Theorist

Swati Chattopadhyay

architectural history; postcolonial urban studies

Knowledge Settlement Power

Details

Nationality: Indian-American

Notes

Professor, Department of History of Art and Architecture, UC Santa Barbara; Fellow, Society of Architectural Historians (2018); delivered the 2022 SAH Eduard F. Sekler Keynote.

Connections

authored Architectural History or a Geography of Small Spaces?
proposed Geography of small spaces
associated with Global-turn architectural historiography
critiqued Global-turn historiography
relates to Zeynep Çelik

Sources

UC Santa Barbara, Department of History of Art and Architecture. Swati Chattopadhyay. 2024. https://www.arthistory.ucsb.edu/people/swati-chattopadhyay.
Chattopadhyay, Swati. Representing Calcutta: Modernity, Nationalism and the Colonial Uncanny. Routledge, 2005.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Swati Chattopadhyay." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/swati-chattopadhyay/. Accessed July 17, 2026.