Citizenship… “THIS CITY IS FOR YOU AND ME”- Khadar ki Ladkiyan [Khadar Girls] music video 7th January 201917th 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 20178th January 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…
Citizenship… City Forgotten: The fate of small towns in India’s urbanization 23rd September 201328th January 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 9th September 20133rd 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 31st July 201328th January 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 6th July 201317th September 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 30th June 20135th June 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? 24th June 201325th June 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…