Little India Expedition
This project borrows its name from William Bungee鈥檚 Detroit Expedition and is inspired by his book Fitzgerald: Geography of a Revolution (Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman Publishers, 1971).
The book Fitzgerald is a groundbreaking work of humanist geography, presenting the history, development and contemporary challenges of a particular neighbourhood of Detroit. Similar to Fitzgerald, the studies presented on this site provide a 鈥渟ervice to society鈥� and aim 鈥渢o learn big things from a little region鈥�. Like Bunge, the lead researcher of this project, Harald Bauder, is a resident of the neighbourhood of study. Unlike Bunge, to whom Detroit鈥檚 Fitzgerald neighbourhood was the first place in which he 鈥渉as felt at home since he was five years old鈥�, Bauder moved to the Little India neighbourhood in 2008 and tries to learn about the neighbourhood and its residents through this research.
This site presents a compilation of research projects that relate to Toronto鈥檚 Little India. The term 鈥淓xpedition鈥� signifies that the research team does not know exactly what the journey will reveal. But we are enjoying the ride and hope that our 鈥渄iscoveries鈥� will be of service to the community.
Reports
Abstract: This report explores the history of the area known as Toronto鈥檚 Little India. In particular, it investigates the contexts of urbanization, residential change, and business and work related to Little India from early settlement to the contemporary period. The aim is to understand the identity of the neighbourhood and provide a resource to the community.
Abstract: Ethnic economies are an important part of the today鈥檚 global city. We examine Toronto鈥檚 Little India and map the corresponding ethnic and Visible Minority population and their residential locations across the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). Although past research suggests that ethnic economies are typically accompanied by a local co-ethnic residential population, our study shows that this is not the case for Little India. While the South Asian population around Little India is increasing, it is growing at a slower pace than in some other parts of the Toronto CMA. We identify and examine four major South Asian residential clusters across the Toronto CMA that represent a potential customer base for the businesses of Little India.
Major Research Papers
by Angelica Suorineni
by Taraneh Etemadi
Resources
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