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 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… 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… 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… Call for new editors in ACME: An international e-journal for critical geographies 30th May 201320th June 2013 As part of the editorial collective it gives me great pleasure to announce our search for new multilingual editors. ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographers: Call for New Editors…