeology research team and will be accompanied by mezze.
It is free and open to the public! To RSVP, please fill out the form here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cGrCUhLSRV00QmO
