Urban India: Historical Processes and Contemporary Experience

Papers

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PANEL 1: URBAN UTOPIAS

Techno-topias and Ethno-topias: Urban India in the Age of Global Modernity

Jyoti Hosagrahar

Jaipur Master Plan 2025: A Case Study

Swati Ramanathan

PANEL 2: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LAND

Access to Land and Housing for Slum Dwellers in Delhi: The Impact of Infrastructure Projects and Real Estate Development

Véronique Dupont

A Spatial History of Water at Bangalore’s Frontier : State Formation, Extra-Legalities, and the Peripheralized Middle-Class

Malini Ranganathan

PANEL 3: THE CITY IN PUBLIC CULTURE

The City, From a Different Angle: Re-visioning the Urban in Post-1947 Indian Art

Rebecca M. Brown

Terrorism, Conspiracy and Surveillance in Bombay’s Urban Cinema

Ranjani Mazumdar

PANEL 4: DESIRE AND BELONGING IN THE CITY

Public Space and Repertoires of Political Action

Lisa Mitchell

On the Delhi Metro: an Ethnographic View

Rashmi Sadana

PANEL 5: LIVELIHOODS, MOBILITY AND URBAN INFORMALITY

Sentinels of the City: Private Security Guards, Urban Work Culture and Informality in India

Nandini Gooptu

Living in the Slums of Bangalore: Activities, Aspirations, and Achievements of 1,481 Households in 14 Slum Communities

Anirudh Krishna

PANEL 6: GOVERNANCE AND CITIZENSHIP

Illegal Landscapes: Governance and Citizenship on Mumbai’s Streets

Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria

Quality of Citizenship in Bangalore: Understanding the Role of Civic Literacy and Civic Engagement

Chetan B. Singai, Unna V. Govindarajan, Anamika Ajay