Archiving Erasure: Countermaps from Delhi
In October 2023, Swati Janu gave a talk entitled “Archiving Erasure: Countermaps from Delhi”, as part of the international conference on “Borders: Mapping and Countermapping” organised by SEARCH research unit at the University of Strasbourg. Two years later, she agreed to share her thoughts about ar...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:angles_12317 https://doi.org/10.4000/1630d urn:doi:10.4000/1630d en https://journals.openedition.org/angles/12317 2026-04-16T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/1630d https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Archiving Erasure: Countermaps from Delhi Angles Société des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2274-2042 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/angles Janu, Swati Inde urbanisme architecture archives Delhi contre-cartographie travail social droit au logement agriculture urbaine India architecture archive Delhi countermaps urban planning community work housing rights urban farming In October 2023, Swati Janu gave a talk entitled “Archiving Erasure: Countermaps from Delhi”, as part of the international conference on “Borders: Mapping and Countermapping” organised by SEARCH research unit at the University of Strasbourg. Two years later, she agreed to share her thoughts about architecture, countermaps, environmentalism in the global South, and the need to rethink the way we imagine our cities. She notably focuses on the work her team did with urban farmers living in self-built settlements on the floodplains of the Yamuna river in the heart of Delhi. With the riverfront development plan launched in the 2000s, the river floodplains are becoming gentrified, threatening both the farmers’ housing and livelihoods. Through various endeavours (participatory mapping, public walks, media dissemination, and the building of a school), Social Design Collaborative have tried to archive the farmers’ presence and to defend their rights. In the interview, conducted online, Swati reflects on this long-term work and the recent destruction of some of these neighbourhoods. En Octobre 2023, dans le cadre du colloque international sur frontières, cartographie et contrecartographie organisé par l’équipe de recherche SEARCH à l’université de Strasbourg, Swati Janu a donné une présentation intitulée « Archiver l’effacement : countre-cartes de Delhi ». Deux ans plus tard, elle a accepté de partager ses réflexions sur l’architecture, la contrecartographie, l’écologie dans le Sud global et la nécessité de repenser la manière dont on imagine nos villes. Elle se concentre notamment sur le travail que son équipe a mené avec les fermiers urbains vivant dans des quartiers informels dans la plaine du fleuve de la Yamuna, au cœur de Delhi. Le plan d’aménagement des berges du fleuve, mis en place dans les années 2000, a conduit à la gentrification de la plaine, menaçant l’habitat et les ressources des fermiers. À travers différents projets (cartographie participative, visites publiques, mobilisation des médias, construction d’une école), l’équipe de Social Design Collaborative a tenté d’archiver la présence de ces habitants et de défendre leurs droits. Swati revient dans cet entretien sur ce travail de longue haleine et la destruction récente de certains de ces quartiers. |
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In October 2023, Swati Janu gave a talk entitled “Archiving Erasure: Countermaps from Delhi”, as part of the international conference on “Borders: Mapping and Countermapping” organised by SEARCH research unit at the University of Strasbourg. Two years later, she agreed to share her thoughts about architecture, countermaps, environmentalism in the global South, and the need to rethink the way we imagine our cities. She notably focuses on the work her team did with urban farmers living in self-built settlements on the floodplains of the Yamuna river in the heart of Delhi. With the riverfront development plan launched in the 2000s, the river floodplains are becoming gentrified, threatening both the farmers’ housing and livelihoods. Through various endeavours (participatory mapping, public walks, media dissemination, and the building of a school), Social Design Collaborative have tried to archive the farmers’ presence and to defend their rights. In the interview, conducted online, Swati reflects on this long-term work and the recent destruction of some of these neighbourhoods. |
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