Tag Archives: urban studies
Summer Institute in Urban Studies
I was selected to participate in the sixth Summer Institute in Urban Studies in Brussels, Belgium from July 7-11, 2025. It was jointly organized by the Urban Studies Institute (University of Antwerp), Brussels Centre for Urban Studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Stadsacademie (Ghent University), KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute (KU Leuven) and The University of Manchester. Many thanks to the local organizing committee, Dr. Kevin Ward, […]
MATERIALITY, INFRASTRUCTURAL LABOR & SOCIAL DIFFERENCE
Below is a selected list of readings that informed my thinking about the connections between infrastructure materiality, infrastructural 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 […]
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 […]
IJURR FOUNDATION STUDENTSHIP
I’m happy to announce that I am one of 9 recipients of the 2020 IJURR Foundation Studentship for my proposed doctoral dissertation research, titled “(De)Constructing Concrete: Capital, Nature, and Infrastructure in Urbanizing India.” More details can be found at here and here. (De)Constructing Concrete: Capital, Nature, and Infrastructure in Urbanizing IndiaIn August 2018, the coastal south […]
Urban Blueprint-Go Local
This essay was published in Myliveablecity, October 2015 edition (www.myliveablecity.com). Can be viewed here. In poor countries of the ‘developing’ world, the issue of affordable housing has been a bone of contention between the different stake-holders involved. Resources are scarce, economic and social conditions dire, and populations burgeoning. All these forces create a potent mix […]
Siddharth Menon 