Reclaiming Public Spaces

Khadar Ki Ladkiya!

A Post by Meenakshi Nair Cities – arguably constructs of the human mind – are experienced by and in human bodies marked by gender, caste, race, disability, age, weight, class, and religion. These identities intersecting with one another create different bodies such as that of a healthy rich Brahmin woman or a poor Dalit man …

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On Kitchens

Johanna Rabindran I’ve spent hundreds of hours poring over floor plans, the more complicated the better. I trace the path from bed to doorstep. I squeal over open corridors and tiled balconies and rooms built around a central courtyard. I’ve designed libraries, schools, palaces, tree-houses, bookshops, gardens and toy-rooms, all for the sheer pleasure of …

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On Gender,Food and Power

Johanna Rabindran Although, technically speaking, all humans eat food, the practices related to cooking, eating, and feeding are deeply embedded in culture and identity. Politics and power are reflected in food practices (the vegan movement, the beef ban, malnutrition, and so on). In The Anthropology of Food and Body, Counihan argues that as a site …

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We are excited to announce our inaugral ​Online Discussion Forum!

#LoginGender invites you to participate at its inaugural Online Discussion Forum on ‘Creative Dialogues on Engendering Educational Spaces‘. 4 June 2019. 10 am -8 pm at www.logingender.wiscomp.org The Online Discussion Forum seeks to initiate public conversations on themes of SAFETY, INCLUSION, GENDERED INFRASTRUCTURE, ENABLING SPACES, MOBILITY, and AGENCY from an INTERSECTIONAL LENS to unravel the many facets …

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