The Industrial Ephemeral The Industrial Ephemeral
Atelier: Ethnographic Inquiry in the Twenty-First Century

The Industrial Ephemeral

Labor and Love in Indian Architecture and Construction

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Publisher Description

What transformative effects does a multimillion-dollar industry have on those who work within it? The Industrial Ephemeral presents the untold stories of the people, politics, and production chains behind architecture, real estate, and construction in areas surrounding New Delhi, India. The personal histories of those in India's large laboring classes are brought to life as Namita Vijay Dharia discusses the aggressive environmental and ecological metamorphosis of the region in the twenty-first century. Urban planning and architecture are messy processes that intertwine migratory pathways, corruption politics, labor struggle, ecological transformations, and technological development. Rampant construction activity produces an atmosphere of ephemerality in urban regions, creating an aesthetic condition that supports industrial political economy. Dharia's brilliant analysis of the sensibilities and experiences of work lends visibility to the struggle of workers in an era of growing urban inequality.

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2022
July 19
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
290
Pages
PUBLISHER
University of California Press
SELLER
University of California Press
SIZE
12.8
MB
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