Report on the Transregional Academy “Infrastructures, Regions and Urbanizations”
by Franz Waldenberger (DIJ Tokyo) The Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien and the Max Weber Stiftung – Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im...
Kategorie: Infrastructures
Capturing the Zeitgeist of Infrastructure
Reflections from the Transregional Academy on “Infrastructures, Regions, and Urbanization”, 29 September to 7 October 2018, Singapore. By Norman Aselmeyer...
What Do Infrastructures Stand For?
Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman asked the participants of the Transregional Academy “Infrastructures, Regions and Urbanizations”: “What do infrastructures stand for?” This...
The Infrastructures, Regions and Urbanizations of Malay Liverpool: A Relational Geohistory
Plenary Lecture “The Infrastructures, Regions and Urbanizations of Malay Liverpool: A Relational Geohistory” with Tim Bunnell (National University of Singapore)...
What is the Infrastructure of the Border?
Jasnea Sarma and Dina Krichker organized and led a thematic discussion “Infrastructures on the Edge – Let the Borders Speak...
Infrastructures and the Question of Access
Reflections on discussions in Group A by Meghan Downes A core component of the Transregional Academy program is the participants’...
“Pickled Infrastructures”
Improvisation on Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman’s photographs and discussion paper: “Infrastructure Development in Northeast India – Examining Inequality and Exclusion in...
Academy Working Days
We have three days to go and then the Academy is over. We have already heard about many interesting...
First Working Day of the Academy
October, 1st was the first working day of the Academy. All particiants met each other and with steering group members....
Start of the Academy: Impressions of the Duxton Pinnacle
All of the participants have arrived in Singapore and as a first day, we had an excursion to the Duxton...
Brijesh Chandra Tripathi: Claims of the Poor for Justice and the Right to the City in Technology-driven Planning in Urban Spaces – A Case Study of Mumbai
The paper discusses how the Development Plan (DP) of the city of Mumbai prepared by its municipal corporation systematically silences...
Somayeh Chitchian: Logistification of Migration – Infrastructures of Mobility, Containment, and Rebellion
Considering the logistical reorientation of the economy since the 1960s, this project focuses on the extended logistics corridors and infrastructures...
Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman: Infrastructure Development in Northeast India – Examining Inequality and Exclusion in the Development Promise of Progress and Prosperity
The pace of infrastructural development in Northeast India has been on the uptick since 2008. The past development experience in...
Dina Krichker: Violent Frontiers – Narrating the Spanish Moroccan Border in Melilla
Border violence remains a profound issue for millions of migrants all over the world. Attempts to resolve this problem have...
Meghan Downes: Media, Marketing, and Morality in the Meikarta Development Project
In this paper, I take the ambitious ‘Meikarta’ development in West Java as a case study for examining shifting relationships...
