Abstract
The vertical turn in India’s urbanism project has been made explicit by the policies employed by State organizations for Slum Rehabilitation. This research interrogates this experience of spatial transition in Mumbai. y using oral paranormal narratives as an ethnographic intervention into the human-constructed environment relationship, the study articulates how the experience of changing housing conditions is put forth by individuals on societal margins. Alongside a grounded study of affective experiences in Slum Rehabilitation Housing, the work also engages with theoretical conceptions of progress, modernity, and spatial institutions of urbanization.
Presenters
Azania PatelStudent, MSc Modern South Asian Studies, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Urbanization, India, Slum Rehabilitation. Vertical Shift, Modernity, Progress, Ethnography
