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…
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… 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… 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 – Andrew Ross (2011) Bird on Fire: Lessons from the world’s most unsustainable city. (OUP: USA). 19th June 201320th June 2013 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). 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… 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.…