Professor
Dr. Md. Saifur Rashid
Department of Anthropology
Faculty of Social Sciences
| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Anthropology | Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia | Australia | |
| Masters | Sociology | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | |
| Bachelor | Sociology | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | |
| H.S.C | Notre Dame College, Dhaka | Bangladesh | ||
| S.S.C | Feni Pilot High School | Bangladesh |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor | Department of Anthropology, University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | Present | |
| Member, National ICH Expert Committee 2017 | Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Present | |
| Sub-project manager | UGC-World Bank-HEQEP Project (2014-2017) | Bangladesh | Present | |
| Principal Investigator/ Consultant Anthropologist | Prime Minister’s Office, USAID and UNDP | Bangladesh | Present | |
| Principle Investigator | Ministry of Education, Govt. of Bangladesh and the World Bank | Bangladesh | Present | |
| Principal Investigator | the Prime Minister’s Office of Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Present | |
| Co-Investigator | Ministry of Education, Govt. of Bangladesh and the World Bank | Bangladesh | Present | |
| Expert Committee member | Statistics and Informatics Division of the Ministry of Planning, The Government of Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Present | |
| Country Leader | Bangladesh | Present |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
|---|---|---|
| Visual studies | Research Methodology, Visual Research Methods, Visual Documentation, Project Planning and Development, Writing Proposal for Funding, Developing Training Module, and Qualitative and Narrative Analysis | |
| Natural Resource Management | Indigenous knowledge system, common property rights, wetland and coastal fisheries resource management, environmental changes, livelihood and sustainability, globalizing production, intra-household dynamics, gender and agriculture | |
| Migration | International Migration, Human Trafficking, Refugee and Diaspora Studies | |
| Ethnicity | Ethnic community profiling, ethnic education, ethnic religion, beliefs and rituals, language and curriculum development, study of ethnic endangered language, language documentation and language planning, political economy of education, ethnicities, identities and politics of difference, cultural groups and community profiling | |
| Heritage | Documentation of both tangible and intangible cultural heritage/cultural properties, heritage resource management and development planning, heritage education, heritage language, natural heritage management and heritage tourism development, religious heritage, heritage language, politics and cultural identity |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
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| No project/research supervision is found | ||||||
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research | Traditional Medicine and Medicare Practices in Bangladesh | Medical Research Council | |||
| Research | Mother ‘s consciousness about child health and nutrition in Rural Bangladesh | Bangladesh Medical Research Council | |||
| Research | Intra-household dynamics of farm families in Rural Bangladesh | Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council | |||
| Research | Gender attitudes towards working women in Bangladesh | Bangladesh Social Science Research Council under the Planning Commission of the Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh | |||
| Consultant Anthropologist | Ethno-linguistic Survey of Bangladesh | Ministry of Education, Bangladesh under the supervision of the International Mother Language Institute | |||
| Principle Investigator | Study of Language of Two Minor Ethnic Language Communities of Plain Land Bangladesh | Development Assistance for Minor Ethnic Communities of Plain Land Bangladesh of the Prime Minister’s Office of Bangladesh | |||
| Principle Investigator | Contesting identities, ethnicities and nation-building: towards an inclusive model for managing diversities and differences in the context of Chittagong Hill Tracts | Ministry of Education, Govt. of Bangladesh and the World Bank |
Invited Talk
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| No invited talk is found | |
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
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| No Collaboration & Membership is found | ||||
| Book | |
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| 1 |
Saifur Rashid and Hasan Shafie
Connecting State and Citizens: Transformation Through e-Governance in Rural Bangladesh.
Dhaka: Access to Information (a2i), UNDP, USAID and Department of Anthropology (DU), 2018 .
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| 2 |
Saifur Rashid
Anthropology: Origin, Development and Methods (Nribiggan: Udvab, Bikash o Gobeshona Proddoti).
Dhaka: Bangla Academy, 1995 .
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| 3 |
Saifur Rashid
Oraon: Samaj, Bhasha o Shahittya (In Bangla).
Forthcoming .
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| 4 |
Saifur Rashid
Santal: Samaj, Bhasha o Shahittya (In Bangla).
Forthcoming .
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| 5 |
Saifur Rashid
Oraon Obhidhan (In Bangla).
Forthcoming .
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| 6 |
Saifur Rashid
Santal Obhidhan (In Bangla).
Forthcoming .
