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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Indian City"”.
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Family and Caste in a South Indian City
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Re-envisioning the Indian city : informality and temporality Sabrina Kleinenhammans.
… schemes project Western-planning concepts onto Indian cities despite the fact that these models do not relate to the specific cultural and socioeconomic context of Indian societies. This approach does not provide what is needed: an "inclusive" city, responsive to the diversity of needs and …
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Garbage Dump Expertise : Tracing the 'Common Man' Project in the works of Aditya Prakash
… of "the common man" or the citizen, to the city though a historical account of the work of Aditya Prakash - an Indian modernist, who was part of the Capital Project Team -lead by Le Corbusier who designed the city of Chandigarh. The work of Aditya Prakash shows a commitment towards building …
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What Makes a Modern Indian Profession? Corporate Policies and Middle-Class Subjectivities in Chennai's Information Technology Industry
… technology (IT) industry in the South Indian city of Chennai, and its impact on middle-class identity formation. It adopts a distinctly gendered approach in its analysis, while also commenting on themes that travel beyond conventional feminist research. It draws on a variety of …
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Confusion in the Karnatic Capital: Fusion in Chennai, India
… I look at the relationship between South Indian "fusion" musicians and India's recent economic and cultural growth attributed to the economic reforms of 1991. Fusion is the local name for a musical practice that combines South Indian classical music with elements from rock, jazz, and world …
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Heritage movements in the postcolonial city: Contestations between middle-class activisms and urbanisation processes in Kolkata
… developmental processes of the postcolonial Indian city by focusing on three aspects. First, it unpacks the modalities of an urban middle-class activism that has produced a dominant heritage discourse in Kolkata and the ensuing development of a state-led heritage policy within municipal law. …
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A Journey to Freedom: The Life of Richard Oakes, 1942-1972
… define as 'Intertribalism' and the advent of an 'Indian City. While the term 'Pan-Indian' implies the Ethnic-American destruction of Tribal identity, Intertribalism emphasizes the study of coalitions between Tribes. Native history, within this context, is transnational history. Intertribalism, I …
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Discourse and development: language and power in a rural Rajasthani meeting
… village, NGO staff and managers in a small Indian city, and funding agency project managers and consultants in Delhi). While people from each group expressed their perspectives and desires differentially, some more or less directly than others, the villagers, NGO managers and staff, and …
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Making Men in the City: Articulating Masculinity and Space in Urban India
… scheduled caste neighborhood in the western Indian city of Pune. Present day Pune, an aspiring metropolis, presents a complex socio-spatial intersection of neoliberal processes and peculiar historical trajectories of caste exclusion; this dissertation seeks to highlight how socio-spatial …
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"The More Natives the Merrier": Indigenous Urbanism in Lawrence, KS
… interviews with fourteen participants, including city officials and Indigenous residents, thematic coding revealed five key themes: spatial borders, visibility, leadership challenges, engagement, and reconciliation. Findings indicate a prevailing sense of spatial exclusion among Indigenous …