Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322)

INTRODUCTION TO INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS

DISCUSSION 2

Nipesh P Narayanan

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

IS THIS A SLUM?

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

WHAT IS A SLUM?

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

WHAT IS A SLUM?

UN (2002)• Inadequate access to safe water• Inadequate access to Sanitation and other infrastructure• Poor structural quality of housing• Overcrowding• Insecure residential status

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

WHAT IS A SLUM?

UN (2002)• Inadequate access to safe water• Inadequate access to Sanitation and other infrastructure• Poor structural quality of housing• Overcrowding• Insecure residential status

Pranab Sen Committee’s definition (2010)• A compact area of at least 300 population or about 60-70 households of

poorly built congested tenements in unhygienic environment usually with inadequate infrastructure and lacking in proper sanitary and drinking water facilities

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

INFORMAL! WHAT IT MEANS?

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

FORMAL - Adjectivedone in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting

an official or important occasion.

THE RHETORIC OF THE INFORMAL!

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

FORMAL - Adjectivedone in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting

an official or important occasion.

INFORMAL - Adjective- having a relaxed, friendly, or unofficial style, manner, or nature: an informal

atmosphere an informal agreement between the two companies

THE RHETORIC OF THE INFORMAL!

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

FORMAL - Adjectivedone in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting

an official or important occasion.

INFORMAL - Adjective- having a relaxed, friendly, or unofficial style, manner, or nature: an informal

atmosphere an informal agreement between the two companies- denoting the grammatical structures, vocabulary, and idiom suitable to

everyday language and conversation rather than to official or formal contexts.

THE RHETORIC OF THE INFORMAL!

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

FORMAL - Adjectivedone in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting

an official or important occasion.

INFORMAL - Adjective- having a relaxed, friendly, or unofficial style, manner, or nature: an informal

atmosphere an informal agreement between the two companies- denoting the grammatical structures, vocabulary, and idiom suitable to

everyday language and conversation rather than to official or formal contexts.

- (of economic activity) carried on by self-employed or independent people on a small scale, especially unofficially or illegally.

THE RHETORIC OF THE INFORMAL!

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

THE RHETORIC OF THE INFORMAL!

FORMAL INFORMAL

Conventional Non - Conventional

Official Un - Official

Regulated Un-Regulated

EVERYDAY

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

THE RHETORIC OF THE INFORMAL!

FORMAL INFORMAL

Conventional Non - Conventional

Official Un - Official

Regulated Un-Regulated

EVERYDAY

INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS EVERYDAY CITY

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

IS EVERYDAY CITY, A CITY?

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

IS EVERYDAY CITY, A CITY?

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

IS EVERYDAY CITY, A CITY?

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

IS EVERYDAY CITY, A CITY?

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

IS EVERYDAY CITY, A CITY?

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

ASPECTS OF THE EVERYDAY CITY

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

CAN EVERYDAY CITY OVERLAP WITH THE FORMAL CITY

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

ASPECTS OF THE EVERYDAY CITY

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

ASPECTS OF THE EVERYDAY CITY

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

ASPECTS OF THE EVERYDAY CITY

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

ASPECTS OF THE EVERYDAY CITY

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

EVERYDAY ASPECTS & THE CONSUMERISTIC PHOTO CAUTIOUS CITY

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

ASPECTS OF THE EVERYDAY CITY

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

ASPECTS OF THE EVERYDAY CITY

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

ARCHITECT AND THE EVERYDAY CITY!

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

ARCHITECT AND THE EVERYDAY CITY!

I NEED ARCHITECT INTERPRETS

CONTRACTOR BUILDS

I NEED I BUILD

Ever

yday

City

Form

al C

ity

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

HOW TO STUDY THE EVERYDAY CITY IN AN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT?

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

THE MODERN ABSTRACTION WAY

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

THE MODERN ABSTRACTION WAY

LIVE

WORK

PLAY

Informal Settlements – Understanding + Interacting (AP-322) – Introduction

THE MODERN ABSTRACTION WAY

Community

Retired

Unemployed

Working

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THE STRUCTURALIST WAY

HouseFather

PradhanCommunity

Temple

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THE SUBALTERN WAY

RajuRaju’s Pocket

Raju’s Language

Raju’s Appetite

Raju’s Work

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THE ACTOR NETWORK THEORY WAY

RajuPlanning

Laws

Local politicianSchool

Raju’s Dog