BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//African Centre for Cities - ECPv6.7.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page X-WR-CALDESC:Events for African Centre for Cities REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Johannesburg BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:SAST DTSTART:20140101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20241031T150000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20241031T170000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20241009T102309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T083438Z UID:10005616-1730386800-1730394000@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Launch: CLAIMS to Energy Citizenship in South Africa DESCRIPTION:The African Centre for Cities (ACC)\, in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen invite you to the public launch of the CLAIMS to Energy Citizenship project. The launch will take place under the theme “Infrastructure’s Transitions”\, where the project team will share the project overview\, structure and direction.\nCLAIMS to Energy Citizenship is a four-year research project funded by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA). In the context of a contested energy transition\, the project explores claim-making\, citizenship\, and statecraft in Cape Town\, South Africa. The project aims to advance creative and interdisciplinary methods for contributing to thinking related to the politics of infrastructure transitions.\nThirty years after the formation of the post-apartheid state\, a series of global and national transitions are reconfiguring the energy landscape. We present these transitions not as contextual inevitabilities but as social facts that require critical observation and new modes of sense-making.\nThe event is titled Infrastructure’s Transitions as a tribute to Antina von Schnitzler’s influential work\, Democracy’s Infrastructure: Techno-Politics and Protest after Apartheid. This seminal book has inspired scholars across various disciplines to see infrastructure as a site where state-society relations and urban futures are substantiated\, contested\, and performed.\nWHEN | Thursday\, 31 October 2024\nTIME | 3PM – 5PM\nVENUE | Studio 5\, Environmental & Geographical Science Bld. UCT Upper Campus\nPlease RSVP here URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/claims-launch-2/ LOCATION:Studio 5\, Environmental & Geographical Science Bld\, UCT Upper Campus CATEGORIES:Conversation,Launch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/claims-launch-web-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20240730T120000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20240730T130000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20240724T065600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T145857Z UID:10005613-1722340800-1722344400@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Info Session - MPhil Southern Urbanism DESCRIPTION:The MPhil Southern Urbanism is designed to cultivate the next generation of urban thinkers from the South\, who are rooted in the realities\, theories and practise of cities of the Global South. Drawing together a diverse cohort of scholar and practitioners\, the programme uses a combination of guided learning in small-group seminars\, experimentation in various spaces of urban practice and independent thesis research to ground students in Urban Studies theory\, and new research methodologies.\nIf you are interested in applying for the MPhil Southern Urbanism programme but still have some questions? This info session\, hosted by programme convenor\, Dr Anna Selmeczi will provide a brief overview of the pedagogical approach\, programme structure and entry requirements\, as well as discussion time to answer all your questions.\nAPPLICATIONS DEADLINE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: 31 October 2024\nREGISTER HERE URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/mphil-info-session_30-july/ CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Info-session_30-July-e1721829560787.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20230825T123000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20230825T133000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20230808T070454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T070454Z UID:10002787-1692966600-1692970200@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Ma in Sustainable Urban Practice Info Session DESCRIPTION:From siloed practitioner to systems integrator for sustainable African city futures – the new Masters programme\, convened by the African Centre for Cities\, at the University of Cape Town cultivates a new generation of urban practitioner.\nThe complex\, multi-dimensional demands of our rapidly urbanising world require holistic\, inter-disciplinary thinking and practice. However traditional professional paradigms and often-siloed institutions seem doomed to replicate the entrenched patterns and practices of path-dependent urban infrastructure provision and management. To overcome the often-fragmented ways in which urban questions are framed\, institutionalised\, and engaged by varied levels of government\, citizens\, civil society organisations\, and private sector actors\, we need a new kind of urban practitioner\, who can work across practices\, professional norms\, hierarchies\, sectors and urban problems.\nTo meet this need\, the African Centre for Cities (ACC)\, UCT\, launched a Masters in Sustainable Urban Practice\, which seeks to cultivates urban integrators who are able to discern opportunities for integration\, and can build the necessary coalitions for change; who are confident in varied cultures of communication and can build bridges between sectors\, fields\, and scales of urban practice.\nJoin this information session with programme convenor Dr Mercy Brown-Luthango.\nWHEN | Friday\, 25 August 2023\nTIME | 12:30-13:30 SAST\nREGISTER HERE \nMORE ABOUT THE PROGRAMME URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/ma-in-sustainable-urban-practice-info-session/ CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/MSUP_systems_integrator-e1658836851498.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20221206T150000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20221206T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20221118T070747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221202T135812Z UID:10002757-1670338800-1670349600@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:LAUNCHING THE URBAN ACADEMY: Smart cities\, clever urbanism: digitally enabled practices in urban Africa DESCRIPTION:In 2021 the African Centre for Cities (ACC)\, an action-oriented research hub based at the University of Cape Town and UNITAC\, the result of a partnership between the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)\, the United Nations Office for Information and Communication Technology (UN OICT)\, and the City Science Lab @HafenCity University in Hamburg (CSL)\, initiated a collaborative platform for shared research interests under the banner of the Urban Academy. The collaboration is based on a shared interest in unpacking the intersection of technology\, society\, and cities to examine democratic decision-making\, new models of service delivery\, and the future of work.