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Thrilled to share our paper on how Indian urbanism advances ideas of the Production of Space missing in tired West–Rest binaries. We ask how anticolonial & #anticaste politics push Lefebvre's Eurocentrism to reveal different, non-linear figures of the urban: ⭕️s, fractals, etc 1/
Heeding Lef's call that a theory of space “would require a wide knowledge of different countries & languages if it is not to become superficial race-psychology” & his idea of layers of space, we push his critique of colonization using towering global thinkers Phule & Ambedkar 2/
We insist that their anticaste thought be read as part of a global anticolonial theory of space, putting it in dialogue w rich work on circular migration, segregation, agrarian urbanism, the critical biography of Dalit communist R.B. More & Practicing Caste🔥 by Aniket Jaaware 3/
I reported this: 1 month, 3 #Punjabi pop #singers harassed by #Hindutva workers for condemning caste, religion. Punjab's Dalit population at 32% is 2x national average. Researching a film in 2016, I learnt of ongoing wave of Punjabi Dalit-pop @TheSwaddle
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These singers assert their caste by naming it in songs as pride-filled identity: subverting the abusive connotations dominant castes (DCs) had stuck on #Dalit caste names. Rajni Thakkarwal survived DC men’s attempt on her life while she was singing #ChamaarPop.
Rajni isn’t alone. “We were given a court notice for singing about Babasaheb [Ambedkar] and against Brahmanvaad, Manuvaad,” says Roop Lal Dhir, possibly first Punjabi #Ambedkarite #musician in 1986. @BawaRanjit ‘s recent song 'Mera Ki Kasoor' questioned caste and religion
