Day 02: Creativity and Alternate Visions
Morning Plenary: The Media City and the Contemporary
01. Chair: Ravi Sundaram
02. Talk: Ravi Vasudevan
03. Talk: Jeebesh Bagchi
04. Talk: Shuddhabrata Sengupta
05. Talk: Monica Narula
06. The Media City and the Contemporary: Discussion
Morning Sessions
Panel 01: Cinema and the City
01. Aadamkhor Haseena (The Man Eating Beauty) and the Anthropology of a Moment: Bhrigupati Singh, John Hopkins University
02. The Panoramic Interior and the Forgotten City of Bombay Cinema: Ranjani Mazumdar, Filmmaker and Independent Scholar
03. Urban Culture and Visual History: Devdas and the Representation of the City in Cinema: Madhuja Mukherjee, St.Xavier’s College, Kolkata
04. Discussant: Ravi Vasudevan
05. Cinema and the City: Discussion
Panel 03: Colombo in Transition
01. Chair: Anthony King
02. The Spatial Evolution of Colombo and Needed Interventions for the Future: K. Locana Gunaratna, Independent Urban Planner
03. National Identity and Spacial Representation: Sri Lanka’s Designed Capital: Nihal Perera, Ball State University
04. ‘Independence Avenue is Closed’: Public Space and Mobility in the Context of Security and Insecurity in Colombo: Sasanka Perera, University of Colombo
05. Colombo in Transition: Discussion
Afternoon Sessions
Panel 01: Bombay and Mumbai: The City in Transition
01. Chair: Narayani Gupta
02. Identities, Politics and Populism: Sujata Patel, Pune University
03. Defining Moments/Defining Events: Commonalities in the Life of the City: Jim Masselos, Sydney University
04. Emancipation and Dalit Politics: Edward A. Rodrigues, St. Xavier’s College
05. In Search of Shelter: The Politics of the Implementation of Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act 1976, Harini Narayanan, University of Illinois
06. Satya’s Mumbai: Mumbai’s Satya: Sandeep Pendse, Independent Scholar and Writer
07. Bombay and Mumbai: The City in Transition: Discussion
Panel 02: Karachi
01. The Lost City in Pakistani Cinema and Television: Hasan Zaidi, Filmmaker
Panel 03: Chennai: Contradictions in Lived and Imagined Spaces
01. Envisioning the City and the Politics of Development: M S S Pandian, Sarai/CSDS
02. Locating Cinema Exhibition within Urban History in Chennai: Stephen Hughes, SOAS
03. Contemporary Tamil Film and its Reconception of the Rural and the Urban: Venkatesh Chakravarthy, IDA
04. Chennai: Contradictions in Lived and Imagined Spaces: Discussion
Evening Plenary: Urban Inequality and Social Movements after Globalisation
01. Talk: Darryl D’Monte
02. Talk: Sheela Patel
03. Urban Inequality and Social Movements after Globalisation: Discussion