\nSupported by the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt\, we are delighted to invite you to the official launch of the Urban Academy on the 6 December 2022 that will be facilitated by Nokukhanya Mncwabe\, a human rights consultant who enjoys forming\, implementing and pulling apart policies and projects\, forging friendships across geographies and disciplines\, and being a tourist at home (Africa).\nWHEN | Tuesday\, 6 December 2022\nTIME | 15:00-18:00 SAST\nWHERE | Workshop 17\, 32 Kloof Street\, Gardens\, Cape Town\nRSVP | Please send an email to africancentreforcities@gmail.com\nPanel one: Introducing the Urban Academy: Smart Cities\, Clever Urbanism\nIn the first panel\, partnering directors Edgar Pieterse (ACC) and Gesa Ziemer (UNITAC and City Science Lab) will introduce why thinking about people-centred smartness is important for urban sustainability and justice from their different perspectives.\nPanel two: RISE Cities: Different approaches to make our cities more resilient\, intelligent\, sustainable\, and equitable \nThis interactive panel hosted by RISE Cities explores innovative urban practices in achieving resilient\, intelligent\, sustainable and equitable solutions and the role of responsible leadership. We are happy to invite the following to share their perspectives and facilitate their reflections:\nResilience – Dr Rudi Kimmie\, TSIBA\nIntelligence – Saidah Nash Carter\, Bright Insights Global\nSustainability – Murendi Mafumo\, Kusini Water\nEquity – Brian Green\, Group 44\nPanel three: Young and Online in African Cities: people-centred smartness and urban wellbeing \nIn the third panel we explore tech-enabled ways of making lives in African cities. The following panellists will bring brief reflections into a wider conversation about what it takes to shape research agendas about the role of technology in urban justice. It is also an opportunity to introduce a new collaboration under the Urban Academy\, supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung entitled Young and Online in African Cities.\nRike Sitas – Introduction: Youth in digital city-making\nDaanyaal Loofer – From undersea cables to street corners: smart African cities\nAlicia Fortuin – Platformization and the future of work\nNeil Hassan – Safe queer digital spaces\nLiza Cirolia – Techno-ambivalence and socio-technical infrastructure\nHilke Berger – A research agenda for the Urban Academy?\n \nSpace is limited so please RSVP to africancentreforcities@gmail.com with the subject line: Urban Academy RSVP. If you require any further information\, please contact rike.sitas@uct.ac.za.\n  URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/launching-the-urban-academy-smart-cities-clever-urbanism-digitally-enabled-practices-in-urban-africa/ LOCATION:Workshop 17\, 32 Kloof Street\, Cape Town CATEGORIES:Conversation,Launch END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20221013T100000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20221013T110000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20221003T085627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221003T085627Z UID:10002752-1665655200-1665658800@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:MPhil Southern Urbanism Info Session DESCRIPTION:The MPhil Southern Urbanism is designed to cultivate the next generation of urban thinkers from the South\, who are rooted in the realities\, theories and practise of cities of the Global South.\nDrawing together a diverse cohort of scholar and practitioners\, the programme utilises a combination of guided learning in small-group seminars\, experimentation in various spaces of urban practice and independent thesis research to ground students in Urban Studies theory\, and new research methodologies.\nAPPLICATIONS DEADLINE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: 31 October 2022\nAPPLICATIONS DEADLINE SA STUDENTS: 30 November 2022\nIf you are interested in applying for the MPhil Southern Urbanism programme but still have some questions? This info session\, hosted by programme convenor\, Dr Anna Selmeczi will provide a brief overview of the pedagogical approach\, programme structure and entry requirements\, as well as discussion time to answer all your questions.\nREGISTER HERE URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/mphil-southern-urbanism-info-session-4/ CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MPHIL_INFO-SESSION_OCT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20221012T190000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20221012T203000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20221010T144936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T191733Z UID:10002754-1665601200-1665606600@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Power Talks Public Discussion DESCRIPTION:Join ACC and the Goethe Institut for a reflection session on Power Talks\, a programme which explored the nuanced forms\, dynamics and functions of power in creative and cultural sectors in South Africa.\nOver the past two months a series of multidisciplinary\, site specific programmes took place in Gqeberha and Bisho\, Durban\, Cape Town and Johannesburg. The programmes intended to serve as provocations for a dialectic on the nuanced forms\, dynamics and functions of power prevalent within the respective cultural scenes examined. It delivered a rich and varied experience\, conversation and engagement over the four sites and this reflection session provides an opportunity to share insights across the programme and sites.\nWHEN | Wednesday\, 12 October 2022\nTIME | 19:00-20:30\nREGISTER HERE \nPROGRAMME                                                                    \n19:00 – Introduction and framing of the session\n19:10 – Goethe Institut input\n19:20 – Power Talks Durban reflection\n19:30 – Power Talks Eastern Cape reflection\n19:40 – Power Talks Johannesburg reflection\n19:50 – Power Talks Cape Town reflection\n20:00 – Discussion and Q&A\n20:20 – Closing remarks\n \n \n  URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/power-talks-public-discussion/ CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Powertalks.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220915T120000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220915T133000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20220909T093728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T093728Z UID:10002749-1663243200-1663248600@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:OPEN DAY | MPhil Southern Urbanism DESCRIPTION:The world is transitioning to an irrevocable urban future whose epicentre has moved into the cities of Asia and Africa\, which together will account for 86% of all growth in the world’s urban population over the next four decades.\nThis unprecedented increase will pose new environmental\, economic and social challenges\, which demand new understandings given that city-making and remaking are entangled in these vast multi-dimensional shifts. We need fresh theories to shape our urban futures.