Urban Research Lab - IIIT Delhi

Greetings from Urban Research Lab, IIIT-Delhi!

We are pleased to invite you to a book talk on “The Limits of S*xuality Education Love, S*x, and Adolescent Masculinities in Urban India” by Dr. Ketaki Chowkhani

Date: 27th November 2024 [Wednesday]

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM.

Google Meet Link- meet.google.com/ngc-bkqr-auy

 This talk is in hybrid mode and open to all, requiring no prior registration. 

Join us on 2nd February for the screening followed by a discussion with

Join us on 2nd February!!

Join us on 2nd February!!

We are pleased to invite you to an Urban Seminar Series of URL on "Can Concepts Travel?" by Dr. Sukriti Issar, Associate Professor of Sociology in Sciences Po, Paris.
This talk is in hybrid mode and open to all, requiring prior registration.

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Join us tomorrow for a book talk on Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi by Sushmita Pati.
Time: 4 pm, 9th Dec 2022.
Venue: A-220, R&D Building, IIIT-Delhi.

One more day to go . Join us tomorrow !!

This event will be streamed online as well.
Link : https://meet.google.com/ijz-hsdq-hta?hs=224

Join us for a seminar of Citiesque -The Urban Seminar Series on the topic "Decoding Platformization and Datafication in India's Smart Cities" by Khaliq Parkar being organized by Urban Research Lab - IIIT Delhi at IIIT Delhi

Date & Time: 25th Nov'22, 04:00 PM
Venue: A-200, R&D Building

Join us for a seminar of Citiesque -The Urban Seminar Series on the topic "Decoding Platformization and Datafication in India's Smart Cities" by Khaliq Parkar being organized by Urban Research Lab - IIIT Delhi at IIIT Delhi

Date & Time: 25th Nov'22, 04:00 PM
Venue: A-200, R&D Building

Dear all,

The Urban Research Lab (URL) at SSH is pleased to invite you for the upcoming seminar of Citiesque -The Urban Seminar Series on the topic Fashioning the ‘Cosmopolitan Diva’: Grooming and Etiquette Training in Contemporary Delhi by Suchismita Chattopadhyay.

Topic: URL Seminar_Suchismita Chattopadhyay
Time: Apr 13, 2022 04:00 PM India

Join Zoom Meeting
https://iiitd-ac-in.zoom.us/j/92936623352?pwd=V1p6cFNhTm5PZWJXSVRTbGZLSyt1UT09

Meeting ID: 929 3662 3352
Passcode: 018295

Speaker Bio: Suchismita Chattopadhyay is a PhD candidate in Anthropology and Sociology at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.

Abstract: The new economic reforms of 1991 led to the emergence of a consumption-driven economy and a booming service industry, producing new aspirations and sensibilities. Delhi’s new ‘world-class’ spaces of employment, pleasure and consumption demand new modes of belonging. At the level of the workforce in the service industry, belonging is mediated by proficiency in English and soft skills. Similarly, the clients also must demonstrate a knowledge of taste and distinction that goes beyond possessing the monetary means to consume. However, neither of these dispositions and skills are naturally given. Grooming institutions have emerged as sites that teach clients new lifestyle practices and how to be ‘professional’. They range from spoken English and personality development classes, finishing schools and image management. I argue that the grooming schools in Delhi are breaking down the seemingly global-urban lifestyle into teachable components of language, attitude, deportment, etiquette and appearance. Furthermore, they have emerged as sites that not only fashion the urbane subject but also propose the discourse of that urbanity. This presentation is an ethnography of one such finishing school in Delhi that trains upper-class women in body language, etiquette and lifestyle practices. Through its pedagogy and classes, I examine how the “cosmopolitan diva” is fashioned. This paper positions the women and their desires alongside the changing visualscape of the city. I highlight pleasure and conspicuous spending, where etiquette by itself, through the lessons, becomes an aspirational and desirable phenomenon. Moreover, I also ground the finishing school as a space that consolidates class and caste identities.

Looking forward to your presence.

February 16th, 4pm

Dear all,

The Urban Research Lab (URL) at SSH is pleased to invite you for the upcoming seminar of Citiesque -The Urban Seminar Series on the topic Fashioning the ‘Cosmopolitan Diva’: Grooming and Etiquette Training in Contemporary Delhi by Suchismita Chattopadhyay.

