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The Great Caste Divide in Urban India

Proclaiming the Indian village to be a ‘sink of localism, a den of ignorance, narrow-mindedness and communalism’, the economist-turned-lawyer and the architect of the Indian constitution, B.R. Ambedkar famously exhorted Dalits to move away from villages practicing residential segregation to … Continue reading

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6 characteristics of an urban village

Originally posted on Sustaining Community:
Urban design plays a vital role in community building and promoting horizontal community engagement. This video and an associated report, New London Villages: Creating community, (Scanlon, Sagor, Whitehead and Mossa, 2016) explore the concept of…

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The Concept of Place in Geography

One of the oldest tenants of geography is the concept of place. As a result, place has numerous definitions, from the simple “a space or location with meaning” to the more complex “an area having unique physical and human characteristics … Continue reading

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Red fox, snow leopard in the Himalayas

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
https://youtu.be/_li6npqRppw This 19 September 2019 video from the Himalayas in India says about itself: A red fox stumbles across a treasure trove of nutrition: the carcass of a freshly killed yak. But nearby…

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