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Rethinking Publicness and Creating Equity in Development from the Lens of Spatial Justice: a Case of Contested Lakefront, Mill Lands and Public Engagement Spaces in the Heart of Nagpur
No full text“Asian cities long have labored under the shadow of developmentalism , expected to conform to the norms of North Atlantic urbanization. Yet these same cities are characterized by urban morphologies and livelihoods that continue to contest such norms.”(Relational Poverty Network)
The city of Nagpur is currently under great transformation, which has triggered a financialization of urban real estate, pressure to privatize the land and ‘upgrade’ squatter and informal settlements – the increasing intra-urban inequality, the adoption of neoliberal subjectivities in all social strata. Focusing on the frontier where large-scale urban redevelopment projects rub against these settlements, where urban majority have carved out commons of distinctive segregation of public and privatized spaces, built environments and livelihoods.
The city grew from the old core of Mahal which had shukrawari lake as the central lake for all the engagement activities of the public. From evening walks to ganesh visarjan this very own lake was man made lake with a sense of belonging to it. Nagpur being the city of the Bhonsle’s kingdom flourished during the industrial revolution and with the strategic location of being in the centre attracted and the king invited many industrialists to set up the textile factory and one such case is the empress mills of Nagpur. The land was given opposite to the lake and the industry flourished which attracted many communities along it. The industrialists lured workers through the provision of amenities and lakefront activities to work in the mill which offered live, work, play concept through major urban form determinants such as shukrawari lake, cotton market, railways etc.
The cessation of operations at Empress Mill led to its demolition and subsequent conversion into a gated community, now owned by the Taj Group, which markets the hotel with a lakefront view. This transition has affected communities reliant on the mill and lake for livelihoods, resulting in migration and informal occupations. Consequently, the once vibrant lakefront has deteriorated, with the lake itself drying up, leaving a vacant area in the city center. Developers eyeing privatization pose a threat, necessitating intervention to preserve the waterbody's significance beyond mere revenue generation. The loss of mills and lakes as urban activators has diminished the sense of belongingness, leaving the area defunct and catering primarily to private investors. The reliance of communities on the mill and lake has diminished, affecting their access to living, working, and recreational opportunities. The evolving urban form of the city favors privatized gated communities that offer amenities based on affordability, shifting the city towards a privatized entity rather than a public one. As the city undergoes transformation, the once vibrant lake, a hub for socio-cultural activities, has lost its identity due to changes in land use, density, transit developments, and the evolving definition of the public realm.
The thesis primarily explores the various dynamics of the cotton market, Shukrawari Lake, and mill lands, examining the injustices, levels of publicness, and informality within these spaces. It delves into how the waterbody and precinct can serve as vibrant and inclusive public engagement spaces, fostering equity, economic opportunities, and livelihoods. The study emphasizes the challenges posed by neoliberalism and spatial justice, with a focus on advocating for the right to the city and achieving greater publicness in urban environments.
The urban design thesis, focusing on cohesive and sensitive spatial creation, will aid in establishing the precinct as a central hub for public engagement in the Indian city. By carefully considering the layers of the city's precious waterbody, interventions can enhance its ecological health, inclusivity, vibrancy, and community participation, while managing surrounding growth. Sensitively addressing mill lands and other key areas can promote equitable opportunities for all income groups, fostering thoughtful interventions that enhance the urban landscape cohesively. This project serves as a practical model for reshaping urban environments amidst rapid transformation and privatization trends, demonstrating how the lake can serve as a focal point for diverse activities. By revitalizing the waterbody, a sense of community belonging and civic engagement can be rekindled, transforming the precinct into a dynamic space that embraces ecological, informal, and opportunity-driven perspectives. This approach not only boosts land value and economic prospects but also fosters a more inclusive and public cityscape accessible to all residents
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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