The University of Santo Tomas through the Graduate School (USTGS) Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics (CCCPET) and City Government of Puerto Princesa launched the country’s first online cultural heritage mapping project on October 30, 2020, via Zoom platform.
This online activity is in partnership with Puerto Princesa’s local government, USAID-SURGE, Palawan State University, and Western Philippines University. The output of the cultural mapping project will be used in various development and cultural projects in the city.
The Heritage Online Mapping Experience (HOME) Puerto Princesa City edition, the first interactive cultural mapping project aims to identify the heritages of the city for its conservation and utilization.
The HOME project will cover 35 barangays within the city center and are participated in by faculty members from the Palawan State University and Western Philippines University. Basically, they will work from home and university using information from the internet, online archives, mobile or social media interviews, and observations in their assigned barangays.
