Theme & Title

This 3-day International Webinar is being organised on behalf of the International Bilingual Journal of Culture Anthropology & Linguistics (IBJCAL) e-ISSN: 2582-4716, in collaboration with the School of Languages & Linguistics, Jadavpur University and LingClub, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. A Holistic approach towards appreciating and forming educated opinions, based on actual research and serious academic deliberations / interactions, about the Culture, Heritage, Customs, Traditional Beliefs and Values, Practices, Cultural Development, Inter-cultural Facts; Intra-cultural facts, Language origin, Language Attitudes, Language Adoption , Value Maintenance, Cultural Maintenance through language, Language Technology and Future Perspectives of the various Indigenous peoples / Tribal communities / Adivasis of India.

Towards that end, Anthropological, Cultural, Socio-economic, Ethno-linguistic, studies on any Tribal community or any field work towards documentation of the same (including endangered and lesser known communities - that encompasses their language, ancestry, culture, heritage, religion, customs, rituals, society, family structure, literature, folklore, art and craft, industry, livelihoods, etc.) will be appreciated. The status of the community’s language and how they are dealing with a dominant language near them can also be studied and included in your research work. Notwithstanding the above explicitly mentioned areas, research papers and talks in associated / related thematic areas, are also welcomed.