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| 7 |
Saifur Rashid
Cultural Resources and Heritage Management in Bangladesh.
Forthcoming .
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| 8 |
Saifur Rashid
Anthropology, Intangible Cultural Heritage and Bangladesh.
Forthcoming .
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| 9 |
Saifur Rashid
Untold Stories of Bangladeshi Migrants in Europe (10 European countries).
Forthcoming .
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| 10 |
Saifur Rashid
The Crisis of Identity, Culture and Language of Bangladeshi Migrants in Qatar.
Forthcoming .
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| 11 |
Saifur Rashid
The Engagement of Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in the Tourism Industry of Vatican City of Rome, Italy.
Forthcoming .
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| 12 |
Saifur Rashid
Job Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction of Bangladeshi Migrants in South Korea.
Forthcoming .
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| Book Section | |
| 1 |
Saifur Rashid "Heritage, Folk Medicine and Kaviraji Treatment in Bangladesh."
Traditional Medicine: Sharing Experience from the Field. Eivind Falk South Korea: ICHNGO Forum, ICHCAP-UNESCO and HeritageALive, 2017 .
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| 2 |
Saifur Rashid "An Anthropologist’s memoirs of Fieldwork: Experience of Working among the Koibortta Fishers in Kishoregonj."
Pains and Pleasures of Fieldwork. Professor Anwarullah Chowdhury Dhaka: Ananya Publishers, 2015 .
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| 3 |
Saifur Rashid "Connection of diversities and mother language in globalization."
Annual publication of International Mother Language Institute. International Mother Language Institute Dhaka: International Mother Language Institute, 2014 .
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| Journal Article | |
| 1 |
Saifur Rashid and Hasan Shafie : Situating Anthropology in Bangladesh: Transformations and Trajectories in the Anthropology Tradition,
European Journal of Sociology and Anthropology , vol.2 , no.1 , 2017
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| 2 |
Saifur Rashid : ICH, Urban Public Spaces and Social Cohesion,
UNESCO ICHAP ICH Courier , vol.31 , 2017
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| 3 |
Saifur Rashid : Sacred Cultural Spaces of Bangladesh,
ICH Courier , vol.28 , 2016
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| 4 |
Saifur Rashid : People on the Move: The Roots and Routes of Bangladeshi Migration, Diaspora and Development,
International Journal of Global Diaspora Studies , vol.2 , no.1 , 2016
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| 5 |
Saifur Rashid : Anthropology’s Engagement in Development: Some Conceptual and Contextual Issues,
Social Science Review, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D , vol.2 , pp.33 , 2016
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| 6 |
Saifur Rashid : Cultural Resources and Ethno-Linguistic Survey of Bangladesh: Context, Needs and Importance (in Bangla) (Bangladesher Shanskritik Shampad o Nri-bhasha Boiggywanic Jorip: Prekkhapot, Proyjoniota o Gurutto’),
Dhaka University Studies, Part-D , vol.9 , no.9 , 2015
.
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| 7 |
Saifur Rashid : Globalization: Concepts and Issues,
Social Science Review (The Dhaka University Studies Part-D) , vol.28 , no.1 , 2011
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| 8 |
Saifur Rashid : Anthropology of Migration: Concepts, Theories and Bangladesh Perspective,
Green University Review , vol.2 , no.1 , 2011
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| 9 |
Saifur Rashid : Changing wetland ecology and inland open water fisheries of Bangladesh: the case of Koibortta fishers of Kishorgonj,
Social Science Review (The Dhaka University Studies Part-D) , vol.28 , no.2 , 2011
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| 10 |
Saifur Rashid : Indigenous fishing knowledge: the changing fishing technology and techniques among the Koibortta flood-plain fishers of Northeast Bangladesh,
Grassroots Voice , vol.III , no.1 , 2010
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| 11 |
Saifur Rashid : Fish Trade and Food Security: Issues of the Koibortta fishers of Northeast Bangladesh,
Social Science Review (The Dhaka University Studies Part-D) , vol.27 , no.2 , 2010
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| 12 |
Saifur Rashid : Common property rights, common property fisheries resources and management regimes in inland open water fisheries of Bangladesh: an anthropological analysis of the conflict situation,
Southern Initiative Journal of Sustainable Development , 2008
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| 13 |
