I’ll be at Ethnographic perspectives on South Asian politics in Manchester this Friday thinking about ‘water mafias’ and informal infrastructures… … More
Tag: Politics
Delhi waters: Unequal, unreliable, and running out
Although Delhi has more water per person, on average, than London or New York, many still endure a daily … More
Politics, informal infra and urban governance
Delighted to see this in EPW’s Review of Urban Affairs! Politics, information technology and informal infrastructures in urban governance (pdf) … More
Publics@IIHS Bangalore
PUBLIC TALK Underground Water: Techno-Political Ecology in ‘Unauthorised’ Delhi Thursday | 5 November 2015 | 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Abstract: India … More
Politics of Fire – Kerry Chance
“Where there is fire, there is politics”: Ungovernability and Material Life in Urban South Africa. Great new article by Kerry … More
AAP campaigns
AAP 2015 election campaign materials from south Delhi; banners, posters, auto-rickshaw quiz. Really only of interest to people studying … More
Water in India’s 2014 elections?
Something I wrote for Guardian’s Comment is Free. Ok, so water’s maybe not _the_ key issue – but I thought … More
Dear Mandela: Film and discussion with S’bu Zikode
Screening of the award-winning film Dear Mandela (short version) followed by a discussion led by S’bu Zikode, founder of the … More
Notes from the Struggle in the Narmada Valley
Some writing and images from the ongoing mass movement for social and environmental justice by people whose lives, lands and … More
The battle for Golibar: urban splintering in Mumbai
Wrote this quickly for OpenDemocracy to try and raise profile of struggle. * Best thing about this version is full … More
City Visions and Evictions in Mumbai
THE RIGHT TO THE “WORLD CLASS CITY”? CITY VISIONS AND EVICTIONS IN MUMBAI Matt Birkinshaw and Victoria Harris The Urban Reinventors … More
‘Be a visitor, not a spy’ – QQ Section, Site B, Khayelitsha
Account of time spent with South African Shack Dwellers’ Movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo in Cape Town in 2008. Update: In November … More