\nThe MPhil Southern Urbanism seeks to nurture the next generation of urban scholars from Africa rooted in Southern city perspectives.\nJoin the African Centre for Cities for the MPhil Southern Urbanism Open Day to learn about the programme.\nPROGRAMME\n12:00-12:15 What is Southern Urbanism? — Prof Edgar Pieterse\n12:15-12:35 MPhil Programme Overview — Dr Anna Selmeczi\n12:35-12:55 City as Classroom\n12:55-13:10 Student input\n13:10-13:30 Open Q&A\nWHEN | Thursday\, 15 September 2022\nTIME | 12:-13:30\nWHERE | Davies Reading Room\, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Building\, Upper Campus\, UCT\nLight refreshments served URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/open-day-mphil-southern-urbanism/ CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-09-at-11.15.32.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220811T100000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220811T110000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20220803T084548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220803T084548Z UID:10002747-1660212000-1660215600@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:MPhil Southern Urbanism Info Session DESCRIPTION:The MPhil Southern Urbanism is designed to cultivate the next generation of urban thinkers from the South\, who are rooted in the realities\, theories and practise of cities of the Global South.\nDrawing together a diverse cohort of scholar and practitioners\, the programme utilises a combination of guided learning in small-group seminars\, experimentation in various spaces of urban practice and independent thesis research to ground students in Urban Studies theory\, and new research methodologies.\nAPPLICATIONS DEADLINE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: 31 October 2022\nAPPLICATIONS DEADLINE SA STUDENTS: 30 November 2022\nIf you are interested in applying for the MPhil Southern Urbanism programme but still have some questions? This info session\, hosted by programme convenor\, Dr Anna Selmeczi will provide a brief overview of the pedagogical approach\, programme structure and entry requirements\, as well as discussion time to answer all your questions.\nREGISTER HERE URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/mphil-southern-urbanism-info-session-3/ CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Mphil_info_twitter_2022-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220629T141500 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220629T151500 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20220623T073944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220627T144346Z UID:10002744-1656512100-1656515700@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Next Practice Urbanisation – an International Building Exhibition in Africa! DESCRIPTION:ACC together with GIZ is hosting a session entitled Next Practice Urbanisation – an International Building Exhibition in Africa!\, as part of the Urban Library at the World Urban Forum\, which takes place from 26-30 June 2022 in Katowice\, Poland. \nThe GIZ together with the African Centre for Cities\, and the London School of Economics in Addis Ababa\, explored the possibility of applying the principles of an IBA (Internationale BauAusstellung) in the African context. For over 100 years\, innovative solutions to urgent local development challenges have been implemented by IBAs in Germany\, and lately also in Europe. Is the IBA transferable for African government leaders and urban experts who need access to integrative\, participatory models that can demonstrate how the complex challenges of urban transformation in Africa can be addressed?\nAt this event the booklet “Building Cities for the Future – An exploration of possibilities for an Internationale Bauausstellung (IBA) in Africa” will be launched by ACC and the GIZ. We are living at a decisive turning point. Urbanisationis developing at a historically unprecedented speed and scale\, especially in Africa and Asia. The growing need for affordable housing will be a huge challenge for the decision-makers at various levels of government. The current decade will decide whether we will manage to set global and local development on a just and sustainable track or whether we will continue to follow fossil development paths that will make social\, economic and ecological life unviable.\nThe need for investments and infrastructure to meet the rising demands of rapid urban growth in Africa and other parts of the world\, alongside the imperative to retrofit existing cities\, is pressing and considerable. Whether these will be integrated into effective and future-oriented urban planning and provide new perspectives for the largely poor and informal urban population is\, however\, uncertain. The continent’s challenge and opportunity lie in building future cities that minimize both ecological and social risks.\nThe approach of “Internationale Bauausstellungen” (IBA – German for International Building Exhibition) holds the potential of stimulating cross-sectoral and anticipatory planning approaches linked to the implementation of innovative urban regeneration on the ground. IBAs have been among the most influential instruments of innovative urban development in and outside Germany for over 100 years. In situations that demand urgent socio-economic change\, IBAs develop model-built solutions for future-oriented cities.\nThe IBA guide\, which will be launched at the event\, offers insights on how IBAs function as an interesting urban governance instrument. It is based on the results of the GIZ project International Building Exhibition (IBA) Africa – Building Cities for the Future. The aim of this project is to develop possibilities\, explore preconditions and topics for an IBA-inspired innovation approach in urban development in Africa\, together with executives and stakeholders from Cape Town and Addis Ababa\, and in exchange with German IBA experts and practitioners. The IBA guide is intended to serve as an inspiration for how the IBA approach could be applicable for African cities.\nAt this event the experiences gained of these explorative processes will be presented and discussed in the context of future inclusive and climate-friendly urbanization in Africa. The IBA concept and existing examples are briefly presented at the beginning. The presentation of the guide and explanatory film (Building Cities for the Future – What Is an IBA?) will be followed by an open dialogue between the project partner Prof. Edgar Pieterse\, Director of the ACC\, representatives of African cities and members of the IBA Expert Council to discuss the contribution IBAs can make to the implementation of the SDGs and the NUA in cities.\n\nSPEAKERS\nEdgar Pieterse\, Moderator\, African Centre for Cities (ACC)\n\n\n\nTimnit Eshetu\, Panelist\, Urban Age Task Force Addis Ababa\n\n\n\nJan Schultheiß\, Panelist\, Federal Ministry for Housing\, Urban Development and Building\n\n\n\nAndrew Boraine\, Panelist\, Western Cape Economic Development Partnership\n\n\n\nFlavia Gwiza\, Panelist\, Rwandan Architect\n\n\nWHEN | 29 June 2022\nTIME | 14:15-15:15\n\nMORE ON THE WORLD URBAN FORUM HERE URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/next-practice-urbanisation-an-international-building-exhibition-in-africa/ CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/WUF2022.