Saifur Rashid and Shaheen Ahmed : Indigenous Knowledge, Beliefs and Practices of Fishermen: An Anthropological Observation,
Grassroots Voice: A Journal of Indigenous Knowledge and Development , vol.1 , no.IV , pp.135-142 , 2001
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| 14 |
Saifur Rashid : Gender Role Differentiation in Agriculture: An Anthropological Study of Intra-household Dynamics of Farm Families in Gazipur Villages,
Social Science Review , vol.01 , 2000
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| 15 |
Saifur Rashid : Anthropology of Fishing: Some Conceptual and Theoretical Issues,
Social Science Review , vol.16 , no.01 , 1999
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| 16 |
Saifur Rashid and N. Islam : Sociology of Education: Bangladesh Perspective,
The Journal of Social Development , 1999
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| 17 |
Saifur Rashid and B. Pokrant : The Fishers and fisheries sector of Bangladesh: an anthropological overview’,
Journal of Social Studies , vol.76 , pp.32-48 , 1997
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| 18 |
Saifur Rashid and Zahidul Islam : ssence of Peoples Participation and Indigenous knowledge in-Development. An anthropological overview,
Social Science Review , vol.14 , no.01 , 1997
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| 19 |
Saifur Rashid and B. Pokrant : Fishers and Fisheries Sector of Bangladesh: An Anthropological Overviews,
Social Science Review , vol.XIII , no.1 , 1996
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| 20 |
Saifur Rashid : Marxism and Anthropology: A Theoretical Analysis (in Bengali),
Journal of Social Studies (ShamajNirikhan) - A Journal of the Centre for Social Studies , vol.59 , 1996
.
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| 21 |
Saifur Rashid : Political Economy of Foreign Aid: Bangladesh Perspective 1972-1992,
Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy , vol.XIII , no.1 , 1995
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| 22 |
Saifur Rashid : Education and Class Relation: Bangladesh Perspective,
Rajneeti Orthoniti Journal , vol.3 , no.1 , 1994
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| 23 |
Saifur Rashid and Anwarullah Chowdhury : The Role of Women in Agriculture of Bangladesh: A Sociological Analysis,
Social Science Review , vol.X , no.1 , 1993
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| 24 |
Siafur Rashid : Social Research and Development: Situation of Bangladesh in the Global Context (in Bangali),
Rajneeti Orthoniti Journal , vol.1 , pp.2 , 1993
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| Conference Proceedings | |
| 1 |
Saifur Rashid "The Role of Tertiary Education for Safeguarding ICH: The Case of Bangladesh."
Unlocking the Potential of Tertiary Education for ICH Safeguarding
Seoul, South Korea: Asia-Pacific Tertiary Education for ICH Safeguarding Office, 2018
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| 2 |
Saifur Rashid "ICH and Peace-building in Bangladesh."
ICH and Peace building
Jeonju, South Korea: World Forum for Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2018
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| 3 |
Saifur Rashid "Jamdani: The Art of Weaving."
Curators Meeting for the 2017 ICHCAP ICH Online Exhibition
Incheon, South Korea: 2017
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| 4 |
Saifur Rashid "The Role of NGOs in Protecting, Safeguarding and Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh: From Employment, Income and Empowerment Perspective."
Asia-Pacific ICH NGO Conference
Jeonju, South Korea: Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia-Pacific (ICHCAP), UNESCO, 2016
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| 5 |
Saifur Rashid "Intangible Cultural Heritage Template (Portal): The Web Based Digital Documentation of ICHs in Bangladesh."
Information Officers Meeting for Safeguarding ICH in the Asia Pacific-Region
Jeonju, South Korea: ICHCAP, UNESCO, 2016
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| 6 |
Saifur Rashid "Beliefs and Rituals Associated with Death: Case studies of some selected ethnic and religious groups of Bangladesh."
First International Conference of the Republic of Korea on “Traditional Funeral Rites”
Daegu, South Korea: Daegu Catholic University, 2016
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| 7 |
Saifur Rashid "Journey to ‘foreign lands’, voyages by boats and the tragedy of human trafficking from Bangladesh: The issues of illegal migration of Ruhingya refugees and the rural poor."
International Order, International Migration and Global Diaspora
Chonnam, South Korea: University of Chonnam, 2016
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| 8 |
Saifur Rashid "Cultural Resource and Heritage Management in Bangladesh: Assessing the Management Prospects and Priorities in the country Context."
