{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"FundaYao Podcast","title":"Citizen Science and Remote Sensing to Assess Earthquake Damage to Turkey’s Cultural Heritage","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1362,"description":"Host Timo Balz welcomes Professor Çiler Çilingiroğlu (Ege University) and Associate Professor Dr. Nusret Demir (Akdeniz University), winners of the 2026 European Heritage/Europa Nostra Award (Citizens Engagement and Awareness) for assessing earthquake damage to cultural heritage sites after the February 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes. Çelik describes initial grief and communication blackouts, then launching a social media call for volunteers to document damage; Demir proposed using radar satellite (SAR) remote sensing. About 50 remote volunteers organized via Instagram and WhatsApp built a new georeferenced database from scratch, covering about 1,500 sites across provinces. International networks supplied open and commercial SAR and related products, enabling rapid, bureaucracy-free work that also supported infrastructure and public offices.\nYou can find their results under: https://culturalheritagetreq.netlify.app/\n00:00 Welcome and Guests\n01:40 Earthquake Shock and Loss\n03:16 Launching the Volunteer Call\n05:44 Remote Sensing Joins In\n07:31 Organizing on WhatsApp\n10:04 Getting Satellite Data Fast\n11:50 Why SAR Works Best\n13:06 Zero Budget Big Impact\n15:54 Unexpected Award Recognition\n17:43 Skepticism and Academia Response\n20:20 Citizen Science Future\n21:20 Where to Find the Project\n21:46 Closing Thanks and Wrap Up","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kwb7fBQniT-yrlI75O7eDGiJWvHGN0vdjh6YG1hTq68/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NWM5/MDFhYjY3ZjU2YTA3/NDRkZGNiODc1Mzcz/MTU0Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}