From shekhar at MIT.EDU Wed Nov 1 12:47:01 2006 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:47:01 -0500 Subject: [Urban-Media] Today: Harvard Latin GSD: Urban Planning in Latin American Cities Message-ID: <1162403221.11755.9.camel@localhost> http://www.latinamericancitiesforum.com/english/overview.htm -- Shekhar Krishnan 353, Massachusetts Avenue, Apt.5H Cambridge, MA 02139 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 Nov 1 22:30:08 2006 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:30:08 -0500 Subject: [Urban-Media] More Suburban Texts In-Reply-To: <1162093480.9065.29.camel@localhost> References: <1162093480.9065.29.camel@localhost> Message-ID: <1162438208.17902.10.camel@localhost> Dear All: There were several texts mentioned yesterday in the session which I have digitised just today for our reference: Kenneth T. Jackson, Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/jackson_crabgrass_frontier.pdf John Archer, "Colonial Suburbs in South Asia, 1750-1850, and the Spaces of Modernity" in Roger Silverstone, ed. Visions of Suburbia, New York: Routledge, 1997, pp.26-54. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/archer_colonial_suburbs.pdf Anthony D. King, "Excavating the Multicultural Suburb: Hidden Histories of the Bungalow" in Roger Silverstone, ed. Visions of Suburbia, New York: Routledge, 1997, pp.55-85. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/king_bungalow_suburb.pdf Best, Shekhar On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 23:44 -0400, Shekhar Krishnan wrote: > 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 353, Massachusetts Avenue, Apt.5H Cambridge, MA 02139 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 Nov 1 22:46:06 2006 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:46:06 -0500 Subject: [Urban-Media] 11.14.06: Delhi in Ruins Message-ID: <1162439167.17902.22.camel@localhost> Dear All: We will meet for our next session on TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER in MIT Building E-51 Room 191 (the STS Reading Room) from 7.00-9.00 p.m. to discuss these texts on the politics of medieval ruins and cultures of urban memory in Delhi: PRIMARY TEXTS Anand Vivek Taneja, Columbia University, "The Archaeology of Myth: The Myth of Archaeology: The Pasts and Present of the Purana Qila" http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/taneja_archaeology_myth.pdf Anand Vivek Taneja, "History and Heritage Woven in the New Urban Fabric: The Changing Landscapes of Delhi's 'First City', 1995-2005 (or, Who Can Tell the Histories of Lado Sarai?)" http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/taneja_lado_sarai.pdf SECONDARY TEXTS Selections from Brinkley Messick, The Calligraphic State, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993, pp. 95-98 on 'endowments' and pp.171-176 on 'shakwa'. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/messick_calligraphic_state.pdf C.A. Bayly, "Delhi and Other Cities of North India during the 'Twilight'" in R.E. Frykenberg, ed., Delhi Through the Ages, reprinted in The Delhi Omnibus, New Delhi: Oxford University Press India, 2002, pp.121-136 http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/bayly_delhi_twilight.pdf Narayani Gupta, "Delhi and Its Hinterland: The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries" in R.E. Frykenberg, ed., Delhi Through the Ages, reprinted in The Delhi Omnibus, New Delhi: Oxford University Press India, 2002, pp.137-156 http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/gupta_delhi_and_hinterland.pdf Naveeda Khan, "Of Children and Jinns: An Inquiry into an Unexpected Friendship During Uncertain Times", Cultural Anthropology, May 2006 http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/khan_children_jinn.pdf Sunil Kumar, "A Medieval Reservoir and Modern Urban Planning: Local Society and the Hauz-i-Rani" and "Making Sacred History or Everyone his/her own Historian: The Pasts of the village of Saidlajab" from The Present in Delhi's Pasts, Delhi: Three Essays Press, 2002, pp.62-118. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/kumar_delhi_pasts.pdf Please note that this last link to the text by Sunil Kumar is the entire book, but the reading is only for the second and third essays in the volume, as cited above. The first two links will be the basis for a short presentation and introduction to discussion by Anand Vivek Taneja from the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University, who will join us for the session. As usual, I will order meals for everyone. Please let me know if you are NOT coming so I can adjust the food order accordingly. Best, S.K. -- Shekhar Krishnan 353, Massachusetts Avenue, Apt.5H Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar http://www.heptanesia.net http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar From nraman at MIT.EDU Wed Nov 1 23:05:15 2006 From: nraman at MIT.EDU (Nithya Raman) Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 23:05:15 -0500 Subject: [Urban-Media] 11.14.06: Delhi in Ruins In-Reply-To: <1162439167.17902.22.camel@localhost> References: <1162439167.17902.22.camel@localhost> Message-ID: hey did you get the sms i sent you this morning? -----n On Nov 1, 2006, at 10:46 PM, Shekhar Krishnan wrote: > Dear All: > > We will meet for our next session on TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER in MIT > Building > E-51 Room 191 (the STS Reading Room) from 7.00-9.00 p.m. to discuss > these texts on the politics of medieval ruins and cultures of urban > memory in Delhi: > > PRIMARY TEXTS > > Anand Vivek Taneja, Columbia University, "The Archaeology of Myth: The > Myth of Archaeology: The Pasts and Present of the Purana Qila" > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/taneja_archaeology_myth.pdf > > Anand Vivek Taneja, "History and Heritage Woven in the New Urban > Fabric: > The Changing Landscapes of Delhi's 'First City', 1995-2005 (or, Who > Can > Tell the Histories of Lado Sarai?)" > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/taneja_lado_sarai.pdf > > SECONDARY TEXTS > > Selections from Brinkley Messick, The Calligraphic State, Berkeley: > University of California Press, 1993, pp. 95-98 on 'endowments' and > pp.171-176 on 'shakwa'. > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/messick_calligraphic_state.pdf > > C.A. Bayly, "Delhi and Other Cities of North India during the > 'Twilight'" in R.E. Frykenberg, ed., Delhi Through the Ages, reprinted > in The Delhi Omnibus, New Delhi: Oxford University Press India, 2002, > pp.121-136 > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/bayly_delhi_twilight.pdf > > Narayani Gupta, "Delhi and Its Hinterland: The Nineteenth and Early > Twentieth Centuries" in R.E. Frykenberg, ed., Delhi Through the Ages, > reprinted in The Delhi Omnibus, New Delhi: Oxford University Press > India, 2002, pp.137-156 > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/gupta_delhi_and_hinterland.pdf > > Naveeda Khan, "Of Children and Jinns: An Inquiry into an Unexpected > Friendship During Uncertain Times", Cultural Anthropology, May 2006 > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/khan_children_jinn.pdf > > Sunil Kumar, "A Medieval Reservoir and Modern Urban Planning: Local > Society and the Hauz-i-Rani" and "Making Sacred History or Everyone > his/her own Historian: The Pasts of the village of Saidlajab" from The > Present in Delhi's Pasts, Delhi: Three Essays Press, 2002, pp.62-118. > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/kumar_delhi_pasts.pdf > > Please note that this last link to the text by Sunil Kumar is the > entire > book, but the reading is only for the second and third essays in the > volume, as cited above. The first two links will be the basis for a > short presentation and introduction to discussion by Anand Vivek > Taneja > from the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University, who will > join us for the session. As usual, I will order meals for everyone. > Please let me know if you are NOT coming so I can adjust the food > order > accordingly. > > Best, > > > S.K. > -- > > Shekhar Krishnan > 353, Massachusetts Avenue, Apt.5H > Cambridge, MA 02139 > U.S.A. > > http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar > http://www.heptanesia.net > http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar > > > --- > > MIT Urban Media Mailing List > > http://urban.media.mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/urban-media