Digital Imaging & The Preservation of Tangible Cultural Heritage
(An online course)
October 2023-January2024
Course Leader: Prof. Moshe Caine
This 16 week online course, starting 18th October, will present an overview of the various techniques available to heritage practitioners today and provide a basic and practical understanding of the tools that will enable them to become active partners in the international effort to document and preserve local heritage.
Each weekly session will be presented by a different international expert, spanning the technical, the theoretical and the applied aspects of heritage imaging and preservation.
Various case studies will be presented, illustrating the practical application of the technologies in both the field and the laboratory.
Participation is open to students and non-students alike. For students from academic institutions the course will carry an accreditation of 4.5 ECTS
The course will consist of approximately 16 weekly online lectures of one academic hour each, followed by a discussion.
Some issues we will raise and address:
- Heritage Preservation Technologies
- Digital technologies in heritage conservation - Overview
- Visualization for Architectural design
- Imaging techniques in Archaeology
- Multispectral Imaging in Art conservation
- Photogrammetry applications for Cultural Heritage
- Laser scanning of Urban Landscapes
- Conservation of digital photographic prints
- Reflectance Transformation Imaging
- Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), three-dimensional (3D), and computed tomography(CT) in Paleontology.
- AI and its impact on future heritage documentation
Lecturers
Read about our lecturers here
Link to course and registration
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Moshe Caine
Senior Lecturer, Department of Photographic Communication
Jerusalem
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