CONTENTS
Abstract 1
Acknowledgements 3
1 Introduction 9
1.1 Premise 9
1.2 Hypothesis 10
1.3 Aim 10
1.4 Objectives 10
1.5 Relevence of study in context of Surat 10
1.6 Methodology 13
1.7 Scope and Limitations 14
1.8 Keywords 14
2 The (social) Production of (social) Space 17
2.2 Social Space 18
2.3 The Spatial Triad 18
2.3.1 Perceived space 19
2.3.2 Conceived Space 25
2.3.3 Lived Space 27
2.4 Activity Mapping and analysis 28
2.4.1 As mapped (observations) 29
2.4.2 From primary data (conversations) 29
3 Claiming street as social space 33
3.1 Introduction 33
3.2 Right to the city : Claiming Surat streets 33
3.3 Analytical Framework 34
3.4 Evolution of the city : Surat 34
3.5 Claiming the streets in old city- on daily basis 36
3.6 Claiming the streets in old city- on ocassions 38
3.7 Claiming the streets in contemporary city 40
3.7.1 Claiming the streets in contemporary city- on daily basis 40
3.7.2 Claiming the streets in contemporary city- on ocassions 40
3.8 Conclusions - Part-1 41
4 Commoning 43
4.1 Need to analyse spatial practice as potential commoning 43
4.2 Introduction to the concept of commoning 43
4.2.1 Commoning in India 44
4.3 Commons - An Introduction 44
4.3.1 Commons in India 45
4.3.2 Commons in History 47
4.3.3 Contemporary Common 48
4.4 Commoners 48
4.5 Literature synthesis . 48
4.5 Commoning, commons and commoners - relationship 49
4.6 Analytical framework - Commoning 49
4.7 Analysis of Spatial practice of picnicking to identify commoning 51
4.7.1 Social processes 51
4.7.2 Community participation 52
4.7.3 Bottom-up participation 53
4.7.4 Personal responsibility 53
4.7.4 Transparency within the community 53
4.7.4 Self policing accounatbility 54
5 Conclusions 55
5.1 End Note 56
5.2 Way forward 57
Refrences 59
Appendices 60
A1 Reconnaissance study 60
A2 Semi structured questionnaire 60
A3 Personal Observations Questions 61
A4 Primary data collection 62
Reconnaissance study 62
Focus group conversation 62
A5 Conversation Transcript -17 63
A6 Conversation Transcript 64
Conversation Transcript - 18 64
Conversation Transcript -29 65
Conversation Transcript -47 66
Conversation Transcript -48 67
50 Conversations 69