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… 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?…
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.…
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…
Gender… BBC Radio Leeds interview on the death penalty as the verdict in the Delhi gangrape case 16th September 201316th September 2013 Listen to podcast of my interview on 13th September 2013 on the death penalty as the verdict in the Delhi gangrape case.
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… 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 – 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… 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.…