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220606T133000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220606T143000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20220531T122940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220531T133256Z UID:10002743-1654522200-1654525800@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:INFO SESSION | Systems Integrators for Sustainable African Cities DESCRIPTION:From siloed practitioner to systems integrator for sustainable African city futures – the new Masters programme\, convened by the African Centre for Cities\, at the University of Cape Town cultivates a new generation of urban practitioner.\nThe complex\, multi-dimensional demands of our rapidly urbanising world require holistic\, inter-disciplinary thinking and practice. However traditional professional paradigms and often-siloed institutions seem doomed to replicate the entrenched patterns and practices of path-dependent urban infrastructure provision and management. To overcome the often-fragmented ways in which urban questions are framed\, institutionalised\, and engaged by varied levels of government\, citizens\, civil society organisations\, and private sector actors\, we need a new kind of urban practitioner\, who can work across practices\, professional norms\, hierarchies\, sectors and urban problems.\nTo meet this need\, the African Centre for Cities (ACC)\, UCT\, launched a new Masters in Sustainable Urban Practice\, which seeks to cultivates urban integrators who are able to discern opportunities for integration\, and can build the necessary coalitions for change; who are confident in varied cultures of communication and can build bridges between sectors\, fields\, and scales of urban practice.\nJoin this information session with Prof Edgar Pieterse\, director of the African Centre for Cities\, and South African Research Chair in Urban Policy\, and programme convenor Dr Mercy Brown-Luthango.\nWHEN | Monday\, 6 June 2022\nTIME | 13:30-14:30 SAST\nREGISTER HERE \nMORE ABOUT THE PROGRAMME URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/info-session-systems-integrators-for-sustainable-african-cities/ CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/MA_Sus_prac.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220523T130000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220523T144500 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20220506T100729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220506T100729Z UID:10002741-1653310800-1653317100@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Shifting systems: infrastructure innovation for sustainable African cities DESCRIPTION:Africa’s cities are amongst the fastest growing in the world and present an unprecedented opportunity to leapfrog unsustainable urban development patterns observed elsewhere. This requires an ability to imagine the innovative possibilities for African cities\, and ongoing learning by decision makers to break inertia. This is the first in a series of sessions at Rise Africa aimed at helping city decision makers to reimagine the future infrastructures of Africa’s cities\, to bring more innovative and sustainable cities to life.\nHosted by the African Centre for Cities and the Urban Futures Studio\, this session will generate insights and spark discussion that will inform a new two-year project aimed at fostering learning around infrastructure innovation for sustainable African cities.\nWHEN | 23 MAY 2022\nTIME | 13:00-14:45 (GMT+2)\nREGISTER HERE\n  URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/shifting-systems-infrastructure-innovation-for-sustainable-african-cities/ CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Rise-Africa-Action-Festival_-Shifting-Systems_-23-May-2022.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210614T123000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210614T133000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20210602T102536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240531T054743Z UID:10002734-1623673800-1623677400@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:MPhil Southern Urbanism Info Session DESCRIPTION:The MPhil Southern Urbanism programme is conceived of\, and designed to cultivate a new generation of urban scholars rooted in the realities and theories of Southern cities. The programme as an intellectual project has its foundations in Urban Studies as a scholarly debate and as an interdisciplinary imperative situated in the complex realities of African and southern cities.\n\n\n\nThrough a combination of guided learning in small-group seminars\, experimentation in various spaces of urban practice and independent thesis research\, the programme provides a truly unique opportunity to ground yourself in the realities\, theories and practise of cities of the Global South.\n\n\n\nThe programme seeks to build students’ capacity to engage in epistemological debates\, thinking from the vantage point of African and Southern cities\, and versed in global urban debates. The core courses\, namely Urban Theory\, Urban Everyday and Curating Urban Regulation\, are designed to impart these skills and knowledge.\n\n\n\nA cornerstone of the programme is the City Research Studio\, a compulsory\, year-long course that aims to cultivate methodological dexterity and the capacity for rigorous research through experimental and experiential learning.\n\n\n\nFinally the minor dissertation provides students with the opportunity to build confidence in writing\, in articulating scholarly arguments\, and in positioning oneself in the field effectively.\n\n\n\nApplications for the 2022 MPhil Southern Urbanism programme are open. If you are interested in applying but have some questions\, join programme convenor Dr Anna Selmeczi for an info session. In the session she will give a brief overview of the programme and there will be plenty of time for your questions.\n\n\n\nWHEN | Monday\, 14 June 2021TIME | 12:30-13:00 SASTREGISTER HERE URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/mphil-southern-urbanism-info-session/ CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mphil_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200227T140000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200227T160000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20200224T133443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T134507Z UID:10002724-1582812000-1582819200@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Non-Motorised Transport Capabilities and Needs in Sub-Saharan African Cities DESCRIPTION:Join ACC’s researcher Sean Cooke for an open discussion on non-motorised transport capabilities and needs in Sub-saharan African cities. The two-hour session will start with a presentation by Bianca Ryseck on the capabilities approach and its applications to mobility followed by an open discussion to further understanding NMT needs of vulnerable groups through their capabilities. \nWHEN: Thursday\, 27 February 2020\nTIME: 14:00 to 16:00\nVENUE: 4th Floor Boardroom\, New Engineering Building\, Upper Campus\, UCT\nRSVP: sean.cooke@uct.ac.za \nRefreshments will be served. \n  URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/non-motorised-transport-capabilities-and-needs-in-sub-saharan-african-cities/ LOCATION:4th Floor Boardroom\, New Engineering Building\, Cape Town \, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screenshot-2020-02-24-at-15.33.01.