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Internships for the IDRC Safe and Inclusive cities project

This project uses spatial justice as a pivotal concept for analyzing the emerging situations

and forms of violence, poverty and inequality in the cities in developing countries (India,

Brazil and South Africa) It perceives the current alliance !et"een State and mar#et as a #ey

driver for socio$spatial transformations in these cities, changing the value orientations ofspatial practices and producing several injustices, inequalities, insecurities and violence

%o"ever, groups of ur!an poor or other socially e&cluded and marginalized ur!an

populations are actively engaged in negotiating, th"arting and often su!verting these

situations through multiple net"or#s and strategies that range from the formal to the

informal These struggles and e&periences are seen as critical to the claims of poor groups

to the city, "ith peace and violence employed as vehicles !y !oth the State ' mar#et alliance

and the local groups This proposal therefore "ill focus strongly on people, places and

infrastructure as a "ay of analyzing the comple&ity of factors leading to violence in cities as

 "ell as d"elling on the "ays in "hich strategies are developed to counter such episodic and

endemic forms of violence The project locates itself at the cusp of these contestations andsee#s to identify lessons that these contestations offer for promotion of peace, security and

enrichment of livelihoods As a part of this project internships are !eing offered !y the

School of %a!itat olicy and ractise at TISS

These internships "ill !e open to *A students from various social science disciplines and

final year architectural students The candidates "ill need to possess familiarity "ith *um!ai

and its region +ach intern "ill !e allotted a specific case study that "ould !e situated in the

*um!ai region in "hich they "ill !e e&pected to carry out some preliminary field "or# They

 "ill also need to have the a!ility to carry out independent research and produce a "ritten

document at the end of the internship The candidate "ill also have to have su!stantial

analytical s#ills and "ould need to produce some visual documentation of the cases "ithsome form of mapping element in them The internship "ill !e for duration lasting from

 "ee#s to - "ee#s in the month of April and *ay All interns "ill !e offered a !asic

remuneration for the duration

. Research and Documentation Intern  $ /ocumentation for the S0A case studies

1loo#ing at the changing scales of redevelopment in the city2 The primary

responsi!ilities of this intern "ould !e research and documentation on the sites that

have "itnessed redevelopment in the last fe" decades This internship "ould require

some familiarity "ith *um!ai and fluency in *arathi 1"riting and reading2 This

person "ould also require carrying out some field "or# on related issues This

internship is e&pected to last for duration of a!out - "ee#s

3 Mapping Intern $ This person "ill !e "or#ing "ith the mapping element and the

visualisation of date in the city profile This person can also find innovative "ays for

us to represent the other data sets that "e have seen as part of the city profile

4luency "ith design soft"are and mapping soft"are is a must This person can also

help us "ith producing the !anners and other visuals for the event and the city profile

dissemination "or#shop This persons5 engagement "ith us can !e for a period of

a!out 6 "ee#s

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Streetscapes Intern $ This person "ill !e "or#ing on regulations around the street

life This internship "ould comprise of some amount of field "or# and documentation

surrounding street scapes This person "ould !e engaged "ith us for a period of

 "ee#s