Hi, I'm Persis. I work on urban governance and have lots of thoughts/feelings (increasingly unable to differentiate between the two) on democratic processes.
As a baby of the 90s, I have an attachment to secularism, multiculturalism and diversity so let's make them a reality ok?
I'll slowly add a list of publications to this toot, but know that I do NOT LOOK LIKE THE ONE PARSI AUNTY who married into your family. ok?
Hi and welcome here.
What is your PhD about?
Interesting indeed....
How do you get them to tell you the truth?
By the way, what's your thought on Jean-François Bayart's work?
@persis I get very excited about Urban Governance and feel it's kind of hijacked by a lot of spatial planning peoples. I feel Urban Governance as a discipline (if there can be one on its own) should be dominated by the civil society, decentralization actors, informal political actors like "mitra mandal"(!!!), migrant labourers and people in general. What are your thoughts?
Eagerly waiting for your reading list.
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