Cultural heritage is increasingly at risk due to natural and human-made disasters. Historic cities and monuments, archaeological sites, cultural landscapes, museums and archives, artistic handicrafts, and intangible heritage are affected by disasters and armed conflicts. The loss of cultural heritage leads to disappearance of important sources of knowledge, tradition, and identity; it also causes the deterioration of socio-economic resources necessary for the recovery and development of impacted societies. This course assists students to gain knowledge about disaster risk management for cultural heritage sites and collections and focuses on the measures and actions that should be undertaken by cultural heritage professionals before, during, and after a disaster and in the context of disaster and emergency situations.
- Teacher: brouhani