Citizenship… Survival Infrastructures under COVID19 in India 12th May 202015th May 2020 I grew up hearing stories of Calcutta during the Bengal Famine of 1943 from my grandmother. The famine was an artificially created disaster under the watchful eyes of the British…
Announcements… New Publication: Intimate Infrastructures. The rubrics of gendered safety and urban violence in Kerala, India 23rd January 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. 5th August 201923rd January 2020 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 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…
Announcements Post-doctoral job opportunity 7th May 20189th July 2018 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 28th March 201820th January 2019 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 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…
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… 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.…