Tuesday, March 07, 2006
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- I spent most of the past four years hanging out with street hawkers, smugglers, and sub-rosa import/export firms to write Stealth of Nations, a book that chronicles the global growth of System D--the parallel economic arena that today accounts for half the jobs on the planet. Prior to that, I lived in squatter communities across four continents to write Shadow Cities, a book that attempts to humanize these vibrant, energetic, and horribly misunderstood communities. My articles on cities, politics, and economic issues have appeared in many publications, including Harper's, Scientific American, Forbes, Fortune, The Nation, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Metropolis, and City Limits. Before becoming a reporter, I worked as a community organizer and studied philosophy. I live in New York City and do most of my writing on manual typewriters.
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Hi there,
I heard your talk on the Long Now Foundation Lecture Series and I have just bought your book. It was helpful as I've developed some "learning journey" programmes to places like Mumbai for executives and leaders. I'm keen to find people like yourself who demystify them, or at least challenge your assumptions about them.
The goal of these learning journeys is to use highly designed experiences in the field to help shift western leaders' assumptions, open minds and hearts, and see new possibilities beyond their "theories in use" about these places. With trusted locals in these communities, are taking them for a full day to one of the slums in Pune (the one you mention here) and another in Mumbai.
I was wondering a couple of things about resources:
a) any article of yours I can recommend b) any particular people within Mumbai I can contact for future trips c) would you be interested in being part of these programmes?
Please email me and I can give you a call.
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