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COMMENTS ON NIJMAN'S ‘A STUDY OF SPACE IN MUMBAI'S SLUMS’
Author(s) -
PANDIT KAVITA
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00592.x
Subject(s) - slum , informal settlements , human settlement , presentation (obstetrics) , space (punctuation) , sociology , personal space , geography , urban theory , economic geography , economic growth , social psychology , psychology , archaeology , civil engineering , demography , engineering , economics , population , medicine , philosophy , linguistics , radiology
This commentary on Nijman's presentation at the 100th anniversary celebration of TESG underlines how his study of the Mumbai slum reconciles the multiple dualisms that lie at the core of the study of economic and social geography. The dualisms that are identified are located in the personal impressions of the urban landscape, the supposed homogeneity of the informal settlements, and the assumed barriers between the informal and the formal economy. The paper argues the importance of adding a personal reflection on doing research in a slum environment.