Invitation : Alternative Heritage and Vernacular Architecture - A Foundational Dialogue

Geo Meridien International in partnership with IFRA-Nigeria invites you to the Alternative Heritages Conference, themed “Alternative Heritage and Vernacular Architecture - A Foundational Dialogue”. This conference is held as part of the Nigerian Alternative Heritages project, financed by the French Embassy Fund (FEF).

This conference brings together academics, architects, historians, heritage professionals, conservators, art historians, archaeologists and anthropologists for a foundational conversation on the intersections of alternative heritage and vernacular architecture. The gathering will offer a space for critical dialogue, exploring the social, architectural, and cultural significance of alternative heritage spaces that are central to community identity but largely undocumented. Other sub-themes include: Gender, Ritual, and Memory in the Spaces We Inhabit; Preserving the Architecture of the Unrecorded; and Rethinking Preservation through Community, Oral Traditions, and Everyday Architecture

Practical information:

Venue: Old Olubadan Palace, Oja’ba, Mapo, Ibadan

Time & date: 13 August, 2025, 9:00am

Open to everyone

Tags: Ibadan, archives, architecture