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20191115T123000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20191115T140000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20191031T100208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T094647Z UID:10002007-1573821000-1573826400@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW): The challenges of translocal knowledge co-production DESCRIPTION:Join ACC as we host Caren Levy\, Camila Cocina and Alex Frediani from KNOW on Friday\, 15 November\, 12:30 to 14:00\, in the Davies Reading Room\, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Building\, Upper Campus\, UCT. \nThis talk\, chaired by Vanessa Watson will introduce the KNOW programme\, a 4-year research and capacity building programme funded by GCRF which works with 13 organisation across 12 cities in Africa\, Asia and Latin America.  The talk will reflect on its partnerships\, operational principles and the interface between research and practice.  It will draw on the KNOW work done so far as it approaches the end of its second year.  We hope that this session will open up an opportunity to exchange experiences of collaborative initiatives addressing urban equality. \nWHEN: Friday\, 15 November 2019\nTIME: 12:30 to 14:00\nVENUE: Davies Reading Room\, Environmental and Geographical Science Building\, Upper Campus\, UCT \n  \nBIOGRAPHIES \nCaren Levy is the Principal Investigator (PI) on the GCRF funded project\, Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW)\, and Professor of Transformative Urban Planning at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit\, UCL. Her research focuses on community-led approaches to planning and governance of transport and infrastructure\, housing and land in cities in the global South. Levy has a special interest in the institutionalisation of social justice in policy and planning\, particularly related to the cross-cutting issues of gender\, diversity\, and environment. She has 35 years’ experience of teaching\, research\, training and consultancy\, developing innovatory approaches to planning methodology\, planning education and capacity-building. Her works engages with communities\, governments and international organisations both in London and abroad in a range of countries in Africa\, Asia\, Latin America\, and the Middle East. \nCamila Cocina is a Research Fellow in the working package ‘Translating Research into Practice’ for KNOW. We focus on investigating the challenges of knowledge translation processes at the global and local levels\, and support city research partners to influence policy and planning practices. Cocina is an urbanist and architect with a PhD in Development Planning and MSc Building & Urban Design in Development\, from The Bartlett Development Planning Unit\, University College London. She’s worked as a practitioner\, researcher\, and teacher in Chile and the UK\, with experience of fieldwork and teaching in Latin America\, Asia\, Europe\, and Africa. Her practice has focused primarily on urban development\, housing policies\, participatory urban design\, urban informality\, and housing reconstruction; and she’s worked both in academic institutions as well as in independent NGOs. She has a special interest in linking research\, advocacy\, planning practices\, and policies. Cocina’s PhD research focused on the challenges faced by housing policies in reducing urban inequalities\, in the Chilean context. \nAlex Frediani is a Senior Lecturer at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit. He also co-direct the MSc in Social Development Practice and direct the DPUs communications. In KNOW\, he leadsWork Package 4\, which focuses on translating research into practice to advance urban equality. His research interests include the application of Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach in development practice; participatory planning and design; as well as housing and informal settlement upgrading. Frediani has collaborated with academics and grassroots collectives in Brazil\, Ecuador\, Ghana\, Nigeria\, Sierra Leone\, Kenya\, and South Africa. Apart from research and action learning initiatives\, he has provided consultancy for international development donors and agencies such as Oxfam\, Comic Relief\, Practical Action and UNDP. He is a founding and board member of the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC). He is also on the board of Habitat International Coalition and an associate of Architecture Sans Frontières–UK. \n  URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/knowledge-in-action-for-urban-equality-know-the-challenges-of-translocal-knowledge-co-production/ LOCATION:Davies Reading Room\, Room 2.27\, Environmental and Geographical Science\, UCT\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, 8000\, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1.know_main_logo_copy.png GEO:-33.9571525;18.4599218 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Davies Reading Room Room 2.27 Environmental and Geographical Science UCT Cape Town Western Cape 8000 South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Room 2.27\, Environmental and Geographical Science\, UCT:geo:18.4599218,-33.9571525 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20191108T123000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20191108T133000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20191030T132549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T085646Z UID:10002006-1573216200-1573219800@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Global Agendas and Urban Equality: Exploring synthesis\, connections and contestations DESCRIPTION:Join ACC on Friday\, 8 November at 12:30 for a special seminar session entitled Global Agendas and Urban Equality: Exploring synthesis\, connections and contestations. ACC Director Edgar Pieterse will be in conversation with Michele Acuto\, Director of the Connected Cities Lab\, The University of Melbourne\, and Winnie Mitullah Director of Institute for Development Studies\, University of Nairobi. The discussion will be chaired by Stephanie Butcher\, a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Connected Cities Lab. \nWhile great strides have been made in recent years to help place the urban more firmly on international development agendas\, questions remain as to how\, and in what ways\, global policy can be operationalised at an urban scale. Bringing together leading thinkers on urbanisation this moderated discussion will explore the scalar connections between global processes and policy agendas and their material\, political and social impacts across urban environments in the global South. \nWHEN: Friday\, 8 November \nTIME: 12:30 to 13:30 \nVENUE: Studio 3\, Environmental and Geographical Science Building\, Upper Campus\, UCT \n  \nBIOGRAPHIES\nProfessor Michele Acuto is an expert on urban politics and international urban planning. Michele is also a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and a Senior Fellow of the Bosch Foundation Global Governance Futures Program.