Workshop: Digitising Religious Architectural Heritage in Ibadan (ArcGis)
As part of both its programmes on Digital Humanities and on Nigerian religious dynamics, IFRA-Nigeria has launched a research project on the religious architectural heritage of Ibadan. Drawing from the fields of Digital Humanities, Architecture and the Socio-anthropology of religion, the objective is to map out, research and analyse the rich history and diverse aesthetics of all religious buildings in the capital of Oyo State. A kick-start workshop gathering academics and professionals with a specific interest in the project took place in October in order to sum-up the existing research and literature on the topic and map out key future topics of research and engagement.
IFRA-Nigeria, in the context of an FSPI (Fond de Solidarité pour les Projets Innovants) project funded by the French ministry of Foreign Affairs, collaborates with the archives and library unit of the National Museum Onikan Lagos to train the museum staff to digitisation techniques which are essential to preserve the museum’s archives and make them freely available online for everyone to consult and study.
As part of both its programmes on Digital Humanities and on Nigerian religious dynamics, IFRA-Nigeria has launched a research project on the religious architectural heritage of Ibadan. Drawing from the fields of Digital Humanities, Architecture and the Socio-anthropology of religion, the objective is to map out, research and analyse the rich history and diverse aesthetics of all religious buildings in the capital of Oyo State. 
In the context of a project financed by the French Ministry of Foreign affairs through the Fonds de solidarité pour les projets innovants (FSPI), IFRA provided digital technologies and teaching to young Nigerians for them to learn how to protect, promote, and diffuse knowledge about Nigerian intangible heritages in Benin City. IFRA is particularly interested in the historical and anthropological variations that characterise intangible heritages and this project centrally aims at shedding light on the evolution that traditional practices have gone through to adapt to a changing environment. Consequently, IFRA commissioned the Institute for Benin Studies to create a digital archive cataloguing the intangible heritage of the Benin people while concomitantly training young Nigerians to use different tools and techniques to create and preserve auditive and visual contents
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