Professor John P. Cooper
Status/discipline:
Archaeology and Arabic Studies
Contact Details:
Past projects:
Bahari Yetu, Urithi Wetu: Our Ocean, Our Heritage (AHRC/GCRF); The Boat Builders of Zanzibar: Nautical Technology and Maritime Identity in a Changing World (BA/HFF); The Sewn Boats of the Qatar Museums collection, Qatar; National Museum of Qatar (NMQ) Dhows 3D Laser-Scanning Project (QM); The MARES Project (Maritime traditions of the peoples of the Red Sea) (Goldenweb Foundation); Ashlett Saxon Fisheries project, Hampshire, U.K.; Tinnis Islamic Maritime Port Project (British Academy).
Current projects:
The Chhot-builders of West Bengal, India - the vanishing craft-knowledge of a unique boat-building tradition (EMKP).
Future projects:
The Maritime Crafts of India: building a bluer future for India’s heritage sector (AHRC-application in process).
