[Reader-list] Reminder: CMCS presents Talk by Melissa Butcher: 19th Feb 2009

[Shilpa Phadke]

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> *The Centre for Media and Cultural Studies*
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> *Tata Institute of Social Sciences*
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> is very pleased to invite you to a talk:
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> Navigating 'New' Delhi
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> The formation of 'Pedestrian Crossings' and 'No-Go Zones' in a Globalising
> City
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> by
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> Melissa Butcher
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> *On 19th February 2009*
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> *At 4.30 P.M.*
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> *Room No. V, Main Campus, Deonar, TISS, Mumbai***
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> *Abstract:*
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> As a result of urban regeneration in Delhi in line with dominant models of
> economic development, flows in the city have shifted resulting in the
> traversing of new spaces, the re-appropriation of space in new ways and
> engagement in new interactions by its inhabitants. This paper presents
> findings from recent qualitative studies aimed at exploring  how the city is
> being re-imagined, the possibilities and conflicts that are resulting from
> spatial transformation and new mobility, focusing on shifting power
> relations and cosmopolitan competencies such as imagination and empathy that
> are deployed to manage change.
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> *About the Speaker:*
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> Dr Melissa Butcher is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography, the Open
> University, UK. The focus of her current research is managing mobility,
> cultural change and conflict in diverse urban spaces. Before joining the OU,
> Melissa taught in universities in Ireland and Australia, and has also worked
> as a journalist, a development education specialist, and an intercultural
> consultant and trainer in the private, government and community sectors. She
> has lived and worked in Asia, primarily India and Australia, and is
> currently writing a book on transnational mobility and cultural change, as
> well as co-editing the book 'Dissent and Cultural Resistance in Asia's
> Cities' (with Selvaraj Velayutham, Routledge 2009). Her previous
> publications include 'Ingenious: Emerging Youth Cultures in Urban Australia'
> (with Mandy Thomas, Pluto Press, 2003), and 'Transnational Television,
> Cultural Identity and Change: When STAR Came to India' (Sage, 2003). Melissa
> presents and writes regularly on issues relating to globalisation,
> migration, youth culture and global human resources management.
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