2015 BK21 International Conference on “Tradition as Cultural resources and Local Development”
Chonbuk, South Korea: Brain Korea 21 Plus Teams, Department of Folklore, Andong National University and Department of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, Chonbuk National University, 2015
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| 9 |
Saifur Rashid and F. Azim "Intra- Household Dynamics of Firm Families in Rural Bangladesh: An Anthropological Study."
Proceedings of a National Workshop of Gender Research and Training Project
Dhaka: Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, 1996
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International | Intangible Cultural Heritage in Our Daily Lives: 2016 Asia-Pacific Intangible Cultural Heritage Multimedia Video Contest | 2017 | Won Distinction (Third) Prize in the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Our Daily Lives: 2016 Asia-Pacific Intangible Cultural Heritage Multimedia Video Contest of ICHCAP-UNESCO for a documentary: “Lost Craft of Dhaka” (Awarded in February 2017). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vd9M0pvwXQ | |
| International | Child Health Promotion Research Centre’s 2008 Volunteer Awards | 2008 | Australia | ∆ Child Health Promotion Research Centre’s 2008 Volunteer Awards as part of National Volunteer Week (Aus$5,000) of Australia |
| International | Curtin University Postgraduate Alumni Scholarship | 2002 | Australia | Received Curtin University Postgraduate Alumni Scholarship for the year 2002 |
| National | Social Science Research Council Bangladesh Fellowship | 2002 | Bangladesh | Received Social Science Research Council Bangladesh Fellowship sponsored by Ford Foundation, USA for the year 2002-2003 |
| International | Japan Society for Promotion of Science | 1999 | Japan | Received JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) Fellowship for the year 1998 (for 3 months) and 1999 (for 1 month) and worked with Professor Katsuhiko Kano as a research fellow of the Institute of Socio-Environmental Studies at the University of Kanazawa, Japan |
| Local | University of Dhaka Scholarship for MSS | 1991 | Bangladesh | Awarded the University of Dhaka Scholarship for MSS |
| Local | University of Dhaka Scholarship for B.S.S | 1989 | Bangladesh | Awarded the University of Dhaka Scholarship for B.S.S. Honors |
| National | Public School Examination Scholarship | 1976 | Bangladesh | Awarded the Public School Examination Scholarship in 1976/1979/1981/1982. |
| International | Livable Community Research Grant | Australia | Livable Community Research Grant (Aus25,000), Australian Research Council | |
| International | Research Grant | United States | Received a grant of US$15,000 from Social Science Research Council, USA to conduct a field work among the Koibortta fishing community (one of the oldest/ traditional Hindu fishing community of Bangladesh) of Northeast Bangladesh | |
| National | Research Grant | Bangladesh | Received a grant of Tk. 30 lakh (US$40,000) for “Digital Documentation of Two Endangered Ethnic Languages of Plain Land Bangladesh” from the Prime Minister’s Office of Bangladesh under the Project of “Development Assistance for Minor Ethnic Communities” of Plain Land Bangladesh (DAMEC) | |
| National | Research Grant | Bangladesh | Received a grant of Tk. 19.8 lakh (US$ 25,000) for conducting a research on Contesting identities, ethnicities and nation-building: towards an inclusive model for managing diversities and differences in the context of Chittagong Hill Tracts | |
| National | Grant | Bangladesh | Received a grant of Tk. 1.26 crore (US$ 158,000) for developing a graduate studies program on visual and media anthropology at the Dept. of Anthropology | |
| International | Google Arts and Culture | South Korea | Awarded $3,000 by ‘Google Arts and Culture’ of South Korea for doing an online Exhibition of ‘Jamdani: The Art of Weaving’ as part of the project of online exhibition of intangible cultural heritage of 5 South Asian Countries undertaken by Google Cultural Institute, South Korea. See link given below: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/ygIiKvXXi00LLg | |
| International | Intangible Cultural Heritage Video Documentation Project | South Korea | Received $2,200 from ICHCAP- UNESCO, South Korea for making a documentary on the Baul Tradition of Lalon titled “Youth Meets Lalon” as part of Intangible Cultural Heritage Video Documentation Project Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un2EuabjM8g |
Name & designation
Dr. Md. Saifur Rashid
Professor
Department
Department of Anthropology Faculty of Social Sciences
Email
saifur@du.ac.bd
Phone
880-2-9661900/6688; +8801713464821