Beyond the Toilet Block: Governmentality and the Construct(ion) of 'Sanitary Subjects' in Mumbai's Informal Settlements

Funder	Economic and Social Research Council
Recipient Organization	University of Sheffield
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Sep 30, 2024
End Date	Jun 29, 2028
Duration	1,368 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Student
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`2930610`

Grant Description

Sanitation in urban Mumbai is more than just a matter of building and maintaining infrastructure like toilets; it is a complex interaction of social practices, policies, and identity formation. This study investigates how historically situated and discursively produced notions of health, hygiene and modernity are crystallised into sanitation policies and come to legitimise specific 'governing

rationalities.'