NEWS FROM CED: OCTOBER
2005
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LAUNCH OF CRITICAL CONCERNS
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As we had
mentioned in
earlier newsletters, CED is proud to present the latest addition to its
DP
collection – Critical Concerns. On 26th of September 2005
Critical Concerns was formally launched at CED, Bangalore and on 22nd
October at CED, Mumbai. Raajen
Singh, rights activist from Mumbai, helped us evolve this package was
present on the occasion and demonstrated how this could be useful for
NGOs. The annual
subscription will only be Rs 4000/- Please click
here
for more information and on how to subscribe
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HABITAT AND DISASTERS
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We are bringing
on another
set of monthly compilations on Habitat issues and Disasters. Areas
which we
feel are more and more relevant in today’s climate. As with our other
compilations, it will consist of clipping from newspapers, journals,
newsletters, magazines and websites as well as from more local sources.
We are
offering a one year complimentary subscription to organisations working
in
Tsunami hit areas, who will keep this material in files in a public
place or at
a documentation or Resource centre. For more information click
here http://www.doccentre.net/RDC/
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THE DP COLLECTION
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Since we now
have many DPs
on a variety of important topics: Legal Rights, Habitat and Disasters
and
Critical Concerns we have decided to offer them at concessional rates.
The
annual subscription rate is: Rs. 4000/- for one DP, but if you take
two, the
second will only be Rs. 2000/- and if you take all three DPs, the third
will
only be Rs. 1500/-. Please click here for more information on how to
avail of
this great offer
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PUBLICATION DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM (PDS)
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We have decided
to close our
PDS as we felt that we were not able to concentrate enough on our own
publications… however we will never abandon our members.. infact we
have
decided that we are going to give our members a regular listing of
books
available from us, and, provided that you order within one week we will
give
you big discounts from 20 – 30%!!! So keep watching to be able to take
advantage of these offers!!!
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NEW FILMS AT CED
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New Release of
Films on City
Farming and Vernacular Values
City Farming
Duration 16'47" - Produced by CED
City farming is an innovative
technology which deals with farming in urban areas and essentially on
terraces, balconies and even on the walls of civil
constructions. Dr.R T Doshi has perfected a method of growing
fruits and vegetables for domestic consumption, which involves
relatively low labour input, organic production methods and very high
yields.
Vernacular Values
Duration 58'18" - produced by CED
Threading through the cross section
journeys into the other paradigm in architecture and examines the
values and underlying commonsense of the
vernacular in shaping our built environment. In this film the
philosopher in R L Kumar, a trained accountant reflects on his attempts
to build houses differently with a passion for the earth and
the
people he is working with. This exploration has made Kumar an
architect, builder, comrade to his workers and philosopher to some of
his NGO friends and chief haranguer to others.
The films
were screened at the Besharp Conference on 'Education and Training for
a
Sustainable Built Environment' between 3rd and 4th October, 2005 in
Mumbai.
http://www.doccentre.net/Besharp/fdisp.php?fid=./be_sharp_conference/forwebsite/intro-besharp-conference.html
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BOOKS AND REPORTS
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New books
and reports in Bangalore
library this month:
Books
Breaking
Barriers: Stories of Twelve Women by Parvathi Menon, Leftword
Women,
Law & Public Opinion by Krishna Gupta, Rawat Publications
Feminists
doing Development: A Practical Critique by Marilyn Porter and Ellen
Judd, Zed Books
Bare
Acts, Sarai Reader 05, Sarai, CSDS
Nation,
Civil Society and Social Movements: Essays in Political Sociology by T
K Oommen, Sage
Questioning Globalization by Kavaljit Singh, Zed Books
Good
Governance, Democratic Societies and Globalisation ed. by Surendra
Munshi and Biju Paul Abraham, Sage
Reports
Construction
Worker's Movement in Tamil Nadu by Sujata Mody
Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and
Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
Lights
Off! - Debunking the Myths of Power Liberalisation by Chavez Daniel
Breaking The Plastic Mould-A
citizen's guide to plastics, Toxics
Links
Critical Concerns
