Events

Transit Labour Kolkata Platform Schedule

From: September 01, 2011 To: September 10, 2011

Ned Rossiter

Transit Labour Kolkata Platform

Program

1-10 September 2011


31 August: Arrivals

 

 

1 September

 

10.00-13.00: Visit to Sector 5, walk around areas surrounding Wipro, Cognizant and Tata Consultancy Services (accompanied by Ishita Dey)

 

15.30-17.30: Discussion at Calcutta Research Group office (Mainak Biswas will show his film Sthaniyo Sangbad to the team. Barun De will be the moderator.)

 

 

2 September

 

10.00-13.00: Visit to Rajarhat, enter via Sector 5, stop at key sites for discussions with Suhit and Ishita (Pradip Kumar Bose will accompany the team)

 

15.30-17.30: Discussion at CRG office (Nilotpal Datta and his co-workers from the Rajarhat Jami Bachao Committee will be there for the discussion.)

 

 

3 September

 

10.00-14.00: Visit to Bhangar, return via Rajarhat passing by Vedic Village, stop at key sites for discussions. (Rajat Kanti Sur and Agnibho Gangopadhyay will accompany the team)

 

15.30-17.30: Discussion at CRG office (Keya Dasgupta and members of Nagarik Mancha will be the discussants)

 

 

4 September: Rest (river boat trip)

 

 

5 September

 

10.00-15.00: Visit to West End (Kolkata International Logistics City, Kolkata West International City), return via port and visit e-waste sites (Khidirpur and Chandni Chawk). (Samaresh Guchait and Ishita Dey will accompany the team)

 

 

6 September: Transit Labour Workshop 9.30-5.30

 

Venue: Swabhumi Heritage Plaza (details in follow up posting)

 

 

7 September: Round Table on Part Eight of Capital, Vol. 1 ‘So-Called Primitive Accumulation’ (Chapters 26-33) 17.00-19.00

 

Venue: Conference Room, Pearl Hotel

 

Chair: Pradip Kumar Bose

 

Participants: Ranabir Samaddar, Sandro Mezzadra, Brett Neilson

 

40 minute presentation (each for 10 minutes), followed by 80 minutes of discussion

 

Followed by conference opening dinner

 

 

8-10 September: 4th Critical Studies Conference – Development, Logistics, Governance

 

Venue: Academy of Fine Arts