no. 3, Threads, vol. 4November 1, 2019 The Mumbai Slum: Aerial Views and Embodied Memories By Ranjani Mazumdar [Ed. note: This is the final instalment of a three-part series on the representation of slums on screen. You can read part one here and part two here] In his book Planet of Slums, Mike Davis presents … Read More
no. 3, Threads, vol. 4October 17, 2019 The Gamification and Domestication of Slum Voyeurism: From Poverty Porn to Aesthetics of Precarity By Elmo Gonzaga [Ed. note: This piece is the second of a three-part series on the representation of slums on screen. As additional posts are in the series are published, we’ll add links to them here.] Empty, predawn streets marked … Read More
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