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SUMMARY:An Amphibious Urbanism | | Cut 4: The Desert Arrives Slowly  - Maa
 n Barua (University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Ben Platt
DESCRIPTION:What might the urban look like if one began not with land but 
 water? What would the politics of city-making - and the urban canon - beco
 me if wetness was not considered a fringe phenomenon but central to how th
 e urban inheres? This talk proposes an amphibious urbanism: a means of thi
 nking about the urban condition by focusing on life (bios) in its surround
 s (amphi-). It is centred on Guwahati\, a city of 1.2 million in northeast
  India. Flooding in Guwahati is routine\, and disaster has become ordinary
 . Life - both human and other-than-human - is mired in industrial effluent
  and unfolds in a milieu that has become toxic.\nFocusing on one particula
 r wetland in the urban extensions\, the talk examines three aspects of an 
 amphibious urbanism: the porosity between conservation and ruination\, acc
 umulation and dispossession\, commoning and enclosure. By doing so\, it ex
 pands the ontology of the urban\, drawing attention to an array of forces 
 whose potential goes beyond the singularity of the case. The amphibious\, 
 it is argued\, is crucial to understanding a wider urban condition. The ta
 lk is based on a forthcoming book and visual project.\n
LOCATION:Department of Geography\, Small Lecture Theatre
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