Monographie: Tacit Urbanism. Hawkers and the Production of Space in Everyday Kolkata

Tacit Urbanism. Hawkers and the Production of Space in Everyday Kolkata

Studying the tacit urbanism, and making explicit
the tacit political and cultural levels of the urban
becomes an important part not only of
understanding the urban as totality but also of
how we act as citizens and how we participate in
the constitution of new urban structure.

The publication examines the uses, economics
and politics of public space in the city of Kolkata.
It questions issues related to globalisation,
capitalism and governance and includes
research and documentation, interviews,
photographs and an incisive analysis by
Christopher Dell, who teaches architecture
theory at HafenCity University, Hamburg.

Tacit Urbanism complements the documentary
‘Kolkata Monodosis; Interventions in Temporary
Public Spaces’ in which Dell, also an
accomplished jazz and contemporary music
exponent, performs live at ten different locations
around Kolkata.

 

„Tacit Urbanism. Hawkers and the Production of Space in Everyday Kolkata“, post editions, Rotterdam.