Documents of the Governed in Mumbai
(2022) In Shuddhashar- Abstract
- Essays in this Issue of Shuddhashar centralize the roles and powers of documents (and the lack of ‘proper’ documents). In parallel, this essay highlights two short stories to show how the power of documents shapes subaltern lives. I dissect the dichotomous dis/possession of documents around which urban poor’s lives are organised. While the state institutions are required to protect and care about its documented population, I alternatively show how becoming documented is a continuous process that engenders bi-fold effects: conditional inclusion and widespread precarity. In doing so, I locate certain paradoxes of the documents and institutional processes of making populations legible where possession of documents, like their absolute lack,... (More)
- Essays in this Issue of Shuddhashar centralize the roles and powers of documents (and the lack of ‘proper’ documents). In parallel, this essay highlights two short stories to show how the power of documents shapes subaltern lives. I dissect the dichotomous dis/possession of documents around which urban poor’s lives are organised. While the state institutions are required to protect and care about its documented population, I alternatively show how becoming documented is a continuous process that engenders bi-fold effects: conditional inclusion and widespread precarity. In doing so, I locate certain paradoxes of the documents and institutional processes of making populations legible where possession of documents, like their absolute lack, might also have dispossessive effects. (Less)
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- author
- Jha, Rishi LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022-08-01
- type
- Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- documented, urban abandonment, housing precarity, Mumbai, Urban redevelopment, social inclusion
- categories
- Popular Science
- in
- Shuddhashar
- issue
- 30
- ISSN
- 2535-7476
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 3b072c40-d445-4214-a1de-6c3c5b70ab10
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- https://shuddhashar.com/documents-of-the-governed-in-mumbai/
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- 2022-08-03 08:43:57
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abstract = {{Essays in this Issue of Shuddhashar centralize the roles and powers of documents (and the lack of ‘proper’ documents). In parallel, this essay highlights two short stories to show how the power of documents shapes subaltern lives. I dissect the dichotomous dis/possession of documents around which urban poor’s lives are organised. While the state institutions are required to protect and care about its documented population, I alternatively show how becoming documented is a continuous process that engenders bi-fold effects: conditional inclusion and widespread precarity. In doing so, I locate certain paradoxes of the documents and institutional processes of making populations legible where possession of documents, like their absolute lack, might also have dispossessive effects.}},
author = {{Jha, Rishi}},
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keywords = {{documented; urban abandonment; housing precarity; Mumbai; Urban redevelopment; social inclusion}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{08}},
number = {{30}},
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title = {{Documents of the Governed in Mumbai}},
url = {{https://shuddhashar.com/documents-of-the-governed-in-mumbai/}},
year = {{2022}},
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