[Urban-Media] TUESDAY: Delhi in Ruins

[Anand Vivek Taneja]

Hi Shekhar, all,

Will we have projection facilities. I would like to show (quite a) few
images.

Warmly,
Anand

On 11/10/06, Shekhar Krishnan <shekhar at mit.edu> 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<http://www.mit.edu/%7Eshekhar/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<http://www.mit.edu/%7Eshekhar/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<http://www.mit.edu/%7Eshekhar/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<http://www.mit.edu/%7Eshekhar/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<http://www.mit.edu/%7Eshekhar/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<http://www.mit.edu/%7Eshekhar/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<http://www.mit.edu/%7Eshekhar/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.
>
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