Editorial

Tasleem Shakur, Imamur Hossain

A Rupturous Rise of Dhaka? Spaces of Socio-Cultural Transformations and Negotiating Identities

Part I:  Contested Memories, Negotiating Identities, and Political Ruptures

Nubras Samayeen

Dhaka in the Time of Monsoon Revolution: Shifting Political Landscape, Crafting Memories, and Altering National Identity

Mohd Aminul Karim

The Pilkhana Massacre: Tragedy at the Heart of Dhaka City in a Broad Day Light

Tasleem Shakur, Fariba Samia Omi, and Fojit Sheikh Babu

Squatter evictions, resettlement camps, and thereafter: The phenomenal mobility trajectories of a Dhaka child destitute 

Part II: Eruptions and Movements - Spaces of Subcultures

Parisa Shakur

“The Streets Became Ours”: Private University Students, Urban Resistance, and the July 2024 Uprising in Dhaka

Sanjida Ahmed Sinthia, Mohammed Mahbubur Rahman, Md Iftekhar Rashid

Urban Spaces of Resistance: the tale of Shahbag Chattar and Shahid Minar in contemporary Dhaka

Imamur Hossain

Assembling Muharram: The Contested Production of Culture and Space in Dhaka’s Geneva Camp

Part III: Simulated or Mediated Popular Cultures? 

Sayeda Jafrina Nancy

The Emerging Socio-cultural Hub of Dhaka: A Study on the Changing Trend and Role of Street Side Public Eateries

Adil Mohammed

From River City to Vertical Megacity: The Transformation of Housing in Dhaka

Md Rashed Bhuyan, Matluba Khan, Thomas Aneurin Smith, Nova Amin Khan, Daisy Ortega Roman

Towards a Child- and Youth-Friendly Dhaka: Co-Creating a Rayer Bazar to Grow Up in

Part IV: Echoes: Reviews, Reprints, and Report

A book review by Tanvir Khan

Dhaka: From City to Megacity by Nazrul Islam

A book review by Suneela Ahmed

Decolonising South Asian Built Environment: Exploring Contemporary Practices, Pedagogies and Dichotomous Socio-political Implications

 A Translation by Imamur Hossain

স্মৃতির শহর ঢাকা : The City of Memories, Dhaka by Susheel Ghosh

A workshop report by Samiha Nowshin

International Workshop on “Political Transformations, Changing Heritage, and Negotiating Identities: Planning, Designs and the Evolving Cultures of Dhaka”