arcHIVE

arcHIVE is the one-stop destination for all things related to preserving and communicating places of significant heritage. arcHIVE is more than a mere platform to spread awareness, rather it is a hub that aims to connect people, places, memories and livelihoods with the overall goal to build cultural strength, safeguard dependent livelihoods and share knowledge and solutions for preservation and maintenance of heritage sites.

arcHIVE allows people to archive and experience heritage sites through AR/VR, stories, legends, articles, and hand-crafted tales. This creates a system that allows people to build empathy and connect with a space. Moreover, through their inputs and information provided, the platform allows the possibility for the space to be preserved virtually in some sense should any unfortunate destruction occur.

arcHIVE aims to safeguard livelihoods dependent on heritage sites by allowing users to connect with local communities associated with any particular space of heritage (who are often dependant on these spaces for their livelihood via tourism), creating ample opportunities for tourism or simply generating awareness. Moreover, the in-platform shop sells and showcases only indigenous products created by people of those communities, providing another source of income. Perhaps one of the most powerful features of the platform is the fact that it allows like-minded individuals and groups who are dedicated to preserving or developing solutions for the maintenance of such heritage sites to easily get in touch with each other and share solutions. It also is a great place to build your own community dedicated to safeguarding a local site of your own. It also has in-built systems to conduct polls as well as petitions. Moreover, the platform always helps users stay up to date on the happenings and events associated with any heritage site via newsfeeds, local diary entries, stories, social media, podcasts, etc.