Paper short abstract:

This paper is an urban ethnography of Pune, India which narrates its urban development from a mobility lens using multi-modal methods. It further entails map-based visual storytelling and drawing as a method of representation to understand Pune's growth and future mobility trends.

Paper long abstract:

As a cultural capital and industrial city of Maharashtra, Pune has seen rapid transformations in its urbanising journey that tells the story of a place which now has more vehicular population than human population. This paper is an urban ethnography which narrates the urban growth and development of Pune city using multi-modal methods and unpacks its fast spreading road networks and changing mobility patterns. It further elicits map-based visual storytelling and drawing as a method of representing and understanding the future mobility trends of the city. The paper is also an exploration in the interdisciplinary investigation to comprehend how multi-modal methods are employed in a research study as a method of data collection and data analysis.