Challenges, Strategies and High-Tech Applications for Saving the Cultural Heritage of Syria, pp. 97-102, 2022/03/24
Proceedings of the Workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016
s h i r ī n is an initiative by the global community of scholars active in the fields of archaeology, art andhistory of the Ancient Near East. It brings together a significant proportion of the international research groups thatwere working in Syria prior to 2011, with the purpose of making their expertise available to heritage protection effortsIt seeks to represent the broad sweep of archaeological and historical research in Syria. s h r ī n collects informationon damage resulting from the current conflict and identifies those cases in which emergency repairs or protective actionmay be required. s h r ī n also collaborates on the creation of comprehensive databases of elements of Syrian heritage(for example, sites and museum catalogues). By involving the international research community now, s h r ī n intendsthat this capability will be fully formed and thus ready to support the local authorities and communities when theemphasis shifts from safeguarding and the documentation of damage towards restoration and reconstruction.
Keywords: Syrian heritage; damage assessment; sites database; digitalised inventories of museums
