Abdullah R. Chowdhury
Social Innovator. Anthropologist. Policy Advocate.
An explorer, amateur photographer and storyteller of Indigenous knowledge, ecological imagination and human-nature partnership in resilience
Social Innovation & Projects
I design and lead initiatives that merge storytelling, education, and policy to support community resilience and Indigenous leadership. From launching empathy-based learning labs to co-creating cross-border anti-trafficking strategies, my work focuses on ethical, locally grounded solutions to complex social and environmental challenges.
Ethnography Research
I explore how Indigenous knowledge systems shape biodiversity conservation through story, ritual, and relationship. My work bridges ethnography, ecology, and policy to highlight how traditional ways of knowing offer vital insights for global environmental futures
A visual archive of memory, migration, and ecological intimacy — my photography captures moments where culture, land, and resilience converge. From the sacred groves of Meghalaya to the edges of displacement in Cox’s Bazar, these images tell stories that words alone cannot hold.
Photography Storyboard
Creative Work
Whispers of the Sacred Groves
An ethnographic film which tells stories of Khasi Traditional Ecological Knowledge (Indigenous Local Knowledge. The film showcases my journey through conversations and stories of Khasi myths, folklore, and cosmology and their convergence with the environment
The Khynnah who travelled to the Vatican
This is a children's storybook which tells the story of a Khynnah (young Khasi girl) who travelled to the Vatican to meet the Pope. Her journey through land, sea and mountains are told through hymn, stories and poems
COEXIST
A biannual magazine produced by BRAC University, which is about bridging differences and promoting the idea of harmony in society. It showcases stories, programmes and engagements with a focus on children and young people
Curriculum Vitae of Abdullah R. Chowdhury
In Press & Media
