Tag Archives: Development
CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (CDS), KERALA
During my fieldwork in Kerala from September 2022 to August 2023, I was affiliated to the Center for Development Studies (CDS) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala as a PhD Research Scholar under the guidance of Prof. J. Devika. The campus of CDS was designed by the late Laurie Baker. Many thanks to Prof. Devika for her guidance […]
AIIS Junior Fellows Annual Conference
I had the opportunity to participate in American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Junior Fellows Annual Conference at New Delhi in December 2022. Many thanks to AIIS for organizing the same and faculty mentors Prof. Geeta Patel, Prof. Sanjam Ahluwalia, Prof. Sumathi Ramaswamy, and Prof. Radhika Govindrajan for their insightful comments and feedback on participant’s […]
M-Sand, Metal, and the “More-than-Urban” Political Ecology of Urban Development in Kerala
I was invited to present my latest research paper, titled M-Sand, Metal, and the “More-than-Urban” Political Ecology of Urban Development in Kerala, at the Center for Development Studies (CDS) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 28 April 2023. Many thanks to Prof. J. Devika for her support and guidance through the research project. Please find details of […]
SOUTH ASIAN URBAN CLIMATES: Towards Pluralistic Narratives and Expanded Lexicons
Out now in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Our co-authored intervention article about the need to expand the narratives and lexicons about urban development and climate change in South Asia. Many thanks to Nida Rehman and Aparna Parikh for bringing these excellent scholars together on one platform and powering this endeavor through to […]
CLASS, CASTE, GENDER, AND THE MATERIALITY OF CEMENT HOUSES IN INDIA
Out now in Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography. My peer-reviewed article on the intersectional class, caste, and gender dynamics of new cement houses in India. It’s open access here. A PDF version can be downloaded below. Menon, S. (2023). Class, Caste, Gender, and the Materiality of Cement Houses in India. Antipode, 55 (2) pp. 574-598 […]
iihs PhD Workshop 2022
I had the opportunity to participate in the eight edition of the Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS) PhD workshop which was held virtually in January 2022. Many thanks to IIHS faculty Chandni Singh and Jagdish Krishnaswamy for their insightful comments on my dissertation ideas and research plan. Please find below some images from the […]
CONCRETE CLIMATES
This is a short essay that I wrote for the South Asian Urban Climates blog which is a “platform for discussion, collaboration, and emerging scholarship on the histories, power structures, and material assemblages that make up the climate in and across South Asian cities.” Many thanks to Nida Rehman and Aparna Parikh for bringing this […]
Taraknath Das Memorial Fellowship
I’m happy to announce that I am the first recipient of the prestigious Taraknath Das Memorial Fellowship for carrying out my doctoral dissertation research project in Kochi, Kerala in southern India, “(De)Constructing Concrete: Capital, Nature, and Infrastructures in Urbanizing India”. More details about my project can be found at https://www.indiastudies.org/first-taraknath-das-memorial-fellowship-awarded-to-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.
CONCRETE IN COCHIN
Below are some images from preliminary dissertation fieldwork conduction by the author in Kochi, Kerala during Summer 2019.
Siddharth Menon 