Presenter
Ibrahim Sobia - University College London, University College London, London, United KingdomPanel
88 – Mapping the Geo-politics of Risk Geographies in the HimalayasAbstract
of Hunza and Nagar
Deploying feminist and oral-history frameworks, this research aims to investigate the changes occurred in the disaster risk response prior and after the entry of ‘climate change ‘as a discourse and how it influences the socio-cultural dynamics of the mountain communities in Gilgit Baltistan. Most importantly, this study strives to mobilize the subaltern views on climate and weather patterns that elucidate a complex socio-cultural and political backdrop that is not intensively studied in the recent climate change scholarship. Essentially, this is a comparative study of two districts -Hunza and Nagar- that have experienced two major devastating events in the past-Sarat landslide in Hunza and Phakar landslide in Nagar-which shaped the culture and politics of these two regions in Gilgit Baltistan. These two districts share striking similarities and differences that made their cultural and physical geographical connections more stronger and unique.
