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DESCRIPTION:'Visualizing Feminist Urbanism in Mumbai: Participatory Video-V
 oice and the Nagar Swaraj Leadership Approach'\n\nVatsala Shoukla (SNDT Wo
 men's University)\n\nAt the peak of Mumbai’s lockdown\, panic swept Agarwa
 l Wadi\, Wadala—historically one of the seven islands that formed the city
 . One neighbor struggled to breathe\, another ran a high fever. “I didn’t 
 wait for help—I became the help\,” recalls 42-year-old Area Sabha Represen
 tative Sultana Shaikh. She rushed patients to hospitals\, organized ration
 s\, and petitioned municipal authorities to restore hundreds of blocked ra
 tion cards. For months\, she became the invisible government of her lane—e
 mbodying the spirit of leadership from below. Sultana’s story is not an ex
 ception but part of a wider pattern of women holding their communities tog
 ether while negotiating state systems and everyday urban inequities. These
  stories exemplify the Nagar Swaraj experiment on the ground. Drawing from
  Gandhian philosophies of Swaraj (self-governance)\, Sarvodaya (welfare of
  all)\, and Antyodaya (uplift of the most marginalized)\, this model reima
 gines urban local governance as participatory\, decentralized\, and inclus
 ive.My presentation builds on the experiences of women Area Sabha Represen
 tatives in Mumbai\, explored through a participatory video-voice study\, t
 o examine feminist urbanism in practice. It asks: How meaningfully are cit
 izens—especially women—able to participate in shaping the cities they inha
 bit? What barriers and opportunities define women’s local leadership? And 
 what might urban governance look like if Area Sabhas were fully realized a
 s the “fourth tier” of democracy? By combining video-voice\, ethnography\,
  and visual cartography\, the study amplifies women’s lived experiences as
  evidence and advocacy\, offering a grounded vision of feminist urbanism t
 hrough the transformative ethos of Nagar Swaraj.\n\nLight refreshments ser
 ved.\n
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LOCATION:room 116\, Peterson Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E6\, 3460 rue
  McTavish
SUMMARY:IOWC Speaker Series - Vatsala Shoukla
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/history/channels/event/iowc-speaker-series-vatsal
 a-shoukla-367654
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