The first event I attended was the Zoom conference "Heritage at High Tide: Archaeology and Climate Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean." The conference piqued my interest in how badly heritage is being affected by climate change. Most interestingly, the Zoom conference discussed the topic of the class's Week One, highlighting the importance of the third culture to save the future of the world's climate and heritage through new innovations (Kelly).
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I have researched the effects and changes of heritage, but my research does not typically focus on the impact of today's climate crisis. Many topics within the presentations and Q&As covered topics I knew, like how important it is to look to the past to fix today's problems. The interesting aspects of the presentations was it repetitiveness. It did not make sense for scholars all present a ting similar topics but with different focus til people realize they had to be so that the lesson on communication criticalness could get to audiences. Snow even discussed communication problems because science and humanities scholars feel they are worlds apart (Snow 2). Dr. Rohit Jigyasu discusses how bad climate change affects the world because historians and scientists are not talking to each other, leading to the worsening climate crisis (Jigyasu).
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Most importantly, Dr. Nikolas Bakirtzis discusses how the governments are not communicating with their people enough during the crisis (Bakirtzis). I liked how Dr. Bakirtzis discusses England as one of the higher cities actually bringing about changes. I love the city of London due to how eco-friendly it is, which is proven by scholars and their government (London Assembly). On maps, people can see how low-emission the city is, showing how possible it is to bring change for the best.
Overall, climate change changes heritages by bringing an end to our world and give the today's problems of Week One’s lesson which will help when the exams need our deeper understanding. The saddest takeaway from conferences was that the climate crisis would not be so severe if people only communicated and educated themselves, even on a micro-level. The conference focuses on being proactive at macro-levels, but it's up to everyone to start in their own lives to save our heritages. The conference was long and repetitive, but the emphasis and examples of how bad our world is becoming give the conference an 8/10. I recommend visiting Dr. Jigyasu's recommended website to learn more about the topic so you can help improve our future.
References
“Be prepared for the new Ultra Low Emission Zone.” Team London Bridge, Accessed April 8,
Kakoulli, Ioanna, et al. “ Heritage at High Tide: Archaeology and Climate Crisis in the Eastern
Mediterranean- A Deep Dive into Cyprus and Greece’s Imperiled Treasures. April 7, 2024,
Virtual Panel, Zoom.
Snow, Charles Percy. The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. Cambridge University
Press, 1959.
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