Bodies as Urban Infrastructure Book Chapter by Dr Ruszczyk published

The Gendered Infrastructures: Space, Scale and Identity book edited by Associate Professor Yaffa Truelove of the University of Colorado Boulder and Dr Anu Sabhlok of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, was published by West Virginia University Press in 2024.

This book contains a chapter written by Associate Professor Truelove and Dr Hanna Ruszczyk, Assistant Professor in the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR), at Durham University. Chapter 10 is called “Conceptualizing bodies as urban infrastructure: Gender, intimate infrastructures, and slow infrastructural violence in urban Nepal and India”.  The book chapter reflects on ways that women and men can be considered as infrastructure if we look closely. You can read Chapter 10 at ScienceDirect.

You can buy the book at West Virginia University Press.

You can see more of Dr Ruszczyk's work on her personal website. 

Photo credit: Ruszczyk, H 2024