Tag Archives: environmental change
Indian Ocean Urbanisms
Dr. Smriti Srinivas and I organised a panel on “Indian Ocean Urbanisms” at the 54th Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, Wisconsin on October 24, 2025. Many thanks to the participants for making this an engaging session (CFP below). Indian Ocean Urbanisms Organizers: Smriti Srinivas, Professor, Department of Anthropology, UC-Davis & Siddharth Menon, Assistant Professor […]
Incompleteness
I’m happy to have a chapter in the book, The Social Properties of Concrete, which brings together 40 scholars from across the world to think about how the world’s most ubiquitous material after water – concrete – shapes everyday social life. Many thanks to the editors, Eli Elinoff and Kali Rubaii, for steering this incredible […]
“POVERY AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT” SYLLABUS
In Fall 2023, I had the opportunity to teach a mid-level undergraduate course, “Poverty and Global Development” in International Studies at UW-Madison, that introduces students to key factors that shape the uneven distribution of wealth in the world, including the role of global financial institutions, international development interventions, different aid regimes, neoliberal economic policies, urbanization, […]
Architecture Work Sample (2016)
Below is a sample of my architecture work that I conducted as a professional architect in India from 2011 to 2016.
Siddharth Menon 