Our Heritage, Our Story: Pakistan’s Diversity in Changing Times
Pakistan’s cultural landscape has richness of languages, traditions, histories and identities, shaped over centuries and shared across communities. Yet in a rapidly changing world, questions of ownership, preservation and representation of this heritage have become more complex and urgent.
This session explores how we understand and engage with our diverse cultural legacy today. How do we protect it without excluding others? And how can we respond constructively to the social, political and ideological challenges that shape our relationship with the past?
About the Speaker:
Anjum Dara is Deputy Director at the Department of Archaeology & Tourism, Government of Punjab. He holds Master’s degrees in Economics as well as Political and Cultural History of the Indian subcontinent.
Over the course of his career, he has served at key institutions including the National Museum Karachi and the Lahore Fort Museum, and has been associated with the curation of the Harappa and Taxila museums. He has represented Pakistan internationally as an expert archaeologist and historian in countries such as Japan, Korea, China, Italy, Turkey, the United States, and Canada.
His areas of expertise include Buddhist and Sikh history, and he is also a dedicated collector of cultural artifacts, notably a unique collection of over 500 musical instruments tracing the region’s heritage from Mehrgarh (7000 BCE) to the 21st century.
This session is free and open to all. Just visit the venue to attend it.
The Black Hole
Plot 5H, Street 100, G-11/3, Islamabad.
Click here for Google Maps Location
