Purva Dewoolkar
Biographic Data
| ID | 1676718 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Purva Dewoolkar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Purva |
| FAMILY NAME | Dewoolkar |
| SIGNATURE | DEWOOLKAR P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2351-4974 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
On shaky grounds
Habitation counter-stories
This paper explores the multiple sites of knowledge production that emerge through the process of making bastis, or autoconstructed settlements, in Mumbai. By centreing the knowledge and lexicon of lived experience in making and consolidating one basti, Cheeta Camp, we inform decolonised understandings of planning and urban studies more broadly. This paper discusses the pluralising of knowledge at two levels. First, knowledge about how settlement…
Everyday practices of administrative ambiguation and the labour of de-ambiguation
In this paper, we use the notion of administrative precarity to refer to the vulnerability and insecurity experienced by marginalised and disadvantaged groups as a result of their interactions with ambiguous administrative procedures. Using the example of water infrastructure administration in Mumbai, specifically the experiences of ‘Pani Haq Samiti’– the ‘Right to Water campaign’– we formulate how administrative precarity and infrastructural vio…
Sewers and sewage treatment in Mumbai
The paper examines Mumbai's unfinished sewage infrastructure and aims to deepen the understanding of how infrastructural 'delays' are lived. Drawing on post-developmental frameworks, I provide empirical insights into the lived realities of infrastructural delays. Challenging linear infrastructure development, I apply the concept of unfinishedness to reveal improvised arrangements that emerge through gaps arising from prolonged delays. By reading …
Habitation counter-stories
This paper explores the multiple sites of knowledge production that emerge through the process of making bastis, or autoconstructed settlements, in Mumbai. By centreing the knowledge and lexicon of lived experience in making and consolidating one basti, Cheeta Camp, we inform decolonised understandings of planning and urban studies more broadly. This paper discusses the pluralising of knowledge at two levels. First, knowledge about how settlement…
Everyday practices of administrative ambiguation and the labour of de-ambiguation
In this paper, we use the notion of administrative precarity to refer to the vulnerability and insecurity experienced by marginalised and disadvantaged groups as a result of their interactions with ambiguous administrative procedures. Using the example of water infrastructure administration in Mumbai, specifically the experiences of ‘Pani Haq Samiti’– the ‘Right to Water campaign’– we formulate how administrative precarity and infrastructural vio…
Habitation counter-stories
This paper explores the multiple sites of knowledge production that emerge through the process of making bastis, or autoconstructed settlements, in Mumbai. By centreing the knowledge and lexicon of lived experience in making and consolidating one basti, Cheeta Camp, we inform decolonised understandings of planning and urban studies more broadly. This paper discusses the pluralising of knowledge at two levels. First, knowledge about how settlement…
Everyday practices of administrative ambiguation and the labour of de-ambiguation
In this paper, we use the notion of administrative precarity to refer to the vulnerability and insecurity experienced by marginalised and disadvantaged groups as a result of their interactions with ambiguous administrative procedures. Using the example of water infrastructure administration in Mumbai, specifically the experiences of ‘Pani Haq Samiti’– the ‘Right to Water campaign’– we formulate how administrative precarity and infrastructural vio…
Sewers and sewage treatment in Mumbai
The paper examines Mumbai's unfinished sewage infrastructure and aims to deepen the understanding of how infrastructural 'delays' are lived. Drawing on post-developmental frameworks, I provide empirical insights into the lived realities of infrastructural delays. Challenging linear infrastructure development, I apply the concept of unfinishedness to reveal improvised arrangements that emerge through gaps arising from prolonged delays. By reading …
On shaky grounds
Urban and Rural Development Challenges (3 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (3 works) · Environmental Engineering (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (1 work) · Engineering (1 work)