TechCamps

TechCamp Morocco

Preserving Cultural Heritage

Communications Campaigns & Advocacy Cultural Heritage Preservation Education
Ifrane, Morocco View Map
July 2-7, 2022

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Morocco

Description

TechCamp Morocco meets the challenge of empowering youth to engage meaningfully with cultural heritage, and bridge the generation gap between experts in heritage preservation and the youth who must continue these efforts. This interactive, multi-day capacity-building workshop will assemble talented Moroccan civil society leaders and members of various youth networks and connect them with experts in cultural heritage preservation to build inter-generational teams that will work together before, during, and after the TechCamp to address cultural heritage challenges in their communities. The initiative will also provide the participants with tools to identify threatened cultural heritage in their communities and launch grass-roots efforts to map it, share it digitally, contribute to its preservation, and potentially launch programs that result in sustainable job creation around cultural heritage preservation. The in-person TechCamp has been preceded by two virtual webinars which that introduced participants to one another as well as key concepts in cultural preservation.

Trainer Bios

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Agenda

Friday July 1, 2022
Morning Arrival Day at University for Organizers/Volunteers
Morning Organizers’ Meeting + Venue Walkthrough + Coffee/Tea Break
Evening Trainer Orientation + Agenda Walkthrough

 

Saturday July 2nd, 2022
Morning Arrival Day for Participants  (TechCamp Agenda & Materials)
Evening Light Reception
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Opening Remarks (U.S. Embassy Official; Yossef BenMeir - HAF)
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM Icebreaker
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Speed Geeking

Sam explains Speed Geeking to participants; trainers are setup at individual tables to give their five-minute pitches to rotating groups of participants
8:00 PM Dinner/Cultural Event - Theater

 

Sunday July 3rd, 2022 (Interpretation)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Registration + Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM  Introduction to TechCamp (Sam)
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM Challenge Brainstorming Groups:

Participants self select their challenge group based on addressing their biggest needs. Trainers help facilitate open dialogue between the group members.

  1. Local Challenges in Cultural Heritage Preservation (Abdelkarim)
  2. Cultural Heritage Preservation Tools & Technologies (Shanna, Chris)
  3. Cultural Heritage in Education (Rachel, Duygu)
  4. Cultural Heritage Community Building (Imane, Shelli)
  5. Reaching New Audiences with Cultural Heritage (Ghassan, Yahya)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Design Thinking Plenary Session with Duygu Kambur
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Trainer Reintroduction / Coffee and Tea Break

Trainers remind participants of their subjects and then can setup in their classroom, Sam will organize
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM International Interactive Training Session 1

Choose first topic from the table below

 

Topic Trainers
Human Centered Design for Cultural Heritage Preservation Duygu Kambur (Merkezsiz)
Data Preservation and Access Solutions in the Digital Age of Cultural Heritage Management (Digitization/Inventorying) Rachel Fernandez (ASU)
Open Culture, Brighter Future? How Open Culture Supports Preservation Shanna Hollich (Creative Commons)
Digitally Documenting Cultural Heritage Sites and their Stories (Site Reconstruction) Chris Whitesides (Cyark)
Conservation as Preservation: (Digital Storytelling) Shelli Reeves (IDEO)

 

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM International Interactive Training Session 2

Choose second topic from the table above
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Coffee/Tea Break
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM Challenge Statement Brief - Sam
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Challenge Statement Development

Participants will go back to their brainstorming groups and narrow down top challenges to develop an actionable/tangible challenge statement
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM End of Day Announcements
7:30 PM Cultural Documentary Screening

 

Monday July 4th, 2022 (Interpretation)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Registration + Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM  Agenda Overview/Morning Announcements
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM International Interactive Training Session 3

Choose third topic from the table above
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Coffee/Tea Break
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Challenge Statement Finalization, Read-Out, and Project Groups Formation

One representative from each group will share what challenge statement they came up with and why it’s important
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Local Interactive Training Session 1

Choose first topic from the table below
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Solution and Presentation Instructions (Sam)
2:45 PM - 4:45 PM Solutions and Presentation Development (Coffee/Tea Available)
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM End of Day Announcements

 

Topic Trainers
Digitization/Inventorying (Local) Abdelkarim Ouguinaz (HAF)
Community Building (Online + Offline)(Local) Ikbale Bouziane (HAF)
Project Management Tools (Local) Imane El Brahimi (AUI)
Public Speaking, Pitching Ideas (Local) Ghassan Benchiheb +Yahya Echattoui

 

Tuesday, July 5th 2022
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Registration + Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Agenda Overview/Morning Announcements
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM Local Interactive Training Session 2

Choose second topic from the table above
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Coffee/Tea Break
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM Local Interactive Training Session 3

Choose third topic from the table above
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM  Lunch
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Solutions and Presentation Finalization (Coffee/Tea Available)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Informational Session with the U.S. Embassy (Additional Training/Fellowship Opportunities)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Presentations
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM End of Day Announcements
Evening Cultural Event/Dinner Reception with AUI President
Evening Follow-on Announcement/Surveys

Sam distributes through Slack, WhatsApp, Facebook Group

 

Wednesday, July 6th 2022
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Registration + Coffee (U.S. Embassy - AUI Meeting)
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Morning Announcements
9:15 AM - 2:00 PM Site Visit Toumliline  + Lunch
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Closing Remarks (U.S. Embassy Official) and Certificates
Afternoon Departure Day (Participants)

 

Thursday July 7th 2022
Morning  Wrap-up Meetings (Organizers)

 

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