From shekhar at MIT.EDU Wed Sep 27 16:20:37 2006 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:20:37 -0400 Subject: [Urban-Media] Geddes on Tuesday Message-ID: <1159388437.28878.22.camel@localhost> Dear All: We will meet for our first session this semester next TUESDAY 3 OCTOBER in MIT Building E-51 Room 191 (the STS Reading Room) at 6.30 p.m. to discuss these texts: Primary Texts Patrick Geddes, Selection from "Cities in Evolution" from Marshall Stalley, ed., Patrick Geddes: Spokesman for Man and the Environment, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1972. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/cities_in_evolution.pdf Ramachandra Guha, "Patrick Geddes and Ecological Town Planning in India" http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/guha_talk.pdf Hellen Meller, "Urbanisation and the Introduction of Modern Town Planning Ideas in India, 1900-1925" http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/meller_indian_town_planning.pdf Secondary Texts Geddes, Reports on Re-Planning of Six Towns in Bombay Presidency, 1915. Bombay: Government of Maharashtra Urban Development and Public Health Dept, 1965. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/bombay_1915.pdf Geddes, Town Planning in Lucknow: A Report to the Municipal Council. Lucknow: Murray's London Printing Press, 1916. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/lucknow_1916.pdf Geddes, Report on Town Planning, Dacca. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Depot, 1917. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/dacca_1917.pdf Geddes (with H.V. Lanchester), Town Planning in Jubbulpore: A Report to the Municipal Committee. Jubbulpore: Hitkarini Press, 1917. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/jubbulpore_1917.pdf Geddes, Town Planning towards City Development: A Report to the Durbar of Indore. Indore: Holkar State Printing Press, 1918. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/indore_1918.pdf I will order vegetarian meals from the Guru for everyone at 6.00 p.m. in the STS Reading Room. Please make sure to let me know if you'll be coming early for food. Best, S.K. -- Shekhar Krishnan 353, Massachusetts Avenue, Apt.5H Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A. http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar http://www.goosebumpgraphics.org From shekhar at MIT.EDU Sun Oct 1 15:03:20 2006 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 15:03:20 -0400 Subject: [Urban-Media] Postponement In-Reply-To: <1159388437.28878.22.camel@localhost> References: <1159388437.28878.22.camel@localhost> Message-ID: <1159729401.5903.9.camel@localhost> All: Due to the fact that Eric must attend a funeral this week and Mike is only returning from Indonesia later in the week, we've decided to postpone the session to next TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER at 6.30 p.m. so we can have everyone in the room. I'm sorry for the inconvenience and look forward to seeing all of you for the group the following Tuesday. Best, Shekhar On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 16:20 -0400, Shekhar Krishnan wrote: > Dear All: > > We will meet for our first session this semester next TUESDAY 3 OCTOBER > in MIT Building E-51 Room 191 (the STS Reading Room) at 6.30 p.m. to > discuss these texts: > > Primary Texts > > Patrick Geddes, Selection from "Cities in Evolution" from Marshall > Stalley, ed., Patrick Geddes: Spokesman for Man and the Environment, New > Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1972. > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/cities_in_evolution.pdf > > Ramachandra Guha, "Patrick Geddes and Ecological Town Planning in India" > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/guha_talk.pdf > > Hellen Meller, "Urbanisation and the Introduction of Modern Town > Planning Ideas in India, 1900-1925" > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/meller_indian_town_planning.pdf > > > Secondary Texts > > Geddes, Reports on Re-Planning of Six Towns in Bombay Presidency, 1915. > Bombay: Government of Maharashtra Urban Development and Public Health > Dept, 1965. > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/bombay_1915.pdf > > Geddes, Town Planning in Lucknow: A Report to the Municipal Council. > Lucknow: Murray's London Printing Press, 1916. > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/lucknow_1916.pdf > > Geddes, Report on Town Planning, Dacca. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat > Depot, 1917. > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/dacca_1917.pdf > > Geddes (with H.V. Lanchester), Town Planning in Jubbulpore: A Report to > the Municipal Committee. Jubbulpore: Hitkarini Press, 1917. > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/jubbulpore_1917.pdf > > Geddes, Town Planning towards City Development: A Report to the Durbar > of Indore. Indore: Holkar State Printing Press, 1918. > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/geddes/indore_1918.pdf > > > I will order vegetarian meals from the Guru for everyone at 6.00 p.m. in > the STS Reading Room. Please make sure to let me know if you'll be > coming early for food. > > > Best, > > > S.K. -- Shekhar Krishnan 400, West 119th Street, Apt.10D New York, NY 10027 U.S.A. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar http://www.goosebumpgraphics.org