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    Organizer: CONTEXT (www.contextbd.com) in association with Bangladeshi Architects in Australia Bangladesh is the land of Heritage inhibition. From the Sultanate period to Colonial regime till contemporary Bangladesh we have a significant number of heritage architectures. We have temples, mosques, forts, Moth (Hindu Burial), Jamindar House, and many modern heritages and landmarks. What do the city’s […]

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      Organizer: CONTEXT (www.contextbd.com) in association with Bangladeshi Architects in Australia We often take photos of the iconic buildings and famous places we visit to capture the moments we value and to make memories. These photographs are the evidence of people’s association with the city’s tangible heritage that collectively constructs the image of that place. We […]

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        Organizer: CONTEXT (www.contexbd.com) in association with Bangladeshi Architects in Australia (BaA) Date: 9 March 2021 Time: Asia/Pacific –        4:00 pm Dhaka | 6:00 pm Singapore |  9:00 pm Sydney Europe –                  10:00 am GB London  | 11:00 am DE Berlin Germany Americas –             5:00 am US Eastern | 02:00 am US Pacific Recorded session […]

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          Date: Saturday, 20th March 2021 Time: Lisbon 12:00 noon | Washington DC 8:00 am | Melbourne 11:00 pm | Dhaka 6:00 pm Live stream: Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/contextbd YouTube: Background: Cities, hosting a complex mix of old and new artifacts, are soaked in memories and meanings. However, the wrecking ball of accelerating urban development is continued to […]

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            When: Thursday, July 01 at  [15:30 Lisbon time / 20.30 Bangladesh time] Live Stream Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIK28mXKwTmOhdVLWqkBtFA Program Schedule: – Opening and a brief presentation of the publication (Md Shajjad Hossain and Nevena Tatovic) – Paulo Simões Rodrigues (HERITAS – CHAIA) – Duncan Bullen (University of Brighton) – Manuel João Ramos (ISCTE – IUL) – Yonatan N. Gez (Arnold Berstraesser […]

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              NEXT 50: VISUALISING FUTURE BANGLADESH Competition type: Book Illustrations Organiser: OPEN STUDIO, CONTEXT & SHAH CEMENT What is the vision of Bangladesh in 2071? What sort of cities, towns and villages can we envision? We have been collecting essays in the following 9 themes from researchers and academics. Now we want to open up the […]

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                When talking about successful women, we often compartmentalize that definition of success. More often than not, we judge their success on the basis of their professional achievements or the challenges they overcame on the way to success. In this process, some fundamental aspects of their impact as individuals in society go missing. Beyond the workplace, […]

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                  On the occasion of International Women’s Day, CONTEXT invites you to a special webinar to celebrate the mothers, mentors and mentees in our lives. In the presence of three invited guests, this webinar titled ‘From Mother to Mentor’ will look at both traditional and non-traditional roles of women in society, the ways they overlap and […]

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                    Summer 2023 BLC Field School Bangladesh Chapter “Stories of Jamdani people and place, Borogaon” Venue: Daffodil International University (July 10 – 11 and July 17-19, 2023) and Borogaon, Soanrgaon (July 12-16, 2023) Outline: Welcome to Summer 2023 BLC Field School Bangladesh Chapter! This Field School is designed to offer an immersive learning experience in documenting […]

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                      Don’t we all like listening to stories? We embarked on this podcasting journey to gather inspirational stories from people working in disasters and development. We are all busy in our day-to-day life! So, we thought of this podcast idea, to unwind ourselves by listening to each other. And to spread our positive vibes or ‘mantra’ through podcasting! […]