Archiving Erasure: Countermaps from Delhi

Cyanotype map of villages along Yamuna, Delhi, Swati Janu

With Delhi's riverfront development plan launched in the 2000s, the river floodplains are becoming gentrified, threatening both the farmers’ housing and livelihoods. Through various endeavours (participatory mapping, public walks, media dissemination, and the building of a school), Social Design Collaborative have tried to archive the farmers’ presence and to defend their rights. In this interview article, Swati Janu, the Director of Social Design Collaborative, reflects on their long-term collaborative work and the recent demolitions of some of these neighbourhoods.

The article can be accessed here while the entire journal 'Borders in the English-Speaking World: Mapping and Countermapping' can be accessed here.