Announcements… 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… Survival Infrastructures under COVID19 in India 12 May 20205 Jun 2021 This is a reposting of a Blog published in Geography Directions. I grew up hearing stories of Calcutta during the Bengal Famine of 1943 from my grandmother. The famine was…
Announcements… New Publication: Intimate Infrastructures. The rubrics of gendered safety and urban violence in Kerala, India 23 Jan 2020 We just received confirmation that our co-authored article for Geoforum "Intimate Infrastructures: The rubrics of gendered safety and urban violence in Kerala, India" has been accepted for publication. This article has…
Announcements… New Publication: The ‘Smart Safe City’: Gendered time, speed and violence in the margins of India’s urban age. 5 Aug 2019 I just received confirmation that my article for the Annals of the AAG titled "The ‘Smart Safe City’: Gendered time, speed and violence in the margins of India’s urban age"…
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…
Announcements Post-doctoral job opportunity 7 May 20185 Jun 2021 There is currently a new Post-Doctoral Research Associate opportunity to work on an ESRC funded project ‘Learning from small cities: Governing imagined futures and the dynamics of change in India's…
Announcements… Learning from small cities 28 Mar 20185 Jun 2021 I am very pleased to announce that our ESRC Urban Transformations research bid for Newton funds to conduct research on smart cities in India has been successful. This develops my…
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… 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… 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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