My name is Govind Gopakumar and I am an Associate Professor and Chair, Centre for Engineering in Society at Concordia Univesrity.
I am fascinated by the complex relationship between technology and society in our contemporary lives. In our “technological culture” we often take technology for granted as an instrument that makes our lives convenient and enjoyable. But such an instrumental view often neglects the complex social, cultural and political aspects that are intertwined in the construction of the artifact or system. Since 2003, I have been interested in the systemic constitution of urban infrastructures and the politics they express through their enormous footprints in cities. I have been particularly interested in the political expression of urban infrastructures in Indian cities.
