Can the Subaltern Moo?

by Anubhav Sheoran

Sheoran outlines the semantic role animals’ play in the city, while their real creaturely concerns remain largely ignored. The major discourse being shaped around the cow, for instance, seems to be anchored in a dichotomy in its portrayal, which lacks sensitization, eludes general perception, and deters one from imagining or engaging with alternative possibilities.


Practicing architect working in the National Capital Region, interested in bottom-up collaborative spatial interventions, rhythmanalysis, space syntax, and metadesign as a methodology for sociospatial transformation in urban areas.