Ameeth Vijay
Biographic Data
| ID | 1680507 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ameeth Vijay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ameeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Vijay |
| SIGNATURE | VIJAY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Madras Christian College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0237-8280 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Neom’s elite dreaming
This article analyzes the development of NEOM, a regional megaproject of four cities currently being constructed along the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. It argues that development for NEOM is speculative, not only in that it these megacities are being built absent of real need, but that the projects themselves are a form of “elite dreaming.” Here, a global elite of designers produce speculative visions for new cities, an imaginary in which these citie…
Tambaram's IAF Road as a liminal military landscape
Invoking the domain competence principle in India’s maritime governance
India’s growing role as a maritime powerhouse beckons unprecedented opportunities and challenges. The present mode of maritime governance characterised by the outdated role of generalists, particularly the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), is nothing more than an unfaded representation of a colonial stopgap arrangement with no scientific substance per se. Irrespective of an ideation that took place in 2014, the Indian Maritime Service (IMS) as…
Dissipating the Political
This article analyses the idiom of “placemaking” in contemporary development, specifically considering the Battersea Power Station development in south London. It argues that the recourse to a highly aestheticised concept of place allows development to mediate the structural transformations they are enacting and create a narrative and discourse about development that deflects and dissipates political critique. In order for public-private “regener…
After the pop-up games
This paper examines the temporality of urban planning in contemporary London, especially with regard to the 2012 Olympic Games. I argue that planners and officials deployed a rhetoric of permanence to validate not only the Games themselves, but also the costly development and infrastructural changes in the city as well as human displacements. Specifically, a decentralized network of planners, officials, consultants, and administrators used tempor…
After the pop-up games
This paper examines the temporality of urban planning in contemporary London, especially with regard to the 2012 Olympic Games. I argue that planners and officials deployed a rhetoric of permanence to validate not only the Games themselves, but also the costly development and infrastructural changes in the city as well as human displacements. Specifically, a decentralized network of planners, officials, consultants, and administrators used tempor…
After the pop-up games
This paper examines the temporality of urban planning in contemporary London, especially with regard to the 2012 Olympic Games. I argue that planners and officials deployed a rhetoric of permanence to validate not only the Games themselves, but also the costly development and infrastructural changes in the city as well as human displacements. Specifically, a decentralized network of planners, officials, consultants, and administrators used tempor…
Dissipating the Political
This article analyses the idiom of “placemaking” in contemporary development, specifically considering the Battersea Power Station development in south London. It argues that the recourse to a highly aestheticised concept of place allows development to mediate the structural transformations they are enacting and create a narrative and discourse about development that deflects and dissipates political critique. In order for public-private “regener…
Invoking the domain competence principle in India’s maritime governance
India’s growing role as a maritime powerhouse beckons unprecedented opportunities and challenges. The present mode of maritime governance characterised by the outdated role of generalists, particularly the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), is nothing more than an unfaded representation of a colonial stopgap arrangement with no scientific substance per se. Irrespective of an ideation that took place in 2014, the Indian Maritime Service (IMS) as…
Neom’s elite dreaming
This article analyzes the development of NEOM, a regional megaproject of four cities currently being constructed along the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. It argues that development for NEOM is speculative, not only in that it these megacities are being built absent of real need, but that the projects themselves are a form of “elite dreaming.” Here, a global elite of designers produce speculative visions for new cities, an imaginary in which these citie…
Tambaram's IAF Road as a liminal military landscape
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Rhetoric (2 works)