Citizenship… ‘Fast Urbanism’ keynote 9 Jul 201811 Jul 2018 Fast Urbanism: Speed and time at the margins of the Indian city Keynote at the Conference of Irish Geographers Maynooth, 10 May 2018
Citizenship… Oxfam event #SafetoSpeakOut 6 Dec 20177 May 2018 Ayona Datta speaks at Oxfam #SafetoSpeakOut event on 4 December 2017.
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…
Announcements… CfP: Everyday Encounters with Violence: Critical Feminist Perspectives, 9-11 Sept 2015 14 Jul 20145 May 2015 Call for Papers 2015 Feminist and Women’s Studies Association (FWSA) Conference Everyday Encounters with Violence: Critical Feminist Perspectives 9-11 September, 2015 School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK Although violence…
Announcements… Announcement of two opportunities to serve on the FWSA Executive Committee 9 May 201427 Jun 2014 PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY. APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTINGS. Dear colleagues and friends, Further to our recent announcement of the 2015 Feminist and Women's Studies Association (FWSA) conference I am writing as…
Gender… BBC Radio Interview on impact of the Delhi gang rape on British South Asian feminisms 2 Dec 2013 Podcast of my interview on 1st December 2013 on the impact of Delhi Rape case on British South Asian Feminism. This interview was conducted in parallel to the Birmingham debate…
Announcements… Ayona Datta: Who she is…what she does…how she does it…as a feminist geographer. 15 Nov 201315 Nov 2013 Featuring Feminist geographers: Who we are, what we do, why we do it.
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…
Gender… BBC Radio Leeds interview on the death penalty as the verdict in the Delhi gangrape case 16 Sep 201316 Sep 2013 Listen to podcast of my interview on 13th September 2013 on the death penalty as the verdict in the Delhi gangrape case.
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… 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… HEA online resource on negotiating difference for fieldworkers 17 Jun 201322 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… Critical Urban Geographies at the Nordic Geographers Annual Meeting 2013 3 Jun 201320 Jun 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.…
Citizenship… RGS-IBG 2013 Sessions on Ecological Citizenships in the Global South 31 May 201321 May 2014 I am organizing a double session on Ecological Citizenship in the global south in the forthcoming RGS-IBG 2013 Annual International Conference in London. This stems from my recent interest in…