Possessing the CityPub Date : 2019-11-21DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198848752.003.0005
Anish Vanaik
{"title":"Representing Commodified Space","authors":"Anish Vanaik","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198848752.003.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198848752.003.0005","url":null,"abstract":"Chapter 4 examines ways of representing space as a commodity that played key roles in colonial Delhi: maps, lease deeds, advertisements, and auctions. These representations were related to the buying and selling of real estate in distinct ways. At the same time, they also referred to and relied on each other to give effect to their pronouncements. Two elements ran through these disparate representations: connections between space and time, and the imbrication of state and property market. This chapter argues that the ability to utilize these representations of space to develop narratives about urban space was a critical constituent of state power.","PeriodicalId":134499,"journal":{"name":"Possessing the City","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116866733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Possessing the CityPub Date : 2019-11-21DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198848752.003.0009
Anish Vanaik
{"title":"Conclusion","authors":"Anish Vanaik","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198848752.003.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198848752.003.0009","url":null,"abstract":"We have no desire to raise the controversy of public versus private enterprise. We feel that the housing problem in Delhi is so vast and so diverse that there is scope for state enterprise as well as for private enterprise.\u0000 …\u0000 A house itself is a commodity…...","PeriodicalId":134499,"journal":{"name":"Possessing the City","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131791018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}