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Emerging Urbanism
October 27-28, 2004
School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
A two-day workshop, 'Emerging Urbanism', was jointly organised by Sarai-CSDS and the Department of Urban Design, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi, on 27-28 October, 2004. Covering a wide range of issues and disciplines on urban experiences, the workshop provided a cross-disciplinary platform for urban designers, planners, social scientists and film makers to share their research and experience. The workshop included scholars and practitioners from Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Cochin, Kolkata and Delhi. Altogether fourteen papers were presented spread over six sessions focusing on 'Cybercity', 'Mumbai', 'Delhi', 'Neighbourhood', 'Media and City', and 'Identity Politics in the City'. A film, 'Ladies Special', directed by Nidhi Tuli, was also screened during the workshop.
'Emerging Urbanism' was an attempt to critically engage with the past decade of urban transformations in India commonly summarised under the term, 'globalisation.' The workshop discussions explored the complicated nature of locality, legal regimes, the politics of urban planning, dynamics of market and questions of publics and public spaces.
During the workshop, various speakers stressed a strong need to set up collaborative partnerships in the area of urban research. Hence, a need for more similar platforms to share cross-disciplinary thinking on urban experiences was realised. Students of Urban Design at the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, ran the workshop at the SPA premises.
School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
A two-day workshop, 'Emerging Urbanism', was jointly organised by Sarai-CSDS and the Department of Urban Design, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi, on 27-28 October, 2004. Covering a wide range of issues and disciplines on urban experiences, the workshop provided a cross-disciplinary platform for urban designers, planners, social scientists and film makers to share their research and experience. The workshop included scholars and practitioners from Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Cochin, Kolkata and Delhi. Altogether fourteen papers were presented spread over six sessions focusing on 'Cybercity', 'Mumbai', 'Delhi', 'Neighbourhood', 'Media and City', and 'Identity Politics in the City'. A film, 'Ladies Special', directed by Nidhi Tuli, was also screened during the workshop.
'Emerging Urbanism' was an attempt to critically engage with the past decade of urban transformations in India commonly summarised under the term, 'globalisation.' The workshop discussions explored the complicated nature of locality, legal regimes, the politics of urban planning, dynamics of market and questions of publics and public spaces.
During the workshop, various speakers stressed a strong need to set up collaborative partnerships in the area of urban research. Hence, a need for more similar platforms to share cross-disciplinary thinking on urban experiences was realised. Students of Urban Design at the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, ran the workshop at the SPA premises.