Citizenship… Oxfam event #SafetoSpeakOut 6 Dec 20177 May 2018 Ayona Datta speaks at Oxfam #SafetoSpeakOut event on 4 December 2017.
Citizenship… Film: Habitat and Living in Plural Cities 24 Apr 20177 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 23 Jun 201624 Apr 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 11 Mar 201624 Apr 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 4 Sep 20157 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 19 May 20157 May 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) 9 Jun 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 21 May 201411 Mar 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 1 May 20141 Apr 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…
Citizenship… City Forgotten: The fate of small towns in India’s urbanization 23 Sep 201328 Jan 2016 THIS ARTICLE WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN OPENDEMOCRACY ON 18TH SEPTEMBER 2013. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE http://youtu.be/vJRLRdcujBc Late one evening, my academic partner Abdul Shaban, his research assistant Noor Alam and I…
Citizenship… City in a box: ‘Fast’ cities in the global south 9 Sep 20133 May 2014 Recently, Lego began a new range of assembled toys. Called the Design Studio kit, it includes more than 1,200 white and transparent blocks with a 272-page design guide as a…
Citizenship… City Bypassed: The casualties of Mumbai’s urban renewal 31 Jul 201328 Jan 2016 This film was first hosted on the openDemocracy website. https://vimeo.com/71271947 Mumbai's road to global city status has been marked by the construction of road infrastructure projects. Apart from increasing the…
Citizenship… The politics that matter: Men, women and political knowledge 6 Jul 201317 Sep 2013 A recent research funded by the ESRC has reported that women worldwide know less about politics than men. This is based on the assumption that political knowledge is produced from…
Citizenship… What is smart about smart cities? A response from the global south 30 Jun 201312 May 2018 Imagine that you get off your flight and go straight into an electric car that takes you zipping over traffic into your business meeting. Imagine that your mobile phone never…
Citizenship… Are Women underrepresented at academic conferences? 24 Jun 201325 Jun 2013 This post is a response to an article in the Times Higher Education today that women are underrepresented in academic conferences. The article dealt with a number of issues and statistics…
Announcements… Announcement: Elected as Co-Chair of Feminist and Women’s Studies Association, UK 23 Jun 201323 Jun 2013 ANNOUNCEMENT AYONA DATTA elected as co-chair of the Feminist and Women's Studies Association (FWSA) UK It is my great pleasure and delight to announce that I was elected to co-chair…
Announcements… ‘Feminist Geography Conference: Who we are, what we do, why we do it’, May 15-18, 2014 22 Jun 20136 Jan 2014 Feminist Geography: Who we are, what we do, why we do it MAY 15-18, 2014 University of Nebraska at Omaha On May 15-18, 2014, scholars will come together in Omaha,…
Citizenship… Revisiting the Delhi gangrape six months on 20 Jun 20139 Sep 2013 RECENT INTERVIEWS WITH BBC RADIO LEEDS IN JUNE 2013 I was recently asked to comment on the events surrounding the Delhi gang rape six months on. While I had commented…
Citizenship… Book Review – Andrew Ross (2011) Bird on Fire: Lessons from the world’s most unsustainable city. (OUP: USA). 19 Jun 201320 Jun 2013 This review first appeared on LSE Review of Books. For the original review click here.Bird on Fire is a tour de force of the sustainability credentials of “the world’s least…
Citizenship… Book review – Jerome Krase (2012) Seeing Cities Change: Local Culture and Class. (Farnham: Ashgate). 19 Jun 201320 Jun 2013 This book review first appeared on LSE Review of Books. Click here to see original review. Jerome Krase is an eminent visual sociologist who has for decades photographed the ways…