\nBefore joining the Faculty\, Michele was Director of the City Leadership Lab and Professor of Diplomacy and Urban Theory at University College London\, having previously worked as Stephen Barter Fellow of the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities at the University of Oxford. He also taught at the University of Canberra\, University of Southern California\, Australian National University and National University of Singapore. Outside academia\, Michele worked for the Institute of European Affairs in Dublin\, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)\, the Kimberley Process for conflict diamonds\, the European Commission’s response to pandemic threats. He also has worked for several years on city leadership and city networks with\, amongst others\, Arup\, World Health Organization\, World Bank Group\, the C40 Climate Leadership Group\, and UN-Habitat. \nProfessor Winnie V. Mitullah is the current Director and Associate Research Professor of Development Studies at the Institute for Development Studies (IDS)\, and the Director Gender Affairs\, University of Nairobi. She holds a PhD in Political Science and Public Administration from the University of York\, UK. Her PhD thesis was on Urban Housing\, with a major focus on policies relating to low income housing. Over the years\, she has researched and consulted in the areas of governance\, in particular in the area of provision and management of urban services and the role of stakeholders in development. Her focus in these areas has included an examination of policies\, and institutional dynamics in relation to local level development\, including that of devolved governments\, Micro and Small Enterprises [SMEs]\, public and Non Motorised Transport (NMT)\, gender\, youth and media. \nDr. Stephanie Butcher is a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Connected Cities lab. She is a part of the ‘Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality’ (KNOW) project\, a global consortium which seeks to deliver transformative research and capacity in policy and planning that will promote and strengthen pathways to urban equality. Previous to this post\, she worked with the Development Planning Unit (DPU) at the University College London as a Teaching Fellow\, convening courses focused on the themes of participatory planning\, urban inequality\, and gender and diversity in the Global South. Her doctoral thesis was shaped by principles of action-research\, and focused on the ‘everyday politics’ of water infrastructure for informal settlement residents in Kathmandu\, Nepal.  It examined the micro-politics of how gender\, tenure relations\, and ethnicity shaped how diverse residents interacted with the socio-technical aspects of infrastructure\, impacting a sense of citizenship. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIMAGE CREDIT: Unequal Scenes by Johnny Miller URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/global-agendas-and-urban-equality-exploring-synthesis-connections-and-contestations/ LOCATION:Studio 3\, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Building\, Upper Campus\, UCT\, Cape Town\, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screenshot-2019-10-30-at-15.22.29.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20191107T140000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20191107T190000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20191029T115310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191030T090934Z UID:10002005-1573135200-1573153200@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:MPhil Southern Urbanism - a celebration of the first cohort DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate and share the work of the first cohort of MPhil Southern Urbanism graduates\, along with their first year colleagues.\nWHEN: Thursday\, 7 November\nTIME: 14:00 to 17:00 with drinks and snacks afterwards\nVENUE: Davies Reading Room\, EGS Building\, UCT\nRSVP by Monday 4 November\, to khaya.salman@uct.ac.za\nPROGRAMME\nReflections on Thesis Work: 2nd Year Graduating MPhil Students \n Thesis research artefacts\n Fieldwork stories\n Arguments and contributions\n Finding a voice in urban studies \nDiscussion\nForthcoming Thesis Research: 1st Year Students \nDiscussants:\nAnna Selmeczi – Mphil Southern Urbanisms Convenor\nSophie Oldfield – Professor of Urban Studies\nEdgar Pieterse – Director ACC\, Professor of Urban Policy URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/mphil-southern-urbanism-a-celebration-of-the-first-cohort/ LOCATION:Davies Reading Room\, Room 2.27\, Environmental and Geographical Science\, UCT\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, 8000\, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/MPHIL_header.jpg GEO:-33.9571525;18.4599218 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Davies Reading Room Room 2.27 Environmental and Geographical Science UCT Cape Town Western Cape 8000 South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Room 2.27\, Environmental and Geographical Science\, UCT:geo:18.4599218,-33.9571525 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190926T173000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190926T193000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20190918T094159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190923T073235Z UID:10001999-1569519000-1569526200@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Beyond our borders: Independent art spaces as a lens on city futures DESCRIPTION:Four leading shapers of the contemporary art world from cutting-edge independent spaces on the African continent will next week share their insights and experience in a public panel hosted in central Cape Town. \nThe panellists\, who respectively manage or help direct programming for multidisciplinary contemporary art spaces in Addis Ababa\, Cairo\, Dar es Salaam and Nairobi respectively\, will speak about the work they do and the broader value it has. \nTheir contributions come at a time of growing global interest in contemporary art from Africa and burgeoning private museums and foundations but also increasing sustainability challenges for non-profits. The panel simultaneously coincides with a national crisis in South Africa around xenophobic attacks and gender-based violence\, which gives extra resonance to hearing the compelling voices of four women from beyond our borders. \nThe discussion panel\, on Thursday 26 September at 18:00\, is organised by University of Cape Town’s African Centre for Cities (ACC)\, which hosts a research project on the topic\, called Platform. The panellists comprise the project’s key participants\, whom ACC has brought to Cape Town for a two-day workshop to inform final outcomes. Prof Achille Mbembe from Wits Institute of Social and Economic Research\, a well known theorist and philosopher\, will chair the discussion. \nProf Edgar Pieterse\, the Director of the ACC\, said that despite limited resources\, artists are sustaining vital institutions in their cities to ensure that there are spaces for engagement with urban dynamics from an artistic perspective. This greatly enriches and extends the quality of the public sphere\, pointing to novel questions and insights.