[Reader-list] [Announcements] "On Cities, On Water" SYMPOSIUM BEGINS TODAY

[PUKAR Monsoon]

Dear Friends:

The PUKAR MONSOON SYMPOSIUM begins today, SATURDAY 19 JULY at 6.00
P.M., with a panel discussion on urban water supply featuring INDU
AGARWAL from SPARC (Society for the Promotion of Area Resource
Centres) Mumbai, KALPANA SHARMA, Deputy Editor of The Hindu, Mumbai,
and DAVID SATTHERTHWAITE from the International Institute for
Environment and Development (IIED), London, U.K.

The PUKAR Monsoon Symposium is a week-long series of panel
discussions, film screenings, and presentations by students and
researchers, which continues from today until SATURDAY 26 JULY 2003.
See below for the complete shedule of activities over the coming
week. All the activities in the Monsoon Symposium are free and open
to the public, and we particularly encourage students and teachers to
attend and participate in the Symposium, which will be followed by
workshops and activities in undergraduate colleges in Mumbai on the
theme of water and the city.


PUKAR Monsoon 2003: "On Cities, On Water"

Water as substance and as medium has been central to urban
development throughout human history. In Mumbai, as in many other
world cities, the modern urban experience is definitively connected
to the city's geographical form as island, and its location on the
coastline. In the context of globalisation, other dimensions of
water, and of the relationship between cities and water are becoming
increasingly visible and contested in the public arena -- notably,
the privatisation of water resources and the infrastructural networks
delivering water.


What is the PUKAR Monsoon?

The PUKAR Monsoon is an annual series of occassional lectures,
workshops and pedagogic activities organised from May to August every
year, in which undergraduate college students address a specific
theme through a variety of creative approaches to documentation and
education of urban life. The aim of PUKAR Monsoon 2003 has been to
facilitate debate and reflection, encourage artistic, intellectual
and creative expression, and develop hands-on skills in documenting
the political and cultural implications of the many connections
between cities and water.

PUKAR Monsoon 2003 began with the DOC-SHOP -- an eight-day student
workshop for students held from 19-27 May 2003 -- and continues with
pedagogic activities in undergraduate colleges throughout Mumbai in
July and August 2003, when colleges open. For more information,
contact Rahul Srivastava or Shekhar Krishnan at 2207 7779,
<mailto:monsoon at pukar.org.in>, or visit
http://www.pukar.org.in/doc-shop/.



SCHEDULE of PUKAR MONSOON 2003 SYMPOSIUM: "On Cities, On Water"


Dates:
SATURDAY 19 JULY to SATURDAY 26 JULY 2003

Times:
Afternoons and Evenings

At:
PUKAR
c/o Aragon Services
4th Floor, Kitab Mahal
Dr Dadabhai Naoroji Road
Mumbai 400001

Kitab Mahal is next to New Excelsior Cinema, and is near VT Station.
Entrance to Kitab Mahal is from the New Book Company on Dadabhai
Naoroji Road. Lift is available to the third floor.



S A T U R D A Y   1 9   J U L Y   2 0 0 3


18.00-18.15  PUKAR Monsoon 2003 -- "On Cities, On Water" : INTRODUCTION

RAHUL SRIVASTAVA
Director, PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action & Research), Mumbai


18.15-20.15  Water Supply to Poor Areas: PANEL DISCUSSION

INDU AGARWAL
SPARC (Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres), Mumbai

KALPANA SHARMA
Deputy Editor, The Hindu, Mumbai

DAVID SATTHERTHWAITE
Editor, Environment and Urbanisation, London, U.K.
Intl Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, U.K.



M O N D A Y   2 1   J U L Y   2 0 0 3


17.00-18.00  FILM: "Spring" (Valdas Navasaitis, 19 minutes, 1997)

This silent documentary languidly  glides upon an aquatic landscape,
which much resembles a painting, and tries to  understand the strange
and unusual place, Valteris, the main character lives in.  Valteris
lives in the region of Klaipeda in Lithuania. Every year when the
snow  begins to melt, his house and the surrounding fields are
flooded. Valteris lives  to the rhythm of this spring flood; it is a
part of his life.


18.00-19.30  FILM: "Aral: Sea of Thirst" (Jean Afanassieff, 52 minutes, 1999)

The Aral Sea has dried up. The 'Big Blue Mirror'of the Kazakhs is now
a desert of sand and grasses haunted by the rusting hulls of fishing
boats. Fed by two major rivers, the Syr-Dia and Amou-Daria, most of
the water of the inland sea of Central Asia was diverted to irrigate
cotton and rice fields. Today the intensive crops which were
programmed by the Soviets in the 50s have all disappeared and, apart
from the little that is left of the inexhaustible resources of the
sea, there remains the bitter reality of a desolate environment. The
government of Kazakhstan promises a better future in 2030. They have
to promise something for the future. For an old fisherman kneeling in
front of his grounded boat the only prospect is sand stretching out
as far as the eye can see.



