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We’re hosting a joint seminar with the Urban Big Data Centre on Tuesday 21 August. Spaces are limited, so if you’d like to attend, please sign up straight away; details follow...

I think you’ll like the event – it’s exploring the relationship between ‘official’ maps of the city compared to how local residents map their city. Prof Sanjay Srivastava from the University of Delhi will present their new research. Looks super interesting, and incredibly relevant to the SHLC project.

Many thanks

Gail

Gail Wilson | Senior Business Manager
GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC)
School of Social & Political Sciences
University of Glasgow

New Event: The Satellites that Ate Delhi: GIS, Big Data and the Politics of Space at the Margins of the Indian City

How does remote sensing technologies and big data influence our understanding of cities and urban inequalities? Please join us for a seminar with Sanjay Srivastava - Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi – who will discuss new research investigating technologically driven urban futures in India. This presentation will explore relationships between official, digitally mapped visions of the city and ‘raw’ maps produced by residents of ‘Unauthorised Localities'.

Places are limited so please sign up to attend in advance.

• Date: 21 August
• Time: 15:00-16:30
• Venue: Urban Big Data Centre Conference Room (1st Floor) 7 Lilybank Gardens University of Glasgow G12 8RZ. How to get here: http://ubdc.ac.uk/about/find-us/

This event is jointly hosted by the Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) and the GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC).

Look forward to seeing you there!