Rahul Srivastava is a co-founder of urbz and The Institute of Urbanology. He studied social and urban anthropology in Mumbai, Delhi and Cambridge (UK). His previous publications include an ethnography of urbanized nomads around Mumbai, a novel published by Puffin, (Penguin, India) and 'The Slum Outside', a commentary on Dharavi, co-written with Matias Echanove and published by Strelka Press. He continues to write extensively on urban issues with Matias, with their next major publication signed up with Verso, London. He brings his background in anthropology and visual ethnography to urbanology, the practice that energises much of urbz's work in Mumbai and elsewhere.
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Save the Date
The Urban Typhoon workshop invites artists, architects, activists and academics from all over the world to ideate with residents, grassroots groups and other users of Khirkee Village, New Delhi.
Le Shelter de Dharavi in Geneva and Fribourg
A little bit of the Dharavi Shelter goes to Switzerland!
SCL2110 Mac Quinta Normal
Un evento en donde confluyen Arquitectura, Arte y Performance y que tiene como objetivo repensar Chile de cara al tricentenario.
Urbz develops new website for PUKAR
Urbz has developed a new website for PUKAR, a Mumbai-based urban research and action collective.
Notes On The Urban Typhoon Workshop
Participation can happen anywhere, when people feel the need to get involved with their social and physical environment.
Khirki Unauthorised?
Residents of Khirki Extension want the city to recognize their neighborhood and provide services such as paving their main road to facilitate easier transport and prevent flooding.
On The Road
Khirkee, being an “unauthorized colony”, the authorities are not taking any responsibility regarding the water system.
On Art and Collective Agency
In order to achieve a creation in the truest sense of the term, the artist must generate new beginnings or devices that will prevent mere reproduction.