In Depth: Inscribing the Indian Landscape

摘要

When India was colonised by the British in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was systematically surveyed and delineated in map form for administrative and political purposes. Here, Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha urge a new, 'deeper' reading of the landscape that fully acknowledges the multiple uses and potential initiations of public spaces.