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Farming The City 2021
February 24, 2021
People’s Resource Centre, in collaboration with Institute for Democracy and Sustainability (IDS) and with technical support from Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP) IIT Delhi, invites you to participate in the second edition of our annual convention on urban agriculture- Farming The City. Building on the enthusiastic response received by the inaugural edition last […]
- ANNOUNCEMENT | November 27, 2020
Call for Applications: Field Research in Indian Cities
We are looking for research professionals (preferably media professionals with prior experience of field research and documentation) who have demonstrated the ability to work on urban development issues. Applicant should show a keen interest in the issues of urban sustainability, infrastructure, ecology and alternatives. Proficiency in conducting interviews, report writing (in Word or similar software), […].. Read More
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‘सेंट्रल विस्टा’ पुनर्विकास प्रोजेक्ट: भारतीय गणतंत्र के और सत्ता-केन्द्रित हो जाने का जोखिम
January 10, 2021साल 2008 में दुनिया में आई आर्थिक मंदी के केंद्र में थीं चंद वित्तीय बैंक कम्पनियाँ। इनमें से ही एक बड़ी कम्पनी थी मेरिल लिंच। जब एक तरफ भीषण मंदी जारी ही थी तो दूसरी तरफ मेरिल लिंच के सीईओ जॉन थेन अपने ऑफिस की सजावट पर लाखों डॉलर खर्च कर रहे थे। मंदी में […] Read More
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Fishing in the Shadow of A Megacity
December 11, 2020Fishing in the Shadow of a Megacity: Delhi and its ‘unseen’ fisherfolks For the last few years, we have dedicated our efforts to understand and discuss the various aspects of urban and periurban farming in the context of urban ecology, green livelihood, climate crisis and knowledge politics. Through discussions with various citizen groups over the […] Read More
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Seeds of Resistance and Hope: Some Post-webinar Reflections
December 7, 2020Seeds of Resistance and Hope – Reflections on an emerging global movement for food sovereignty through urban farming In a unique collaboration, People’s Resource Centre was able to bring together people of various countries associated with the act of urban farming either as practitioners or environmental activists and initiate a conversation about rethinking the ways […] Read More
Resources for Social Transformation
PRC intends to build conditions and infrastructures so that a fairer, better system emerges out of the existing one. Apart from conducting action-oriented research and community-level interventions, PRC publishes resource material on politics of resource appropriation. PRC is also working towards republishing a series of forgotten/less-known texts of relevance to contemporary movements.
Programmes
Urban Futures
We synthesize the ideas and scholarly research on alternative models of development, systematize the state of the art, update theories with recent findings... read more
Infrastructure
While a lot has been researched about land issues and the land relations has been explored and continues to get explored by academicians, journalists.. Read more
Climate Justice
While the climate change and the consequent threats on existence of life on earth are now getting wider attention, the issue of justice in the climate action remains mostly side-lined. Read more