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PUBLIC EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE

1 Oct 20211 Oct 2021
I am excited to announce the launch of our free public exhibition titled 'Learning from Small Cities' and accompanying conference "(Re)thinking Smart, (Re)building Scale" Venue: Building Centre, 26 Store St,…
Citizenship…

“THIS CITY IS FOR YOU AND ME”- Khadar ki Ladkiyan [Khadar Girls] music video

7 Jan 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…

India’s GIFT: The hubris of technotopia in its “first” smart city

19 May 20155 Jun 2021
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…
Citizenship…

City Forgotten: The fate of small towns in India’s urbanization

23 Sep 20135 Jun 2021
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 Bypassed: The casualties of Mumbai’s urban renewal

31 Jul 20135 Jun 2021
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…

What is smart about smart cities? A response from the global south

30 Jun 20135 Jun 2021
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

20 Jun 20135 Jun 2021
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 20135 Jun 2021
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 20135 Jun 2021
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…

Critical Urban Geographies at the Nordic Geographers Annual Meeting 2013

3 Jun 20135 Jun 2021
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.…
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