Author Archives: Siddharth Menon
AIIS JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP
I’m happy to announce that I have been awarded an American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Junior Fellowship (2022-2023) for carrying out my doctoral dissertation research project, “(De)Constructing Concrete: Capital, Nature, and Infrastructures in Urbanizing India.” More details about the award can be found here.
US National Science Foundation
I’m happy to announce that I’ve been awarded the U. S. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award to conduct my doctoral dissertation research in India. Details can be found here. ABSTRACT This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). This doctoral […]
Remembering Didi Contractor, a Champion of Indigenous Styles in Built Environments
I wrote something for The Wire in memory of Didi Contractor who passed away on 5 July, 2021. Many thanks to Himanshu Burte for his encouragement. Please find the article here.
READINGS ON DIDI CONTRACTOR
91-year-old environmental designer and builder – Delia (Didi) Narayan Contractor – passed away peacefully at her home on July 5, 2021. I had the privilege of working closely with her as a junior architect for three years from 2011 to 2014 in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. She instilled in me an ethos of critical thinking and […]
Balwant Sheth School of Architecture
I was hosted by NMIMS Balwant Sheth School of Architecture for a virtual discussion on “Research-Pedagogy-Practice” with their faculty and students. Many thanks to Prof. Vidya Raghu and Dr. Himanshu Burte for the invitation.
VALUING WATER- GLOBAL INEQUALITIES IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
On the occasion of World Water Day on 22 March 2021, I will be speaking about water and sustainable development at Beyond Square Feet: A triannual lecture series on Sustainable Development, organized by Asset Homes in Kochi, Kerala. Many thanks to Mr. Sunil Kumar, MD – Asset Homes, for the invitation. Please find details of […]
AIIS SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAM, KERALA
I had the opportunity to participate in the AIIS Summer Language Program for Malayalam in 2020. AIIS offers intensive, immersion-based training in modern and classical South Asian languages at multiple sites in India. My 8-week intensive online training program was conducted by Dr. V.K. Bindu, the Program In-Charge of the Malayalam Language Program based in […]
ARCHITECTURE AND/AS INFRASTRUCTURE
I was happy to serve as one of the reviewers for the Open Access e-journal Roadsides‘ Fall 2020 Issue, titled Architecture and/as Infrastructure. Many thanks to Madlen Kobi and Nadine Plachta for the invitation. To read the full issue, please visit https://roadsides.net/collection-no-004/.
CRITICAL CARTOGRAPHIC EXCERCISES
Below is a selection of maps that I made as part of the course GEOG 370: Introduction to Cartography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Many thanks to Ruth Trumble, Chenxiao Atlas Guo, and Deepika Amonkar for their helpful comments and guidance.
GEOGRAPHIES OF CONCRETE
Below is a collection of essays and articles written by social science and humanities scholars about one of the most widely found materials on earth: cement/concrete. This list has been compiled with the assistance of countless colleagues and peers at conferences and workshops over the last few years. I hope it will be useful for […]
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