\n“ACC believes that it is impossible to foster a rounded understanding of contemporary urbanism in Africa without engaging the perspectives and practices of African artists\, especially those who operate within and through artist-led spaces dedicated to autonomy and expression.” By hosting the event\, ACC was creating an opportunity to learn from the determined practices in key nodes in Africa\, Pieterse added. “Political and policy discussions in South Africa often fail to appreciate the important role the arts play in giving expression to the unsayable and the unthinkable\,” says Pieterse\nDr Kim Gurney\, the researcher behind the project\, identified and visited these participant spaces – plus one more in Accra\, Ghana (ANO Institute) – at different times over the past year to come to grips with their working principles. They are all navigating conditions of flux in some of Africa’s fastest urbanising cities\, she said. “Their emergent forms and strategies can help unlock new ways of thinking and doing with deep resonance for others in comparable places and spaces.” \nThe discussion panel is hosted at the newly refurbished Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation at the Old Granary Building on Buitenkant Street. The evening event is open to the public and free; all are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. \n  \nThe discussion panel comprises: \n Meskerem Assegued – Curator of numerous exhibitions both in Ethiopia and abroad and a cultural anthropologist. Together with artist Elias Sime\, Meskerem co-founded and co-directs Zoma Museum (Addis Ababa)\, an environmentally conscious art institution recently relaunched;\n Rebecca Corey – The Director of Nafasi Art Space (Dar es Salaam)\, a creative hub and centre for contemporary visual and performing arts which provides a meeting point for intensive dialogue between artists and the public;\n Mariam Elnozahy – Curator\, archivist\, and writer based in Cairo\, who focuses primarily on critical\, community-based work and is Programme Manager at Townhouse Gallery (Cairo);\n Joy Mboya – Executive Director of The GoDown Arts Centre (Nairobi)\, a multidisciplinary national and regional focal point for artistic experimentation\, cross-sector partnerships and creative collaboration;\n Edgar Pieterse [panel chair] – Director of the African Centre for Cities and South African Research Chair in Urban Policy. \nWHEN: Thursday 26 September 2019\nTIME: 17h30 for 18h00 start\nWHERE: Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation\, The Old Granary Building\, Buitenkant Street\, Cape Town – entrance on cnr Longmarket and Harrington streets\nGoogle map: https://goo.gl/maps/ukM81xiP7NwmyL7o9 \nIMAGE CREDIT: On the move at the GoDown Arts Centre\, Nairobi. by Kim Gurney URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/beyond-our-borders-independent-art-spaces-as-a-lens-on-city-futures/ LOCATION:Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation\, The Old Granary Building\, Buitenkant Street\, Cape Town\, Cape Town \, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gurney02_GoDown_Nairobi-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190606T173000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190606T193000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20190529T090951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190530T100302Z UID:10001993-1559842200-1559849400@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Hacking the Future - New ideas for an urban era DESCRIPTION:ACC and Cityscapes Collective presents experts from the worlds of architecture\, public health\, education\, culture and technology to discuss the key ideas driving their work in a series of provocations moderated by award-winning filmmaker\, community organiser and urbanist Michael Uwemedimo of CMAP. \nPresented as a series of provocations\, the ideas they will share on their various practices will show the radical thinking that is necessary to address the many seemingly intractable challenges faced cities globally – but specifically across the global South. It’s clear that business as usual is not enough anymore. This event seeks to expand the palette we are using to determine the future of the global South city beyond the Western template of received wisdom that has been the dominant informant of how we think of the ongoing urban transition \nWHEN: 6 June 2019\nWHERE: The Old Granary\, Cnr Longmarket and Harrington Street\, Cape Town\nTIME: 17:30- 19:30 followed by drinks and snacks \nSPEAKERS \n Why systems for health matter\, Tolullah Oni\n Manufactured architecture can tackle the  housing crisis\, James Shen\n Art & Science alchemy in Tijuana\, Raúl Cárdenas Osuna\n The case for transforming  contemporary African architectural education\, Leslie Lokko \nBIOGRAPHIES \nMichael Uwemedimo is co-founder and director of CMAP [Collaborative Media Advocacy Platform] and Senior Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London. As a founding member of the filmmaking collaboration\, Vision Machine\, and a producer of the Academy Award-nominated\, BAFTA-winning documentary\, The Act of Killing\, he has been developing innovative approaches to documentary practice as a means of enabling critical reflection on histories of political violence and challenges to official impunity. As project director of the Human City Project\, a community-driven media\, architecture\, planning and human rights initiative in Nigeria\, Michael is exploring design processes through which violently marginalised urban communities might gain a greater measure of control over their representation and the shaping of their cities. Michael has curated major programmes at the National Film Theatre\, Tate Modern\, Architecture Association and Institute for Contemporary Art\, London; and sat on international film festival juries. \n  \n  \nTolullah Oni is a Public Health Physician Scientist and urban epidemiologist\, a Clinical Senior Research Associate in Global Public Health at the University of Cambridge MRC Epidemiology Unit\, and an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town School of Public Health and Family Medicine. Born in Lagos\, she completed her medical training (and a BSc in International Health) at University College London\, postgraduate medical training in the UK and Australia\, a Masters degree in Public Health (Epidemiology) at the University of Cape Town\, and a research doctorate in Clinical Epidemiology at Imperial College London. She completed Public Health Medical Specialty training in South Africa and is a Fellow