ILCAA Joint Research Project

Cultural Heritage Archiving of Historic Cairo and its Practical Use for Research and Education (jrp000290)

Keywords

• Field Archiving
• Historic Cairo
• Egypt
• Islamic Architecture
• Islamic City
• AI
• GIS

Areas

• North Africa
• West Asia

Website

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About the Project

Project term: April, 2023–March, 2026

Using the digital archiving of cultural heritage in Historic Cairo, this research practically investigates what digital archiving should be and how it can be utilized for research and education. It also aims to show the values for researchers to build up digital archives by considering these archives as an opportunity for research and educational practices.

Members

Coordinator

• Wakako KUMAKURA

ILCAA Staff

• Emi GOTO

Joint Researchers

• Naoko FUKAMI
• Manabu KAMEYA
• Satoshi KAWAMOTO
• Satoru NAKAMURA
• Susumu SATO
• Takenori YOSHIMURA

Outputs

Meetings

The 3rd meeting ：Report (Japanese)

• Date/Time: Wed 27 Nov 2024 15:00–17:00
• Venue: Online meeting
• Language: Japanese

• Our joint researcher, Takenori Yoshimura, will give a talk entitled ‘The Use of Digital Image Contents and the Study of History: The Case of Historical Buildings in Cairo’.

  After the report, we will have a meeting to discuss the research plan for this project.

The 2nd meeting ：Report (Japanese)

• Date/Time: Wed 24 Jul 2024 14:00–15:30
• Venue: Online meeting
• Language: English

• Yasser Elshayeb, who specialises in geological analysis using GIS and has a background in archaeological research, will talk about the possibilities of using GIS in urban analysis.

  14:00–15:00

  Presentation by Yasser Elshayeb

  15:00–15:30

  Discussion

  For a profile of Yasser Elshayeb, please see here.

The 1st meeting

• Date/Time: Mon 7 Aug 2023 15:00–17:00
• Venue: 302, Online meeting
• Language: Japanese

• 15:00

  Introduction

  15:10 Naoko FUKAMI (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Cairo Research Station)

  “Street hierarchy and residential areas in the Historic Cairo: from an analysis of Napoleon's and 1938 maps”

  16:10

  Discussion

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