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RC21 CFP: P31 – Structural violence, Urban Development and the Southern City RC21, 18-21 September 2019, Delhi, India (https://rc21delhi2019.com<https://rc21delhi2019.com/>) Panel synopsis The urban is now an increasingly contested term in global debates on the Southern city. This panel focuses its inquiry at the intersection of how urbanisation or the development of urban areas is understood in terms of its relationship to structural violence. Understanding how these phenomena relate could be useful in advancing this global debate. In its quest to elucidate the structural violence intrinsic to urban development, the panel focuses on the 'secondary circuit' of capital or land and real estate, which is seen as increasingly central to urban spatial restructuring. Domains of land and real estate are particularly significant in Southern cities that experience a 'persistent disconnect' between capital and labour (Schindler 2017), where mega projects and infrastructure development are often prioritised over industrial development (Goodfellow 2018), and where governments often 'seek to exploit urbanisation processes in the interest of extending state power' (Shatkin 2016: 141). Structural violence – that reveals itself as unequal power and, consequently, as unequal life chances (Galtung 1969: 168) – can be judged from the consequences, including processual ones, of spatial restructuring experienced in different cities. The panel calls for papers that explore processes of urban spatial restructuring by exposing the interconnections between power, politics, conflict and violence. Each can be viewed as destructive but also creative with the power to reconstruct a more just city. Questions this panel addresses (but are not limited to): • What narratives of resistance throw light on how structural violence is experienced in different Southern cities? • What openings for a more just future do narratives of contestation or suffering offer? • What is the link between direct violence and structural violence? Who all are implicated in structural violence? Is it an instrument or just a resulting condition? • What are its consequences not only for marginalised groups but the city as a whole? Submit your abstract Please send your abstract of not more than 300 words to Lalitha ([log in to unmask])<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and Himanshu ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and also CC'd to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> before January 20th, 2019. Please indicate the panel number (P31) and your last name in the subject line. The abstract should clearly indicate the title of the paper, research questions, theoretical contribution and connection to the panel theme. Author details about institutional affiliation must also be included. For more details, please see the official instruction at: https://rc21delhi2019.com/index.php/call-for-abstracts/ Questions If you have any questions regarding this panel, please email Lalitha or Himanshu. Contact Info: Convenors Dr Lalitha Kamath, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) Dr Himanshu Burte, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) Regards, Sangeeta Banerji PhD Candidate Department of Geography Rutgers University - State University of New Jersey ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CRIT-GEOG-FORUM list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CRIT-GEOG-FORUM&A=1