City in South and Southeast Asia

Not an Asian city, but Paes, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, gives a Ted Talk on the city. Quite interesting! He addresses sustainability and what favelas (Rio's slums) can offer: http://www.ted.com/t...

started by Su Lin Lewis on 24 Apr 12 11 follow-ups, last by Eviane Leidig on 09 May 12

This is an interesting video about male sex workers in india. Unfortunately its not focused around a particular city though. http://current.com/groups/on-current-tv/76307582_male-sex-workers-in-i...

started by Su Lin Lewis on 08 Feb 12 13 follow-ups, last by kjackson23 on 30 Apr 12

Thanks Eviane! Great photo essay.

started by Su Lin Lewis on 20 Jan 12 20 follow-ups, last by Su Lin Lewis on 25 Apr 12

I posted this in the slums section, but I thought it worked well for the 'cities of memories' section too. Here's a really, really fascinating piece on the Jogeshwari Cave, a Hindu archaeological a...

started by Su Lin Lewis on 12 Apr 12 9 follow-ups, last by tarayarla on 20 Apr 12

Awesome pics by Su Lin on Dharavi! Really like them. 1. Here is the article where the 'chawl culture' pics came from, for those interested. http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Art/Chawl-...

started by Su Lin Lewis on 06 Apr 12 11 follow-ups, last by tarayarla on 13 Apr 12

In the paper Museums and nationalism in contemporary China by Edward Vickers, Hong Kong museums is discussed to have been utilized as a space of nationalism building in Hong Kong. These "museums ar...

started by Su Lin Lewis on 03 Apr 12 10 follow-ups, last by jamieli9 on 11 Apr 12

Into the Current is a film about Burma's massive system of repression and military dictatorship. Bo Kyi "illuminates the suppression of democracy activists through imprisonment, torture and isolati...

started by Su Lin Lewis on 12 Mar 12 10 follow-ups, last by jamieli9 on 29 Mar 12

Here's a few interesting links about the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) Mutiny in Bombay in February 1946, which quickly spread throughout several other cities in India. It was supposedly sparked by long-...

started by Su Lin Lewis on 22 Feb 12 6 follow-ups, last by Devin Richards on 27 Mar 12

Jishun Zhang from Si-mian Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, East China Normal University is coming to speak here at Cal April 18th at 4pm about Imaging in Isolation: Hongkong Movies in ...

started by Su Lin Lewis on 22 Feb 12 13 follow-ups, last by jamieli9 on 12 Mar 12

They're making a replica of the Angkor Wat in India! An interesting correlation to Professor Edwards' piece on Cambodia. http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/03/09/india-to-replicate-cambodias-...

started by Su Lin Lewis on 08 Feb 12 13 follow-ups, last by tarayarla on 12 Mar 12

Gandhi (the whole movie!) on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27lMS76hGG0

started by Su Lin Lewis on 22 Feb 12 12 follow-ups, last by Su Lin Lewis on 07 Mar 12

The governmentality of Hong Kong towards education reform has been that government intervention should be minimal but Hong Kong has had several education reforms despite the approach to have a posi...

started by Su Lin Lewis on 22 Feb 12 4 follow-ups, last by jamieli9 on 01 Mar 12

Indian photojournalist Pablo Bartholomew's black-and-white photographs of Mumbai in the 1970s and 80s: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17008972

started by Su Lin Lewis on 22 Feb 12 1 follow-up, last by Su Lin Lewis on 22 Feb 12