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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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/.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
