Devra Waldman
Biographic Data
| ID | 290361 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Devra Waldman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Devra |
| FAMILY NAME | Waldman |
| SIGNATURE | WALDMAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2275-8918 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Frontex and the University: Positivist Dissonance and the Institutionalisation of Border Violence through Research
The paper examines the existing relationships between universities and Frontex, investigating and problematising the intersection between the higher education sector and the violence of the European border regime. We introduce the concept of positivist dissonance to conceptualise these relationships within the wider “industrial‐military‐academic complex”. Several cases are examined, ranging from the Horizon projects involving both universities an…
Thinking Through Urban Fragments: The Making of the Millennium City of Gurgaon, India
Using a case study of the struggle to convert more than 2,000 disjointed acres of agricultural land to urban land in Gurgaon, India, I address questions about the role the state plays in making land available for privatized development, how tensions between (il)legitimate property claims are fought through documentary evidence, and how competing claims to land are recognized and resolved by the state and court system. Through the theoretical lens…
Selling Spectacular Spaces: Hybridized Sport and Space in the Imagination of Enclaved Residential Living in India
This article explores the (dis)connections between urban housing development, (post)colonial legacies and expressions of space, and how ideas of sport and leisure are mobilized in the imagination of gated residential living in Gurgaon, India. Focused on the building of large-scale enclaved development built around golf and polo brands and identities, I challenge common analyses of gated residential complexes as examples of the imposition of neoli…
The enclaved body: Crises of personhood and the embodied geographies of urban gating
This essay analyzes embodied experiences of enclaving. It argues that by tracking revolutions in built form that gating enacts, urban geography has simultaneously tracked revolutions in urban subjectivity. It highlights three enclaved “body types” within existing literature: securitized bodies in fortressed cities, performative bodies in consumptive enclaves, and hygienic bodies in purified zones. It then offers three ethnographic scenes of gatin…
Aiming for the 'Green: (Post)Colonial and Aesthetic Politics in the Design of a Purified Gated Environment
This article investigates the politics of the design of a golf-focused gated community in Gurgaon, India. It considers the aesthetic uses of golf and architecture that go into the production of a purified urban environment to explore the relationship between urban development, environmental aesthetics and spatial purification in contemporary India. I demonstrate how an architectural focus on golf reproduces the 'distribution of the sensible' by a…
Cloning colonialism: Residential development, transnational aspiration, and the complexities of postcolonial India
Behind the scenes of sport for development: Perspectives of executives of multinational sport organizations
This article reports findings from a study designed to examine cricket's role as an international development tool - with a particular focus on how decisions are made at the highest institutional levels to support cricket-related development initiatives. Data for the study are drawn from interviews with executives in the International Cricket Council and the Marylebone Cricket Club who were asked about how and why decision-makers in their organiz…
Aiming for the 'Green: (Post)Colonial and Aesthetic Politics in the Design of a Purified Gated Environment
This article investigates the politics of the design of a golf-focused gated community in Gurgaon, India. It considers the aesthetic uses of golf and architecture that go into the production of a purified urban environment to explore the relationship between urban development, environmental aesthetics and spatial purification in contemporary India. I demonstrate how an architectural focus on golf reproduces the 'distribution of the sensible' by a…
Cloning colonialism: Residential development, transnational aspiration, and the complexities of postcolonial India
The enclaved body: Crises of personhood and the embodied geographies of urban gating
This essay analyzes embodied experiences of enclaving. It argues that by tracking revolutions in built form that gating enacts, urban geography has simultaneously tracked revolutions in urban subjectivity. It highlights three enclaved “body types” within existing literature: securitized bodies in fortressed cities, performative bodies in consumptive enclaves, and hygienic bodies in purified zones. It then offers three ethnographic scenes of gatin…
Behind the scenes of sport for development: Perspectives of executives of multinational sport organizations
This article reports findings from a study designed to examine cricket's role as an international development tool - with a particular focus on how decisions are made at the highest institutional levels to support cricket-related development initiatives. Data for the study are drawn from interviews with executives in the International Cricket Council and the Marylebone Cricket Club who were asked about how and why decision-makers in their organiz…
Cloning colonialism: Residential development, transnational aspiration, and the complexities of postcolonial India
Behind the scenes of sport for development: Perspectives of executives of multinational sport organizations
This article reports findings from a study designed to examine cricket's role as an international development tool - with a particular focus on how decisions are made at the highest institutional levels to support cricket-related development initiatives. Data for the study are drawn from interviews with executives in the International Cricket Council and the Marylebone Cricket Club who were asked about how and why decision-makers in their organiz…
Aiming for the 'Green: (Post)Colonial and Aesthetic Politics in the Design of a Purified Gated Environment
This article investigates the politics of the design of a golf-focused gated community in Gurgaon, India. It considers the aesthetic uses of golf and architecture that go into the production of a purified urban environment to explore the relationship between urban development, environmental aesthetics and spatial purification in contemporary India. I demonstrate how an architectural focus on golf reproduces the 'distribution of the sensible' by a…
The enclaved body: Crises of personhood and the embodied geographies of urban gating
This essay analyzes embodied experiences of enclaving. It argues that by tracking revolutions in built form that gating enacts, urban geography has simultaneously tracked revolutions in urban subjectivity. It highlights three enclaved “body types” within existing literature: securitized bodies in fortressed cities, performative bodies in consumptive enclaves, and hygienic bodies in purified zones. It then offers three ethnographic scenes of gatin…
Thinking Through Urban Fragments: The Making of the Millennium City of Gurgaon, India
Using a case study of the struggle to convert more than 2,000 disjointed acres of agricultural land to urban land in Gurgaon, India, I address questions about the role the state plays in making land available for privatized development, how tensions between (il)legitimate property claims are fought through documentary evidence, and how competing claims to land are recognized and resolved by the state and court system. Through the theoretical lens…
Selling Spectacular Spaces: Hybridized Sport and Space in the Imagination of Enclaved Residential Living in India
This article explores the (dis)connections between urban housing development, (post)colonial legacies and expressions of space, and how ideas of sport and leisure are mobilized in the imagination of gated residential living in Gurgaon, India. Focused on the building of large-scale enclaved development built around golf and polo brands and identities, I challenge common analyses of gated residential complexes as examples of the imposition of neoli…
Frontex and the University: Positivist Dissonance and the Institutionalisation of Border Violence through Research
The paper examines the existing relationships between universities and Frontex, investigating and problematising the intersection between the higher education sector and the violence of the European border regime. We introduce the concept of positivist dissonance to conceptualise these relationships within the wider “industrial‐military‐academic complex”. Several cases are examined, ranging from the Horizon projects involving both universities an…
Sociology (5 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works)