Chance Coughenour
Digital Archaeologist | Preserving Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age
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Chance Coughenour is a digital archaeologist dedicated to preserving the world's cultural heritage. As Head of Google Arts & Culture's Digitization Lab, he oversees the scanning and digital archiving of priceless artifacts and historic sites.
Coughenour has led teams that have digitally preserved over 200 World Heritage sites, from the Pyramids of Giza to the Forbidden City. His work has been featured in National Geographic, The New York Times, and BBC News.
Coughenour's keynotes inspire audiences to consider how emerging technologies can be harnessed to protect our shared cultural legacy for future generations.
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How your pictures can help reclaim lost history
Digital archaeologist Chance Coughenour is using pictures -- your pictures -- to reclaim antiquities that have been lost to conflict and disaster. After crowdsourcing photographs of destroyed monuments, museums and artifacts, Coughenour uses advanced technology called photogrammetry to create 3D reconstructions, preserving the memory of our global, shared, human heritage. Find out more about how you can help celebrate and safeguard history that's being lost.
| Event | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| TEDxHamburg 2016 | 2016 | 🇩🇪Hamburg, Germany |
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