The is­sue of how to pro­mote and pre­serve the cul­ture of the In­do-Caribbean Di­as­po­ra is cen­tral to es­tab­lish­ing a vi­sion for fu­ture gen­er­a­tions. De­spite the rich po­ten­tial cul­ture pos­sess­es to make a vi­tal con­tri­bu­tion to­wards the cre­ation of a bet­ter world, this po­ten­tial is not be­ing re­alised, said a re­lease from the Na­tion­al Coun­cil of In­di­an Cul­ture (NCIC).

The NCIC, as part of its 50th an­niver­sary pro­gramme, will be host­ing an In­ter­na­tion­al Di­as­po­ra con­fer­ence which fo­cus­es on the fu­ture of In­di­an cul­ture with­in the Caribbean Di­as­po­ra.

The call for pa­pers was made for pre­sen­ta­tions on the her­itage and his­tor­i­cal con­texts; per­form­ing, vi­su­al and cre­ative arts; tech­nol­o­gy, e-cul­ture and en­tre­pre­neur­ship; healthy lifestyles–culi­nary and med­i­c­i­nal health­scapes; sus­tain­able In­di­an cul­tur­al de­vel­op­ment; NCIC and oth­er vol­un­tary or­gan­i­sa­tions in the In­do-Caribbean Di­as­po­ra–fu­ture gen­er­a­tions; youth and gen­der is­sues; im­pact of In­di­an films on the In­di­an Di­as­po­ra; Di­vali Na­gar in the 21st cen­tu­ry –tra­di­tions, com­merce and cul­tur­al trans­mis­sions; and the fu­ture di­rec­tions for In­do-Caribbean cul­ture.

The re­lease added that lo­cal, re­gion­al and in­ter­na­tion­al aca­d­e­m­ic and prac­tice-based con­trib­u­tors will ex­am­ine the con­cept of In­do-Caribbean cul­ture as a con­struc­tive char­ac­ter­is­tic of fu­ture com­mu­ni­ty life. The in­ten­tion is to ex­pose sev­er­al fac­tors which cause cul­ture to play a mar­gin­al rather than main­stream role and by ex­ten­sion, pre­vent the re­al­i­sa­tion of the full po­ten­tial of cul­ture in the In­do-Caribbean Di­as­po­ra.

The pub­lic is in­vit­ed to reg­is­ter and at­tend this de­fin­i­tive three-day con­fer­ence which will host an open­ing cer­e­mo­ny on Ju­ly 11 at 7 pm and the pre­sen­ta­tion of pa­pers and dis­cus­sions on Ju­ly 12 and 13.

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The In­ter­na­tion­al Di­as­po­ra Con­fer­ence will be held at the NCIC, Di­vali Na­gar com­pound. Those in­ter­est­ed can reg­is­ter by call­ing the NCIC Sec­re­tari­at on 671-6242 or e-mail of­fice@nci­ctt.com.

Reg­is­tra­tion forms are avail­able on the NCIC'S Web site www.nci­ctt.com.

Re­fresh­ments and lunch will be served dur­ing con­fer­ence days and is free of charge to the gen­er­al pub­lic.

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