Category Research
RESEARCH: MATERIALITY, EMBODIED LABOR & SOCIAL DIFFERENCE
Below is a selected list of readings that informed my thinking about the connections between infrastructure materiality, embodied labor, and social difference. These readings form a key part of my journal article – “Class, Caste, Gender, and the Materiality of Cement Houses in India” – published in Antipode (2023, 55 (2)). Truelove, Y. (2011). (Re-)Conceptualizing […]
RESEARCH: GEOGRAPHIES & ANTHROPOLOGIES OF SAND
Below is a collection of essays and articles written by scholars and commentators about one of the most widely used materials on earth: sand. This list has been compiled with the assistance of many colleagues and peers at conferences and workshops over the last few years. It is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but […]
RESEARCH: CRITICAL CARTOGRAPHY
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.
RESEARCH: GEOGRAPHIES & ANTHROPOLOGIES OF CEMENT/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 […]
RESEARCH: URBAN POLITICAL ECOLOGY
Below are sections of my reading list that I compiled for my preliminary/qualifying exams in Human Geography at University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am indebted to many professors and colleagues in graduate seminars and conferences who directed me to these excellent sources. This is not meant to be an exhaustive or definitive list. I have selected […]
RESEARCH: URBAN GEOGRAPHY
Below are sections of my reading list that I compiled for my preliminary/qualifying exams in Human Geography at University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am indebted to many professors and colleagues in graduate seminars and conferences who directed me to these excellent sources. This is not meant to be an exhaustive or definitive list. I have selected […]
RESEARCH: ECONOMIC & DEVELOPMENT GEOGRAPHY
Below are sections of my reading list that I compiled for my preliminary/qualifying exams in Human Geography at University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am indebted to many professors and colleagues in graduate seminars and conferences who directed me to these excellent sources. This is not meant to be an exhaustive or definitive list. I have selected […]
RESEARCH: (DE)CONSTRUCTING CONCRETE: MEANING & MATERIALITY IN POSTCOLONIAL INDIA
Below is the abstract and a link to my MA thesis (2018) in Geography from the University of Colorado at Boulder titled, “(De)Constructing Concrete: Meaning & Materiality in Postcolonial India.” Many thanks to my thesis advisor: Prof. Mara Goldman and committee members: Prof. Tim Oakes, Prof. Yaffa Truelove, and Prof. Shawhin Roudbari for their constructive […]
Research: Dissent by Design, Environmental Design, CU-Boulder
Through Fall 2017, I was a Graduate Research Assistant for an NSF funded research project, titled “Engineering Dissent: Moving Political Engagement for Social Justice from the Vanguard into the Mainstream of the Engineering Profession.” This project was initiated at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Program in Environmental Design by Prof. Shawhin Roudbari and is a collaborative […]
Research: Concrete & Boulder
This is a misguide assignment for GEOG 6742, a Cultural Geography Seminar by Professor Tim Oakes. The aim of the misguide assignment is to look at your place/landscape from a tourist gaze by a developing a cultural geography of practice in order to more fully understand the ways places/landscapes are represented and made. Some misguide […]
Urban & Economic Geographer 