From shekhar at MIT.EDU Tue Oct 24 23:43:53 2006 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:43:53 -0400 Subject: [Urban-Media] NEXT Tuesday Message-ID: <1161747833.5530.41.camel@localhost> Dear All: I received messages from Ilham and Mike about a session today. I'm sorry if I didn't inform everyone sufficiently that the next session is on TUESDAY 31 OCTOBER in MIT Building E-51 Room 191 (the STS Reading Room) from 7.00-9.00 p.m. -- the last message had the date in the subject line. We will meet to discuss these texts on suburbanization in India, Europe and the U.S.: Nikhil Rao, "An Indian Suburbia", chapter 1 from dissertation in the Department of History, University of Chicago, 2006ms http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/rao_indian_suburbia.pdf Robert Fishman, Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia. New York: Basic Books, 1987. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/fishman_bourgeois_utopias.pdf The first text will be the basis for the discussion. Next week, Nikhil will also circulate a shorter conference paper from a talk he gave this weekend in Madison. I will also order meals for everyone. See you next Tuesday at 7.00 p.m.! Best, Shekhar -- Shekhar Krishnan 400, West 119th Street, Apt.10D New York, NY 10027 U.S.A. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar http://www.heptanesia.net http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar From shekhar at MIT.EDU Wed Oct 25 00:04:07 2006 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:04:07 -0400 Subject: [Urban-Media] Crash/Landings Conference Saturday Message-ID: <1161749048.5530.57.camel@localhost> All: For anyone in New York or interested to come down this weekend, the New York Metro American Studies Association is putting up an interesting conference by grad students and young faculty in New York, "Crash/Landings: Friction and Flow in the American City" on Saturday 28 October at Columbia. See http://www.nymasa.org/conference for more information and to register. 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.heptanesia.net http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar From shekhar at MIT.EDU Fri Oct 27 15:18:01 2006 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:18:01 -0400 Subject: [Urban-Media] Metrolog(ue) in Mumbai, 27-29 December 2006 Message-ID: <1161976681.11945.193.camel@localhost> All: CRIT (Collective Research Initiatives Trust) http://www.crit.org.in and SARAI http://www.sarai.net will be organising a public workshop called Metrologue in Mumbai from 27-29 December 2006. This workshop seeks take forward independent research projects on contemporary urban culture in India conducted by members and fellows of CRIT and SARAI, and formulate agendas for future research, organised in six broad areas of concern. We have just setup a workshop blog on http://www.metrologue.net which you might like to read. We will soon activate memberships in Metrolog(ue), let me know if you're interested in joining the discussions with the other workshop participants. 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.heptanesia.net http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar From shekhar at MIT.EDU Sat Oct 28 23:44:40 2006 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:44:40 -0400 Subject: [Urban-Media] TUESDAY: Colonial Suburbanization Message-ID: <1162093480.9065.29.camel@localhost> Dear All: We will meet for our next session on TUESDAY 31 OCTOBER in MIT Building E-51 Room 191 (the STS Reading Room) from 7.00-9.00 p.m. to discuss these texts on suburbanization in India, Europe and the U.S.: Nikhil Rao, "An Indian Suburbia", chapter 1 from dissertation in the Department of History, University of Chicago, 2006ms http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/rao_indian_suburbia.pdf Robert Fishman, Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia. New York: Basic Books, 1987. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/fishman_bourgeois_utopias.pdf The first text will be the basis a brief presentation and introduction to discussion by Nikhil Rao, who will drive down from the bourgeois utopia of Wellesley for the occassion. Also, I will order vegetarian meals from the Guru for everyone around -- six meals for myself, Mike, Eric, Nikhil, Ilham, and Nithya. Please let me know if you are NOT coming so I can adjust the order. Best, Shekhar -- Shekhar Krishnan 400, West 119th Street, Apt.10D New York, NY 10027 U.S.A. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar http://www.heptanesia.net http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar