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Crowds and Power

In the Name of Crowds

City On The Water

Mob or People?

Fwd: Re: Archive (21) Kamal Swaroop: Crowds and Power

Band-wagoning, Bubbles, & Information Cascades

Thunder of Freedom (L.V.)

An Effect of the Political Process

Bombay

More Than Just Large Numbers

The Battle of Banaras

Crowds as Remnants and Potentials

Pyaasa

2023

Aug 14 - Aug 20: Preroll
Aug 21 - Aug 27: Wetting
Aug 28 - Sep 03: Breaks
Sep 04 - Sep 10: PTZ
Sep 11 - Sep 17: Matrices
Sep 18 - Sep 24: Walks
Sep 25 - Oct 01: Art School
Oct 02 - Oct 08: Seas
Oct 09 - Oct 15: Remembering
Oct 16 - Oct 22: Credit Rolls
Oct 23 - Oct 29: Bulldozer
Oct 30 - Nov 05: Constable
Nov 06 - Nov 12: Relay
Nov 13 - Nov 19: Crowds and Power
Nov 20 - Nov 26: Playing Chinese