Biography
Laaraib Ghazi is PhD student in archaeological anthropology. Her interests lie in understanding construction of urban space in South Asia. Her previous work includes studying dispossession and demolitions in Delhi, waste economy and materiality of recreation parks in Delhi, infrastructure projects in Gujarat and claiming leisure in a resettlement colony in Bengaluru. Her current projects hopes to understand how material culture informs creation of infrastructure space in road-widening projects.
Research Interests
Urban Infrastructure I Materiality I Housing I Oral History I Dispossession I Demolitions of homes and livelihoods I Law and Space
Education
Urban Fellowship Program (2024) from Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru
M.A Law, Politics and Society (2023) from Dr. B.R Ambedkar University Delhi
Recent Publications
2026. Tarusha Mishra, Laaraib Ghazi, Rohit Negi and Anu Sabhlok, ‘From Tibbe to Tudi: How Land Transformation creates a weather extreme in Bathinda’ in South Asian Urban Climates https://www.southasianurbanclimates.com/index/from-tibbe-to-tudi
2025. "Want to invent leisure from leftovers? Laggere shows the way" in Question of Cities Article
2024. Laaraib Ghazi. The Idea of Secularisation and Indian Constitutionalism: Case of Hijab Ban and Status of Muslim women in India. In Legal Crossroads: Navigating Current legal issues in Law and Society, edited by Keshav Madhav, pp 248-256. Walnut Publication, New Delhi