“A little more than 100 years ago was the Armenian Genocide waged by the Ottoman Empire, followed by large-scale looting, vandalization, and destruction of Armenian sites across what is now modern-day Turkey. The prospect of a second cultural genocide is now on the table.” Christina Maranci, 2023
In a humanitarian context, how can 3D scans of monuments become acts of collective memory, or even forms of resistance or justice? How can intangible elements (stories, emotions, practices) be integrated into a technical modeling process, and how can a mediation be imagined that reaches different audiences? The workshop will also examine how archiving tools can be transformed, completed, visualized, and restituted: how can we design the possibility that these models support future efforts of material and/or community reconstruction? Can digital heritage be performative, participatory, and cumulative?
The week-long program will be structured around the design of a web interface aimed at reconstructing the heritage of Artsakh preserved by the Armenian Heritage Scanning Project. Participants will conceive and develop a web scenography based on 3D scans of built heritage provided by the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies (Yerevan, Armenia). These data will be reassembled using the Blender software. Prior knowledge of this tool is appreciated but not required.
The workshop will be led by the team behind the research project The Future of Humanitarian Design, in collaboration with TUMO Center experts who will intervene throughout the week.
The assessment is based on participation in the five days of the workshop and on the degree of active engagement of the student.