Bhopal 2011

This book is a documentation of Bhopal2011- Workshop and Symposium which were conducted in Bhopal, India from the 23rd of January to the 4th of February 2011. The action-research initiative explored the significance of the Union Carbide industrial site - its heritage as the site of the Bhopal gas tragedy, its present condition as an abandoned industrial brown field site and its relevance as a future site for commemoration of the victims of the world’s greatest industrial disaster. The two weeks saw experts and students from all over the world come together with the locals of Bhopal, to initiate a discussion in order to understand the Tragedy and look at the possible future of the site. The event was anchored in a neutral academic environment which was not polarised towards any of the conflicting points of view that have locked the site today in a state of inaction. Instead of arriving at quick fix or absolute solutions, the event was meant to trigger off a larger process of the remediation of the site, which is inclusive and addresses the concerns of all the stakeholders. That the process is gaining momentum, is manifest in this publication that documents the event and its outcomes. Through cases and contributions from authors across the world, Landscapes of Memory addresses issues of heritage, habitat, urbanism, cultural rights and memory that underpin the narrative of the disaster, and its shared legacy in our collective consciousness.

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