Citizenship… Shimla: The slow contoured life of an imagined Smart City 4th September 20193rd September 2019 *** This is a reblogged post from our ESRC funded project website 'Learning from Small Cities'. Click here for the original post.*** For all purposes, Shimla is slow. It takes…
Citizenship… Jalandhar: Emigration, transnationalism and the future of a ‘Smart Chowk’ development 3rd September 2019 ***This is a reblogged post from project website 'Learning from Small Cities' funded by the ESRC. Click here for original post*** ‘Visa denied’ We were sitting in one of the…
Announcements… New Publication: The ‘Smart Safe City’: Gendered time, speed and violence in the margins of India’s urban age. 5th August 2019 I just received confirmation that my article for the Annals of the AAG titled "The ‘Smart Safe City’: Gendered time, speed and violence in the margins of India’s urban age"…
Citizenship… Intimate Infrastructures Storymap 16th March 201916th March 2019 Intimate infrastructures is a way of seeing and understanding how infrastructure, in their absence, disconnectedness and exclusions are woven into the intimate material and social relationships of urban life. These intimate…
Citizenship… #AanaJaana Storymap 2nd March 201929th April 2019 Curating gendered digital lives in Delhi’s urban peripheries Combining approaches from urban geography, gender studies, software ethnography and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), this ArcGIS mapping initiative is a unique interdisciplinary…
Citizenship… Indian women from the outskirts of Delhi are taking selfies to claim their right to the city 27th February 201927th February 2019 Ayona Datta., Author provided Ayona Datta, King's College London Taking selfies and posting them on social media is often derided as a narcissistic, self-absorbed and attention-seeking practice. Filters come in…
Citizenship… “THIS CITY IS FOR YOU AND ME”- Khadar ki Ladkiyan [Khadar Girls] music video 7th January 201920th January 2019 REBLOGGED FROM 'GENDERING THE SMART CITY' Dr. Ayona Datta, Project Principal Investigator We are ending the Delhi phase of the ‘Gendering the Smart City’ project on a high. What began…
Citizenship… #MeToo has arrived in India, and it’s changing how technology is used to fight injustice 26th October 201827th October 2018 #MeToo has arrived in India, and it's changing how technology is used to fight injustice Shutterstock.Ayona Datta, King's College London; Nabeela Ahmed, King's College London, and Rakhi Tripathi, FORE School…
Citizenship… Justice and the Digital Symposium 11th July 201817th January 2019 Invited speaker in the Digital Geographies Working Group Annual Symposium ‘Justice and the Digital’ @digital_RGS #DGWGSymp
Citizenship… ‘Fast Urbanism’ keynote 9th July 201817th January 2019 Fast Urbanism: Speed and time at the margins of the Indian city Keynote at the Conference of Irish Geographers Maynooth, 10 May 2018
Citizenship… ‘Undisciplining’ Urban Futures keynote 9th July 201817th January 2019 Keynote at the Sociological Review Conference in Newcastle, 19th June.
Citizenship… Oxfam event #SafetoSpeakOut 6th December 201716th March 2019 Ayona Datta speaks at Oxfam #SafetoSpeakOut event on 4 December 2017.
Citizenship… Film: Habitat and Living in Plural Cities 24th April 20177th May 2018 Habitat and Living in Plural Cities Watch this new film produced by the British Academy as part of their Urban Futures series. Abstract: Is our understanding of urban infrastructure changing?…
Announcements… Learning from the Utopian City: Navi Mumbai 23rd June 201624th April 2017 This is a reflection on a two day workshop organised by Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai as part of our 'Learning from Utopian Cities' AHRC funded international network.
Announcements… Workshop CfP: Smart Urban Futures and Social Justice 11th March 201624th April 2017 The ‘smart city’ discourse has become almost ubiquitous in contemporary urban policy. In the global South, initiatives such as the Indian 100 smart cities programme has foregrounded the oft-misplaced faith…
Citizenship… The making of City Stories: Two mini-documentaries on citizenship, belonging and urban development in Maharashtra, India 4th September 20157th May 2018 It has been a long arduous road, but I am pleased to say that 'City Stories' is out now on dvd. It features two short documentaries on urban development in…
Citizenship… India’s GIFT: The hubris of technotopia in its “first” smart city 19th May 20155th June 2018 It was 45 degC on a scorching day in early May as we made our way to the much publicized GIFT (Gujarat International Financial Tech-city). Excitement and anticipation was building…
Announcements… Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship at the University of Leeds (UK) 9th June 2014 Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship at the University of Leeds (UK). Looking for candidates for 2014 and 2015 funding rounds. Send s.gonzalez@leeds.ac.uk Expressions of Interest by 20th June. PLEASE SHARE.…
Citizenship… Forthcoming Book: Ecological Citizenships in the Global South 21st May 201411th March 2016 Following our sessions in the RGS-IBG last year, I am very pleased to announce that we have received a book contract from Zed Books. Below is a short synopsis of…
Announcements… Learning from Small Cities: New Urban Frontiers in the Global South 1st May 20145th June 2018 Further to my earlier CfP for the 2014 Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG) annual meeting, I am very pleased to announce that our double session 'Learning from Small Cities: New urban…