Episode - 1: Introduction to Feminist Urbanism
Host: Sneha Visakha;
Edited by: Resonance Studios, Bangalore;
Intro Music: Wehrmut by Godmode;
Outro Music: Opheliea's Blues by Audionautix;
TW - Broad references to violence and unsafety in cities
In the introductory episode of The Feminist City podcast series, we explore why we should look at cities from a feminist perspective. How is space produced? What produces safety in cities? What is the relationship between safety and urban planning? What is feminist urbanism? What does this approach entail? What do we understand by feminist utopias?
For background reading, we recommend perusing some of the literature and videos provided below.
Readings
Sultana’s Dream, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat, 1905
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/sultana/dream/dream.html
(Highly recommend you read this before listening to the episode!)
The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs
http://www.petkovstudio.com/bg/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/The-Death-and-Life-of-Great-American-Cities_Jane-Jacobs-Complete-book.pdf
How to Build a Non-Sexist City, Dolores Hayden
https://adlc.hypotheses.org/files/2016/01/Hayden_What-Would-a-Non-Sexist-City-Be-Like-Speculations-on-Housing-Urban-Design-and-Human-work-1980.pdf
Why Loiter? By Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan & Shilpa Ranade
https://penguin.co.in/book/why-loiter/, https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/modules/globalcityliterature/term2/why_loiter_radical_possibilities_for_ge_1.pdf
For our more enthusiastic listeners,
The Production of Space, Henri Lefebvre
https://myweb.fsu.edu/jjm09f/1%20Final%20Project%20Materials/lefebvreintro.html
Reading Law Spatially, Dr. Antonia Layard (on legal geography)
(draft paper) http://antonialayard.com/s/Reading-Cases-Spatially.docx
Videos
What is feminist urbanism? Col·lectiu Punt 6, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI4TOCPMMBA
Why Loiter? Dr. Shilpa Phadke, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlgGNv5t92A
The Feminist City, Dr. Ellie Cosgrave, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNkB7afesco
Gender Perspectives in Urban Planning, Dr. Ana Falú, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sop4fqc2NV8
Want to get in touch? Email sneha.visakha@vidhilegalpolicy.in.
