Vyjayanthi Rao (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at The New School for Social Research. Her research focuses on globalization, development, and cities, in particular issues of technology, infrastructure, memory and on the ethics and aesthetics associated with globalization. She is currently working on a book based on her research in Mumbai, titled The Speculative Ethic and the Spirit of Globalization. In this interview, she is analytically comparing the recent(2005) catastrophic events in Mumbai and New Orleans in relation to the globalization, new geographies of risks.

Related Readings:

Risk and the City: Bombay, Mumbai and Other Theoretical Departures

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