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Office Hours

Fall 2025: Tues &Thurs 12-1 pm
Archaeology

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 space I 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

2025: "Want to invent leisure from leftovers? Laggere shows the way" in Question of Cities Article

2024: Ghazi, Laaraib.  Book Chapter, Chapter 26 "The Idea of Secularisation and Indian Constitutionalism: Case of Hijab Ban and Status of Muslim
Women in India" in Keshav Madhav(ed) Legal Crossroads:Navigating Current legal issues in Law and Society. ISBN:9798891711105