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1. 13.4.2002: Gender and Space (Mumbai Study Group)
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From: Mumbai Study Group <kshekhar at bol.net.in>
Subject: [Announcements] 13.4.2002: Gender and Space
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<div><font color="#000000">Dear Friends:</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">In our next meeting, we invite you to a
presentation by SHILPA PHADKE and NEERA ADARKAR on "Gender and
Space in Mumbai".</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">The first part of the presentation, on
"Gender and Space", will interrogate the exclusion of women
from public space through an examination of the public-private divide,
and the image of the "public woman" as potentially criminal.
It will dwell at length on the ways in which architecture and urban
planning reinforce existing hierarchies of access to space and power,
and the structural and symbolic violences that women are subject to in
public space. The first presentation will also explore the
"market" as a potential site for the subversive entry of
women into public space.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">The second part of the presentation, on
"Gender and the Built Environment", will explore a gendered
perspective on the relationship of women to built environment. It will
examine how the existing power relations and social relations in
class, patriarchy and culture affect women's access to housing, and to
the city at large, and how these relations in turn affect the shaping
of the built environment. The issue of women and built environment
cannot be seen in isolation. The issue has to be linked to the
deteriorating urban situation in the pro-capitalist and
pro-globalization development policies of the state, that
further push the already peripheral sections of the urban population
beyond the margins. These policies affect men and women differently,
because in addition to class forces, women are also affected by
patriarchal forces. The spatial needs of women are different from that
of men, and often cut across classes and cultures. What is the
critical framework for reviewing the existing planning norms/policies?
How can these concerns reflect in the planning policy?</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">SHILPA PHADKE is a sociologist and an
Associate of PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research),
Mumbai. She has been a researcher with the Economic and Political
Weekly Research Foundation, Mumbai, and has lectured at the Nirmala
Niketan School of Social Work, Mumbai, and at St Xavier's College,
Mumbai. She completed her B.A. from St Xavier's College in 1993, her
M.A. from SNDT Women's University in 1995, both in Sociology, and her
MPhil in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University in
1997. She has published in the area of population policies, and has
written for the popular press, including Internet magazines. Her areas
of concern include demography and population policies, feminist legal
studies, gender and the politics of space, sexuality and the body,
cultural and media studies, and development issues in the context of
globalization.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">NEERA ADARKAR is an architect, writer, and
cultural activist. She is involved with several groups and movements
in Mumbai, including Majlis and the Girangaon Bachao
Andolan.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">This session will be on SATURDAY 13 APRIL
2002, at 10.00 A.M., on the SECOND FLOOR, Rachna Sansad, 278, Shankar
Ghanekar Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, next to Ravindra Natya Mandir.
Phone: 4301024, 4310807, 4229969; Station: Elphinstone Road (Western
Railway); BEST Bus: 35, 88, 151, 161, 162, 171, 355, 357, 363, to
Ravindra Natya Mandir, 91 Ltd, 305 Ltd, A1 and A4 to
Prabhadevi.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">ANNOUNCEMENTS</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">With effect after the upcoming session,
Shekhar Krishnan, Joint Convenor of the Mumbai Study Group since its
inception in September 2000, will be permanently resigning as
Convenor. He will be handing responsibility for the management of the
Group to the other Convenors, Arvind Adarkar, Pankaj Joshi and Darryl
D'Monte. Shekhar is leaving the Group to spend more time pursuing his
research and writing, and his continuing work as Coordinator of
PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research) in Mumbai. He
wishes to express his gratitude to the Academy of Architecture, and to
the other Convenors for their support and assistance over the past two
years. He looks forward to attending future sessions of the Group and
continuing to participate in its activities.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Also following this session, the Mumbai
Study Group will take a long holiday, until the next session on
Saturday 22 June, in order to take stock of the past year's
activities, and schedule new presentations in coming months<b>.</b>
Any suggestions for future sessions should be directed to one of the
three Convenors (see below). At the request of Mayank Bhatt, his
presentation to the Group, previously scheduled for 27 April 2002 on
"Food Security in Mumbai and Thane: A Study of the Rationing
Kruti Samiti", has been cancelled.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><br>
ABOUT the MUMBAI STUDY GROUP<br>
<br>
The MUMBAI STUDY GROUP meets on the second and fourth Saturdays of
every month, at the Rachana Sansad, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, at 10.00 A.M.
Our conversations continue through the support extended by Shri Pradip
Amberkar, Principal of the Academy of Architecture, and Prof S.H.
Wandrekar, Trustee of the Rachana Sansad.</font><br>
</div>
<div><font color="#000000">Conceived as an inclusive and non-partisan
forum to foster dialogue on urban issues, we have since September 2000
held conversations about various historical, political, cultural,
social and spatial aspects of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Our
discussions are open and public, no previous membership or affiliation
is required. We encourage the participation of urban researchers and
practitioners, experts and non-experts, researchers and students, and
all individuals, groups and associations in Mumbai to join our
conversations about the the city.The format we have evolved is to host
individual presentations or panel discussions in various fields of
urban theory and practice, and have a moderated and focussed
discussion from our many practical and professional perspectives:
whether as architects or planners, lawyers or journalists, artists or
film-makers, academics or activists.Through such a forum, we hope to
foster an open community of urban citizens, which clearly situates
Mumbai in the theories and practices of urbanism
globally.</font></div>
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CONTACT US</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">We invite all urban researchers,
practitioners, students, and other interested individuals to join us
in our fortnightly conversations, and suggest topics for presentation
and discussion. For any more information, kindly contact one of the
Convenors of the Mumbai Study Group: ARVIND ADARKAR, Architect,
Researcher and Lecturer, Academy of Architecture, Phone 2051834,
<adarkars at vsnl.com>; DARRYL D'MONTE, Journalist and Writer,
6427088 <darryl at vsnl.com>; SHEKHAR KRISHNAN,
Coordinator-Associate, Partners for Urban Knowledge Action &
Research (PUKAR), 4142843, <kshekhar at bol.net.in>; PANKAJ JOSHI,
Conservation Architect, Lecturer, Academy of Architecture, and PUKAR
Associate, 8230625, <pjarch at vsnl.com>.</font></div>
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