Pirate Modernity : Delhi's Media Urbanism

ISBN-13: 9780415611749 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 224 str.

Ravi Sundaram

Opis

Using Delhi's contemporary history as a site for reflection, 'Pirate Modernity' moves from a detailed discussion of the technocratic design of the city by US planners in the 1950s, to the massive expansions after 1977, culminating in the urban crisis of the 1990s.

Spis treści

Introduction: After Media  1. A City of Order: The Masterplan  2. Media Urbanism  3. The Pirate Kingdom  4. Death and the Accident.  Conclusion: An Information City?

O autorze

Ravi Sundaram is a Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi. In 2000 he founded CSDS’ Sarai programme along with Ravi Vasudevan ,Monica Narula, Jeebesh Bagchi, and Shuddhabrata Sengupta. Sundaram has co-edited the critically acclaimed Sarai Reader series that includes The Cities of Everyday Life (2002) and Frontiers (2007).