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Title
New perspectives to save cultural heritage
Author
Altan, M. Orhan

THE “CAPPADOCIA ACADEMY”
A PROJECT ON DOCUMENTATION, PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA
Andus M. Emge, Ph.D., Project Director
Cappadocia Academy, Güvercinlik Sokak 3/7. TR 50180 Göreme - aemge@turk-web.com
KEY YVORDS: Spatial Information Sciences, Architecture, Cultural Heritage, Environment, Human Settlement, Space, Building,
Networks
ABSTRACT:
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Göreme-Cappadocia in the middle of Turkey is experiencing rapid changes, which result from
general modern developments as well as from fast growing tourism. The aim of the Cappadocia Academy has been to install an
independent monitoring and research instrument, which is able to contribute with concrete proposals and professional advise towards
a sustainable development of this ‘lunar’ tufa cave-dwelling area. Further more the international expert network on Cappadocia
platform c had been created to extend an interdisciplinary approach on the study and documentation. The Cappadocia Academy
provides basic documentation and monitoring work, which is mainly focusing on visual and ethnographic databanks. An other aim is
to provide culturally interested travellers with basic information about the area via its own website and further multimedia access
with 3-D models of particular buildings from selected key periods in the future. The Cappadocia Academy is also contributing to a
professional CD-Rom project on Cappadocia which provides well researched background information on this unique area as well as
multiple 360° panoramic views, and other multimedia presentations concerning the nature, history and culture of the area.
KURZFASSUNG:
Die seit 1985 zum UNESCO Weltkulturerbe zählende Region Göreme-Kappadokien in Zentralanatolien erfährt seit etwa zwanzig
Jahren einen rapiden Wandel, der vor allem durch den stark ansteigenden Tourismus in der Region, sowie durch allgemeine
Modernisierungstendenzen begründet ist. Das Ziel der Cappadocia Academy ist es, ein unabhängiges und überregionales Instrument
zu schaffen, um die rasanten Entwicklungen in der Region in vielfältiger Form dokumentieren zu können und um gegebenenfalls
Expertisen und Ratschläge zur Lösung bestimmter regionaler Probleme hinsichtlich einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung der Region
bieten zu können. In diesem Zusammenhang wurde auch das internationale und interdisziplinäre Expertennetzwerk “platform c" ins
Leben gerufen, welches sich mit verschiedenen Aspekten der kappadokischen Entwicklung beschäftigt und seit dem Jahr 2000
konkrete Pilotprojekte durchführt. Die Cappadocia Academy arbeitet ferner an dem Aufbau einer visuellen und ethnographischen
Datenbank, professionellen CD-Rom Projekten und einer eigenen Webseite, die u.a. dem Kappadokien Interessierten gut fundierte
Informationen über die Region bereitstellt. Ein längerfristiges Ziel ist die verstärkte Vernetzung mit anderen Spezialisten und
Institutionen sowie die Nutzung neuer Technologien, um z.B. spezifische architektonisch bedeutsame Objekte aus verschiedenen
Zeitepochen möglichst auch in 3-D Form dokumentieren zu können.
Vernacular cave dwelling in Göreme, Cappadocia
1. INTRODUCTION
The following paper will introduce to the planning and
development process of the Cappadocia Academy. The general
aim of this local academy is the formal establishment of a
Cappadocia relevant scientific research and monitoring network
to document the rapid changes of space and culture in the World
Heritage Site of Goreme - Cappadocia and propose further
solutions.The foundation of the Cappadocia Academy is a result
Contemporary building in Goreme
of 20 years of ethnological field research and observation done
by the author from 1983 till now. In 1989 some results of the
fieldwork led to a dissertation on the practical and socials
aspects of the traditional use of space in Goreme. Further more
a 45 min. documentary film on the traditional cave dwelling life
in the village of Goreme was produced. After establishing an
informal expert network and base of a documentation centre in
Cappadocia, further focus should be laid on improving the
formal status of the Cappadocia Academy and the use of new
technologies and digital techniques for documenting the
traditional local architecture and change of the region. The text