Datum
18. Januar – 20. Januar 2024
Conference/CfP „Exploring the Impact of Urbanization, Disasters, and Protection Strategies on Folk Medicine and Cultural Heritage”
„Exploring the Impact of Urbanization, Disasters, and Protection Strategies on Folk Medicine and Cultural Heritage”
University of Sindh, Jamshoro (PK)
18–20 Jan 2024
CfP Deadline: 30 Nov
Application: https://forms.gle/pBuj9UiGHfzYVJ8x5
The aim of the conference is to provide a comprehensive platform for researchers, academics, practitioners, policymakers, Hakims, and community stakeholders to come together and delve into various aspects related to the preservation and promotion of Sindh’s traditional medicine and cultural heritage in its broader framework that includes tangible and intangible heritage. The conference will examine the ways in which the forces of urbanization and disasters have posed a threat to indigenous knowledge, heritage, urban spatiality and aesthetics and investigate protection strategies. There has been debate and studies on human and infrastructure loss, but there is no discussion that responds to the question of the exclusion of perspectives on addressing the impact of change on traditional and folk medicine and cultural heritage of Sindh.
This conference marks a significant milestone as it pioneers a tradition of interdisciplinary collaboration across fields from History, Cultural, Urban, and Medical Anthropology, Archaeology, Disaster Management, Heritage studies, Agriculture, and Physiology. The conference is organised by the Department of History, the University of Sindh, Jamshoro in collaboration with Sindh-HEC.
The conference has the following Themes:
Past, Present and Future of Folk Medicine and Cultural Heritage of Sindh
Urbanization and the Issues of Preservation of Cultural heritage – natural-cultural heritage, urban governance, materiality and design etc.
Safeguarding Heritage: Community engagement, social movements and advocacy
Folklore, ecological knowledge, resilience and sustainability
Folk Medicine, Folk wisdom and future challenges due to disasters
Natural Disasters and indigenous Healthcare system
Protection Strategies for Indigenous Wisdom and folk medicines
Traditional Practitioners and folk medicines preservation
Museums, arts and music addressing the issues of climate change and protection of nature
Education and Awareness for cultural Heritage Preservation
Digital Innovations in Cultural Conservation
Gender dynamics of Folk Medicine and Cultural Heritage of Sindh
Contemporary debates in Community medicine, Public Health, Medical Anthropology and Eastern Medicines
Important Dates:
Abstract submission: November 30, 2023
Notification of acceptance: December 05, 2023
Last date for full paper submission: December 29, 2023
Conference will be held on January 18–20, 2024, University of Sindh, Jamshoro