T U E S D A Y   2 2   J U L Y   2 0 0 3


17.00-17.30  FILM: "20,000 Leagues on the Sea" (Bernard David-Cavaz,
13 minutes, 1995)

This documentary is the portrait of  a Geophysicist, Jean-Francois
Minster, who heads the Laboratory of Oceanography  in Toulouse. This
reveals the implications of climate changes on human populations,
the economy, and life in general like a journey of discovery into a
complex and  mysterious world.


18.00-19.15  FILM: "Fishing in the Sea of Greed" (Anand Patwardhan,
40 minutes, 1999)

followed by discussion with
ANAND PATWARDHAN
Documentary Film-Maker, Mumbai



W E D N E S D A Y   2 3   J U L Y   2 0 0 3


17.00-18.30  VIDEOS: Urban Sanitation, Transport, and Alliances of
the Urban Poor

followed by discussion with
INDU AGARWAL and DEVIKA MAHADEVAN
SPARC (Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres), Mumbai


19.00-21.00  FILM: "Living on the River Agano" (Sato Makoto, 115 minutes, 1992)

The filmmakers filmed and shared everyday life in Kanose, a town on
the River Agano in the Niigata Prefecture. Kanose and nearby Yasuda
lie close to the Showa Electric Company factory that has poisoned the
river by dumping organic mercury waste.



T H U R S D A Y   2 4   J U L Y   2 0 0 3


15.00-16.00  Waterfronts and Ambiguous Boundaries: STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

SHILPA PHADKE and students of St Xavier's College
Associate, PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action & Research), Mumbai


16.30-18.00  Mumbai's Waterfronts: URBAN DESIGN INTERVENTIONS

Eastern Waterfront: Bombay Port and Harbour
ANIRUDH PAUL and PRASAD SHETTY
Design Cell, Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture (KRVIA), Mumbai

Western Waterfronts: Dadar-Mahim, Bandra and Juhu
P.K. DAS
Architect, P.K. Das Associates, Mumbai

discussion moderated by
VYJAYANTHI RAO
Director, PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action & Research), U.S.A.


18.30-19.15  FILM: "Canals Suspended in the Sky" (Dominique
Martin-Ferrari, 26 minutes)

Hué, which is crossed by The River of Perfumes, is trying to restore
the canals and the hanging gardens of the Vietnamese city whilst
conciliating the preservation of the architecture and the landscape,
the maintaining of rural populations on the shores of the river, and
the development of tourism. Parcels of land are turned into rice
paddies following the model of the Etangde Thau, and the small
vegetable gardens planted on top of the town walls are preserved.
Huê, the 19th century Imperial City, reconnects with is traditions
and its water heritage.


19.15-18.00  FILM: "The Village of the Mist" (Nina Peliaeva and
George Trivano, 12 minutes)

At Chungungo, in Northern Chile, rain never falls. Since there are no
springs in the village, every week, water is brought to the
inhabitants by lorry. However, the village is near the sea, and every
morning, a thick mist rises up along the mountain slopes. Scientists
have thought up a simple but effective way of collecting the mist to
obtain water. Up to 60,000 litres of water per day can be produced
when there is mist. This has changed the life of the village.



F R I D A Y   2 5   J U L Y   2 0 0 3


15.00-17.00  Water Issues in the Media: PANEL DISCUSSION

Reporting Water
PRADEEP SAHA
Managing Editor, Down To Earth Magazine, New Delhi

Media Coverage of the Environment
MEENA MENON
Journalist and Writer, Mumbai

discussion moderated by
SAMEERA KHAN
Associate, PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action & Research), Mumbai


18.00-19.30  FILM: Premiere of "Words on Water" (Sanjay Kak, 2003, 82 minutes)

followed by discussion with
SANJAY KAK
Film-Maker, Octave Communications, New Delhi



S A T U R D A Y   2 6   J U L Y   2 0 0 3


15.00-16.00  Ecological Footprint of Mumbai: STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

NIKHIL ANAND and students of Sophia College
Associate, PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action & Research), Mumbai


16.30-17.00  FILM: "Four Engineers and a Manager" (Pradeep Saha,
2000, 22 minutes)

followed by discussion with
PRADEEP SAHA
Managing Editor, Down To Earth Magazine, New Delhi


17.30-19.00  Water -- Mumbai at Risk?: PANEL DISCUSSION

discussion chaired by
NIRUPA BHANGAR
Educationist, Mumbai

Water Infrastucture
NAYAN PAREKH and RACHNA SHETH
Juhu Together, Mumbai

Urban-Rural Migration
KAREN MENEZES and ZARIR DEVITRA
St Xavier's College, Mumbai

Perspectives on Privatisation
SANJAY BHANGAR
Bombay Independent Media Centre (IMC), Mumbai

19.00-20.00  OPEN DISCUSSION on Cities and Water


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P.O. Box 5627, Dadar, Mumbai 400014, INDIA

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