Sunday, March 30, 2008

Three stages of life

In his lecture about heterotopia, Lieven de Cauter talked about the three stages of life. Birth- maturity(adulthood)-death can be apllied to everything in life. The birth of Dharavi started some 60 years ago, when marshland was transformed by later habitants into a livable area. Since then, Dharavi grew and grew, attracting more people from all over the country to settle.Nowadays, the borders of Dharavi are about fixed; expansion is by law impossible, and inside the tissue free space is very rare. Not only by size, but also by economical and social power, Dharavi has become mature; able to particpate in the big play of Mumbai. With the plan of Mukesh Meta, the death of Dharavi as it is becomes clear and visible, as an announced suicide. Would Dharavi be mature enough to fight for an annulment of their death sentence? Or would Dharavi be reincarnated by this plan ?

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