Indigenous Modernities of Delhi

This project investigated the cultural processes underlying urban transformations when global modernity engages with a particular place, locality or tradition, i.e., Delhi. From the perspective that modernity and colonialism are fundamentally connected I examine the way 'traditional' built forms transform to become 'modern' in the political context of colonialism. The dilemmas and politics of cultural transformation are more evident in places with well-articulated institutions and building traditions. Hence, this work examines Delhi, over a century of change during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as it developed from a walled city into a fragmented metropolis.

Partners

• Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts (USA)
• National Endowment for the Humanities (USA)
• American Institute of Indian Studies(USA)
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Publication

• Indigenous Modernities: Negotiating Architecture and Urbanism. London; New York;
  New Delhi: Routledge, 2005.