Topic: URL Seminar_Suchismita Chattopadhyay
Time: Feb 16, 2022 04:00 PM India

Join Zoom Meeting
https://iiitd-ac-in.zoom.us/j/96706543137?pwd=dVJPcVpVb3V4OGFSdlBDTHJJREhxdz09

Meeting ID: 967 0654 3137
Passcode: 334845

Speaker Bio: Suchismita Chattopadhyay is a PhD candidate in Anthropology and Sociology at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.

Abstract: The new economic reforms of 1991 led to the emergence of a consumption-driven economy and a booming service industry, producing new aspirations and sensibilities. Delhi’s new ‘world-class’ spaces of employment, pleasure and consumption demand new modes of belonging. At the level of the workforce in the service industry, belonging is mediated by proficiency in English and soft skills. Similarly, the clients also must demonstrate a knowledge of taste and distinction that goes beyond possessing the monetary means to consume. However, neither of these dispositions and skills are naturally given. Grooming institutions have emerged as sites that teach clients new lifestyle practices and how to be ‘professional’. They range from spoken English and personality development classes, finishing schools and image management. I argue that the grooming schools in Delhi are breaking down the seemingly global-urban lifestyle into teachable components of language, attitude, deportment, etiquette and appearance. Furthermore, they have emerged as sites that not only fashion the urbane subject but also propose the discourse of that urbanity. This presentation is an ethnography of one such finishing school in Delhi that trains upper-class women in body language, etiquette and lifestyle practices. Through its pedagogy and classes, I examine how the “cosmopolitan diva” is fashioned. This paper positions the women and their desires alongside the changing visualscape of the city. I highlight pleasure and conspicuous spending, where etiquette by itself, through the lessons, becomes an aspirational and desirable phenomenon. Moreover, I also ground the finishing school as a space that consolidates class and caste identities.

Looking forward to your presence.

Dear all,

The Urban Research Lab (URL) at SSH is pleased to invite you for the upcoming seminar of Citiesque -The Urban Seminar Series on the topic Fashioning the ‘Cosmopolitan Diva’: Grooming and Etiquette Training in Contemporary Delhi by Suchismita Chattopadhyay.

Topic: URL Seminar_Suchismita Chattopadhyay
Time: Feb 16, 2022 04:00 PM India

Join Zoom Meeting
https://iiitd-ac-in.zoom.us/j/96706543137?pwd=dVJPcVpVb3V4OGFSdlBDTHJJREhxdz09

Meeting ID: 967 0654 3137
Passcode: 334845

Speaker Bio: Suchismita Chattopadhyay is a PhD candidate in Anthropology and Sociology at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.

Abstract: The new economic reforms of 1991 led to the emergence of a consumption-driven economy and a booming service industry, producing new aspirations and sensibilities. Delhi’s new ‘world-class’ spaces of employment, pleasure and consumption demand new modes of belonging. At the level of the workforce in the service industry, belonging is mediated by proficiency in English and soft skills. Similarly, the clients also must demonstrate a knowledge of taste and distinction that goes beyond possessing the monetary means to consume. However, neither of these dispositions and skills are naturally given. Grooming institutions have emerged as sites that teach clients new lifestyle practices and how to be ‘professional’. They range from spoken English and personality development classes, finishing schools and image management. I argue that the grooming schools in Delhi are breaking down the seemingly global-urban lifestyle into teachable components of language, attitude, deportment, etiquette and appearance. Furthermore, they have emerged as sites that not only fashion the urbane subject but also propose the discourse of that urbanity. This presentation is an ethnography of one such finishing school in Delhi that trains upper-class women in body language, etiquette and lifestyle practices. Through its pedagogy and classes, I examine how the “cosmopolitan diva” is fashioned. This paper positions the women and their desires alongside the changing visualscape of the city. I highlight pleasure and conspicuous spending, where etiquette by itself, through the lessons, becomes an aspirational and desirable phenomenon. Moreover, I also ground the finishing school as a space that consolidates class and caste identities.

Looking forward to your presence.

Dear All,

The Department of Social Sciences and Humanities is delighted to invite you to our next webinar by Prof Loraine Kennedy, ACNRS-EHESS, Paris and French Institute of Pondicherry. The talk is scheduled for February 9, 2022 (Wed) from 04:00 - 05:30 pm.

The necessary details are as under:

Title: Exploring Socio-spatial Approaches to Peripheral Urbanisation

Date: February 9, 2022, Wed
Time: 04:00 - 05:30 pm.
Google Meet: meet.google.com/tpt-jmjf-dvw