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…
Announcements… Announcement: Elected as Co-Chair of Feminist and Women’s Studies Association, UK 23rd June 201323rd June 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 22nd June 20136th January 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 20th June 20139th September 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). 19th June 201320th June 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). 19th June 201320th June 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…
Citizenship… HEA online resource on negotiating difference for fieldworkers 17th June 201322nd May 2015 I have recently been commissioned by the Higher Education Academy in the UK to create an online resource for fieldworkers in GEES (Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences) on negotiating differences during fieldwork. This…
Citizenship… The Myth of Resettlement 9th June 201323rd September 2013 This Article first appeared in openDemocracy. For the full version click here Since 2000, activist groups across India have sought to defend slum communities from dispossession in favour of 'participatory'…
Citizenship… Critical Urban Geographies at the Nordic Geographers Annual Meeting 2013 3rd June 201320th June 2013 NORDIC GEOGRAPHERS ANNUAL MEETING Reykjavik (11-14th June 2013) This year is the first time that I will attend the Nordic Geographers' Annual Meeting taking place in Reykjavik from 11th-14th June 2013.…
Announcements… Calling participants for the ‘Negotiating Multilingual Identities among Migrant Construction Professionals’ project 3rd June 201330th June 2013 NEGOTIATING MULTILINGUAL IDENTITIES AMONG MIGRANT CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS IN LEEDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS We're inviting volunteers to take part in research which examines how skilled migrants working in…