Khondaker Hasibul Kabir, Lecturer, Department of Architecture, participated in an international seminar in Indonesia organized by the Department of Architecture, Petra Christian University. The theme of the seminar was 'Rethinking Local Knowledge in Vernacular Settlements: Anchoring the Concept of Place in the Post-Disaster and Post-Global World'. He presented a research paper co-authored by Professor Fuad H Mallick and himself titled "Dynamic Vernacular: Outdoor Spaces in the Homesteads of the Ultra Poor".