Cultural heritage disaster in Aleppo : a crime against humanity

Posted by George Giannoulis Giannoulopoulos | Jun 11, 2018 | Publications | 0 |

A video produced by Los Angeles resident David Wolfe showing the vast destruction since the outbreak of the civil war in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, has gone viral. Posted on Wolfe’s Facebook fan page, it has been viewed more than 11 million times and shared around a quarter million times on Facebook. (see here)

The photos used to put the video together are from the Bored Panda website, which noted that vast toll in human lives and the physical damage in Aleppo since 2012, including the city’s Old City, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Cultural heritage: victim of the war. A crime against humanity!
Syria – Aleppo

Memories through photos

Photos Source: borepanda website

https://www.boredpanda.com/before-after-war-photos-aleppo-syria/

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George Giannoulis Giannoulopoulos

Expert- researcher - consultant in cultural heritage and digital application design and management, regional development and project planning, training, in digital heritage, infrastructures design and development and operational planning, design, requirements, business planning, evaluation and adaptation of user interaction, Methodologies, technical multidiciplinary work organisation, policy making and stakeholders involvement,  Project design, investments/funding planning, and management of innovative businesses and infrastructures development in the fields of tourism, environment, culture using state-of-the-art ICT technologies. Planning, financial and scientific evaluation of cultural and sustainable development projects focusing in the use of digital technologies  Business plans, identification of public and private funding opportunities following the technological and operational trends and the state-of-the-art evolution  Public procurement methods, management & audit methods of large scale projects, contract management, EU legislation & regulations, policy making influence, management evaluation of project proposals and results on the above fields, monitoring and audit actions  Business development and operation of large scale infrastructures and innovative services in the field of tourism, culture, environment, and entertainment  Through the national and international networking I developed an extended business network worldwide researchers, universities and public institutions and with different kinds of companies, (services and technology providers, constructors, important industries)  Scientific expertise in standardization of processes, documentation, and technologies in archaeology and intangible heritage, public interaction and participation, creation of new solutions, interlinked with tourism, education, environmental and urban planning,  Participated in a large number of conferences during the last 18 years, as invited speaker, publishing also relevant papers  has coordinated many large scale projects of state-of-the art technologies of digital applications in culture, as well as a large number of multidiciplinary research development teams in various institutions in the private and public sector.  Affiliated with the Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens Greece, and the Unbiversity Pompeu Fabbra, Barcelona Spain

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