International Salon of Edition and Book: Digitalization to drag on cultural heritage

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

Hibapress-Rabat-Siel Visit the Kasbah of Oudayas or any other monument without having to move, it was unimaginable until the foundation for the safeguard of cultural heritage makes the impossible possible. Yousra Aannour, executive manager of the Foundation, digitized 3D visits. A real pleasure provided by a virtual guided tour. Young and dynamic, Yousra feeds much greater ambitions. She combined with UNESCO, on the occasion of the International Edition and Book Fair to debate the advantages of the “Digitalization of Cultural Heritage” program. A partnership that aims to preserve and safeguard Moroccan monuments, to enlive them.

According to the program manager, the monument must first be scanned to obtain the dimensions necessary for its digitization. This transformation into topographic points contributes, she adds, to the appearance of a digital double of the monument, to facilitate the creation of a virtual visit, available for anyone wishing to discover this heritage.

Even the monuments prohibited from access to the public, such as Fort Rottembourg in Rabat, are affected by this program. This pilot project of the Foundation browse the doubt that hits the digitalization of cultural heritage. Better still, it is an immersive experience to live. For those who argue lack of time or complain about the access reserved for certain sites, Fort Rottembourg is now accessible. Virtually gets along …

“Can technology supplant reality?” ». Yousra Aanour provides an answer to her question. For her, never a virtual visit to a historic monument will replace a visit on site. Even if we remain convinced that digitalization makes it possible to preserve our heritage with all its components, material and intangible, facing any test.