Dying cultures of the Indus
Join us for a film screening followed by a panel discussion on Saturday, February 28th, 3:30pm at _subkontinent, Donaustr. 84.
The afternoon will open with a screening of documentary film “Natari” (45 min, Sindhi/Urdu with English subtitles) by Jawad Sharif (@jawadshariffilms) which tells the story of the conflict caused by climate migration, the continued use of the illegalized bullho net by the powerful, and its impact on local fisher communities and families such as that of Ayoub Sehto in the endangered Indus Delta region.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with: - Mushtaq Gaadi, anthropologist and lecturer at the Quaid I Azam University Islamabad. For over three decades he has campaigned for the rights of rivers and communities living along them.
- Hira Rasool (@hirasool), an architect and researcher of poetics and politics around Sindh and Sindhu Darya. Her spatial practice draws on situated knowledge traditions and design research.
- Sohaib Riaz (@sohaib_r_bodla), a researcher in anthropology at University of Munich. He grew up close to Satluj river in Pakistani punjab and has been following the impacts of Indus Water Treaty on communities around Satluj River.
- Abdul Waheed, an expert on river deltaic regions, with a particular focus on the Indus Delta. He is a doctoral candidate at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, where his research examines water governance, political ecology, and climate resilience in delta communities.
Moderated by Sadia Bajwa (@sadiasoorej), scholar of modern South Asian history at the Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University Berlin.
The event will conclude with an iftar buffet. Organized by Darya Dost (@darya_d0st) in collaboration with Critical Pakistan (@criticalpk).
Hosted by _Subkontinent.
Entry is free, a donation is always appreciated.