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LEGACIES OF URBANISM AND TEACHING
BOOK REVIEW: CITIES, CITIZENS, CLASSROOMS AND BEYOND
Review by Meghal Arya
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| The book celebrates Narayani Gupta’s influence on urban studies, teaching, and civic engagement, with essays reflecting her legacy in history, Delhi’s heritage, and education methods.
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Historically, the question of legacy was embedded within familial networks. With shifts in family structures, career choices, and increased global mobility, the legacy has stepped outside of the family. The dissociation from family to an extent adds value to the legacy. For teachers, it inadvertently gets most deeply embedded in the students and academic peer group. This expands in the case of Narayani Gupta as evidenced in the book, Cities, Citizens, Classrooms & Beyond which builds on her legacy as a historian, teacher, civil society activist, and a person with a deep love for history. The book is a submission of the enduring impact of Gupta’s life work that includes ‘her pioneering scholarship, concern with the fate of Delhi and campaigns to make the city a habitable space, editing, and authoring school textbooks in Hindi and English, guidebooks to historical sites for children, and promoting innovative teaching methods’. The book is thus, a dedication, and showcases the continuation of her ideas, beliefs, and research in the work of other scholars. Its value lies in that it is neither biographical nor autobiographical, but maps her influence, directly or indirectly on a range of scholarship associated with urban studies and teaching.
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| CURRENT ISSUE LA81 |
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HISTORIES, LEGACIES & EMERGING LANDSCAPES
| legacies
LEGACIES OF URBANISM AND TEACHING
BOOK REVIEW: CITIES, CITIZENS, CLASSROOMS AND BEYOND
Review by Meghal Arya
BRIDGING ARCHITECTURE, NATURE AND PEOPLE
TRIBUTE: CHRISTOPHER CHARLES BENNINGER
Varsha Gavandi
IN PURSUIT OF MEANING
TRIBUTE: RANJIT SABIKHI
Sachin Jain
A GARDEN CITY CHRONICLE: LALBAGH
BOOK REVIEW: BANGALORE’S LALBAGH |
A CHRONICLE OF THE GARDEN AND THE CITY
Review by Seema Mundoli
| landscape & architecture
SUSTAINABILITY AND SIMPLICITY
Padmaja Pradhan
SPACES THAT INSPIRE, NURTURE AND ENDURE
Ranjan Daniel
| urban spaces
THE STORY OF A THOUSAND PARKS
REVIVAL OF THE BBMP PARKS OF BENGALURU
Preetanshi Singh & Shantesh Kelvekar
ECO RESTORATION OF LAKES
ENHANCING THE BLUE GREEN NETWORK OF THE CITY | COIMBATORE
Oasis Designs Inc., New Delhi
BKC SCULPTURE PLAZA
BANDRA, MUMBAI
Hemali Landscape Studio, Mumbai
NEPEAN GREENS
RECLAIMING INCLUSIONS: A DEMOCRATIC AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN HAVEN | MUMBAI
Compartment S4, Mumbai
THE RAVINE PARK
GODREJ RIVERGREENS | PUNE
Studio POD + Enviroscape
RUINSCAPE
LANDSCAPE FOR A MICROBREWERY | BENGALURU
VSLA, Bengaluru
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DESIGNING A MULTISPECIES CITY
STRAY DOGS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
Ananya Jain
RECLAIMING LANDSCAPE
COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND THE MANY LIVES OF KOLIWADA, DHARAVIKareena Kochery & Samidha Patil
| infrastructure & technology
BIOPHILIC DESIGN & CITIES
ENHANCING HUMAN LIVING THROUGH NATURE-INSPIRED, MULTISENSORY ENVIRONMENTS
Mahalakshmi Karnad
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