Shows
German Historical Institute London PodcastPollution and the modern city: Lessons from India's pastHow have India's colonial past and its life as a postcolonial nation state shaped the history of climate change, particulate matter, and germs and viruses in the region? What is the relationship between these histories and India's urban modernity?
In this GHIL podcast interview GHIL Senior Fellow and Head of the India Research Programme Indra Sengupta and PR Officer Kim König are joined by Awadhendra Sharan, Director and Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, to talk about the research behind his GHIL lecture on ‘India’s Atmospheric Modernity: Smoke, Particulate Matter, and the Modern City’
2023-11-1720 min
German Historical Institute London PodcastIndia’s Atmospheric Modernity: Smoke, Particulate Matter, and the Modern CityAround the mid nineteenth century, air pollution began to be discussed in India, especially in its largest cities, Calcutta and Bombay. The concern was with black smoke and the impact that this had on the quality of urban life, human health, and economic efficiency. In time, visible smoke yielded to invisible particulate matter as a serious object of concern. And, more recently, heat waves and extreme weather events have become significant public issues. In this lecture, Awadhendra Sharan revisits these earlier historical concerns around air quality, underlining both their specificity and what lessons they have to offer to us in...
2023-11-1752 min
TBA21 on st_ageClimate MattersThe Climate Matters podcast will delve into the socio-political and economic contexts surrounding the climate change conversation in India. Through engaging discussions and expert insights, our guests will shed light on the frameworks and challenges related to climate policy and environmental law with a special focus on the communities most affected by climate change. The podcast will take a comprehensive approach to unpacking the complexities of climate action in India.
This podcast was produced and hosted by Khoj team members Alina Tiphagne, Head of Media and Communications, and Isha Bhattacharya, Junior Curator and Program Manager, who are accompanied by award-winning...
2023-07-1434 min
#WebPolicyTalk: Live at IMPRI#CityConversations | Prof Awadhendra Sharan | The City as Environment | Special LectureIn the lead-up to World Cities Day | October 31, 2021,#IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi invites you to a #WebPolicyTalk series –The State of Cities – #CityConversationsA Special Lecture onThe City as EnvironmentDetails of the #WebPolicyTalk:October 29, 2021 | 6 p.m.Zoom and Facebook LiveSpeaker:Prof Awadhendra SharanDirector and Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), DelhiChair:Dr Rumi Aijaz
2021-10-292h 06
SynTalk#TMOC (The Matter Of Cities) --- SynTalkDo villages grow up to be cities? Do you have piped water? Is your city your home? Do you feel free? Or, abandoned? Or, anonymous? Why do people come together and cohabit in large numbers? Does this itself create new possibilities (& externalities)? How ‘natural’ is a city? Can there be villages within a city unit? What is called urban? Are cities heterogeneous and diverse, but also internally hierarchical? Why do ghettoes, slums, & suburbs emerge and persist? Do cities mirror the modern nation state or the medieval empires? Can cities transform agricultural practices? Can a city sustain itself even as it dest...
2018-01-201h 12