Erbil Citadel (UNESCO world heritage site) is considered as one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the world and the main historical landmark within its long history in the heart of Erbil City. The presentation starts with brief information and background on Erbil City and its learning development perspectives.

Then the Citadel as a detailed case study and the main part of the presentation, exploring its significance and the revitalization project, in addition to demonstrating how it becomes the vibrant cultural heart of the modern city of Erbil and its development to an open air museum and to a site with a potential learning capacity that evolved up to the present day as a vital settlement with a continuing role in social learning practices along its long history.  The PowerPoint presentation will be the core of the City showcase, in addition to other supported materials or documents, such as books, brochures, posters, short films or videos.

The session ends with open discussions through raising questions on different topics related to the presented case and in the interest of the future development of Erbil as a cultural Learning City.

Presentation (supplementary): 

erbil-presentation.pdf