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Swayambhu Stories

Preserving Cultural Heritage Through Digital Innovation

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Swayambhu temple main view Swayambhu temple architectural detail Swayambhu temple cultural view
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Mission

Protect, conserve, and document Swayambhu's cultural heritage and diverse cultural knowledge.

Swayambhu Stories is a public-facing, community engaged project that uses conservation-quality 3D model to document and preserve the unique cultural heritage embodied at Swayambhu.

Goals & Outcomes:

  • Protect & conserve Swayambhu's material cultural heritage
  • Document the diverse forms of knowledge, practice, and traditional cultural expressions associated with the temple
  • Elevate stakeholder voices & empower caretaker communities
  • Participatory structure, best practices for cross-cultural partnerships
  • Skill training and technology-transfer are fundamental parts of project design
  • Inclusive project output acknowledges & advances diverse goals held by different communities
Teaching and community engagement Cultural preservation work Community interaction
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Impact

Archive of intangible heritage (oral history, interviews, focus groups, recordings of rituals, and other events)

Creating a lasting digital archive that preserves and shares the rich cultural heritage of Swayambhu for future generations.

3D scanning equipment in use Documentation process Field work
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Work

Community Engagement, Research, Training, Field Work, Oral History Collection, Data Analysis, Sharing

Our work will result in a conservation-quality 3D model of the temple complex and an accompanying archive of oral history and interviews with stakeholders and practitioners

Annotated with text and video showing Swayambhu/Buddhism/Nepali cultural life from the perspective of stakeholder communities