Our world heritage sites are in crisis. Their existence is threatened by natural disasters. In addition, the recent pandemic has shown the weakness of World Heritage sites and how people are essential to the preservation and maintenance of World Heritage sites. Our heritage consists of cultural, natural, or mixed landmarks. Cultural heritage is so exceptional that its importance transcends borders and has shared importance for all of us. Buildings, monuments, artifacts, and structures, as well as the values that exceed art and scholarship, are universal values that belong to all humanity, regardless of where they are located. We intend to conduct this discussion under the title of “The value of culture during Pandemics” to discuss the protection and preservation of our natural and cultural heritage, while giving them life and new meaning, at the same time. In addition, we want to address how cultural values have changed since the COVID-19 pandemic.

MODERATOR: Lee Jae Principal Architect of Lee Jae Architects based in Seoul, South Korea. Master in Architecture and Urban Design from ETSAB-UPC Barcelona, and Architecture and Design in MArch Valencia, Spain. Visiting professor at Phai Chai University (PCU) and Adjunct professor at Seoil University. (in)

SPEAKERS & CASE STUDIES

ASIA Jun Ho Chen, Seoil University – Immersive Experience of Architectural Heritages through VR (Korea)

OCEANIA Dave Beynon, University of Tasmania – Pandemic distractions (Australia)

AFRICA Boutheïna Hannachi & Rim Rachdi, Sapienza Università di Roma – Promoting culture and heritage through social media (Tunisia)

EUROPE Carles Pastor Foz, UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Pastor associates – Digital design as a tool to restore and recover the memory of our architectural heritage (Spain)

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA Benjamin Saulsberry, Museum Director at the Emmett Till Interpretive Center (USA)

SOUTH AMERICA Karen Golle & José Ojeda, Universidad Católica de Chile / Universidad Arturo Prat – The cultural and spiritual value of “Bailes Chinos” during pandemic and how it has affected”Bailes Chinos of Tarapacá” (Chile)