of the College of Public Health Medicine of South Africa. She leads the Research Initiative for Cities Health and Equity (RICHE) conducting transdisciplinary urban health research focused on generating evidence to support development and implementation of healthy public policies in rapidly growing cities\, with a focus on Africa. Research activities include Systems for Health projects: investigating how urban systems (e.g. human settlements\, food) can be harnessed for health; and Health Systems projects: integrated health system responses to changing patterns of disease and multimorbidity in the context of urbanisation. \n  \nRaúl Cárdenas Osuna is founder and principal at Torolab (1995)\, an artist collective\, workshop and laboratory of contextual studies that identifies situations or phenomena of interest for research\, basing the studies in the realm of life styles to better grasp the idea of quality of life. His work has been shown at The Museum of Modern Art\, New York; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art\, Denmark; Moderna Museet\, Stockholm; The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia; Havana\, Liverpool\, Lyon\, Montreal and Venice Biennials; and has been awarded by the Rockefeller Foundation\, Harvard’s Cultural Agents Initiative\, among others. Cárdenas Osuna has been an advisor for Tijuana’s gov on sustainable city development and social innovation; founded the Digital and Creative axis for the Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Tijuana-Rosarito-Tecate; currently directs the non-profit organization ‘Sociedad de Agentes de Cambio’; directs the program of the Transborder Farmlab in Tijuana; directs the Applied Social Research and Innovation Lab (LiiSA) in Tijuana/Mexico City. \n  \nJames Shen is principal at People’s Architecture Office. He received his Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BSc in Product Design from California State University\, Long Beach. Shen currently holds positions as Research Fellow at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and Innovation Fellow at MIT’s China Future City Lab. He has taught as Visiting Lecturer at MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning and Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. People’s Architecture Office (PAO) is an international practice with offices based in Beijing and Boston. Founded in 2010 by James Shen\, He Zhe\, and Zang Feng\, the firm is a multi-disciplinary studio focused on social impact through design particularly in the areas of housing\, education\, and urban regeneration. People’s Architecture Office is the first architecture firm certified as a B-Corporation in Asia and serves as a model social enterprise. Domus named PAO as one of the world’s best architecture firms of 2019 and Fast Company listed PAO as one of the world’s ten most innovative architecture companies in 2018. The studio’s award-winning works have been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale\, Harvard Graduate School of Design and the London Design Museum. \n  \nLesley Lokko is an architect\, academic and the author of eleven best-selling novels. She is currently Director of School and Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture\, University of Johannesburg\, South Africa. In December 2019\, she will be taking up a new position as Dean of Architecture\, CUNY. She was born in 1964 to Ghanaian-Scots parents and grew up in Ghana. She trained as an architect at the Bartlett School of Architecture from 1989–1995\, and gained her PhD in Architecture from the University of London in 2007. She has taught at schools in the US\, the UK\, Europe\, Australia and Africa. She is the editor of White Papers\, Black Marks: Race\, Culture\, Architecture (University of Minnesota Press\, 2000); editor-in-chief of FOLIO: Journal of Contemporary African Architecture and is on the editorial board of ARQ (Cambridge University press). She has been an on-going contributor to discourses around identity\, race\, African urbanism and the speculative nature of African architectural space and practice for nearly thirty years. She is a regular juror at international competitions and symposia\, and is a long-term contributor to BBC World. In 2004\, she made the successful transition from academic to novelist with the publication of her first novel\, Sundowners (Orion 2004)\, a UK-Guardian top forty best-seller\, and has since then followed with ten further best-sellers\, which have been translated into fifteen languages. \n  URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/hacking-future-new-ideas-urban-era/ LOCATION:The Old Granary\, Cnr of Longmarket Street and Harrington Street\, Cape Town \, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Beyond_Geo2019.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180905T120000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180907T110000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20180806T135515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180905T122752Z UID:10001965-1536148800-1536318000@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:ACC at the Open Book Festival 2018 DESCRIPTION:African Centre for Cities (ACC) teams up with The Book Lounge to present five urban-focussed events at the forthcoming 2018 Open Book Festival\, which takes place from 5 to 9 September\, Cape Town. \nThe five events draws on the ACC community to engage and interrogate a series of topics ranging from inclusive urban development and issues of mobility to urban activism and blackness in the city. \n  \n5 September 2018\n12.00 – 13.00\nFugard Studio\, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street\, Cape Town\nKigali to Cape Town: Tomá Berlanda and Rick de Satge speak to Philippa Tumubweinee about inclusive urban development. \n6 September 2018\n10.00 – 11.00\nA4 Arts Foundation – Ground\, 23 Buitenkant Street\, Cape Town\nMobility and the City:  Phumeza Mlungwana for UniteBehind and Cllr Brett Herron\, City of Cape Town join David Schmidt in conversation with Pippa Green about getting from A – B. \n12.00 – 13.00\nA4 Arts Foundation – Ground\, 23 Buitenkant Street\, Cape Town\nActivist Cities: Richard Dyantyi\, Axolile Notywala and Ichumile Gqada speak to Ella Scheepers about militant urbanism. \n14.00 – 15.00\nA4 Arts Foundation – Ground\, 23 Buitenkant Street\, Cape Town\nIntegration Syndicate Provocations: Tracy Jooste\, Nishendra Moodley and Kate Philip speak to Andrew Gasnolar about the findings of the Integration Syndicate over the past year. \n7 September\n10.00 – 11.00\nHomecoming Centre Workshop\, 15A Buitenkant Street\, Cape Town\nUrbanity\, Blackness & Mobilities: Mpho Matsipa and Sammy Baloji speak to Mokena Makeka. \n  \nFor the full festival programme click here. \nTo purchase tickets for these events go here. \n  URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/acc-open-book-festival-2018/ CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/OBF6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20170908T160000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20170908T170000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20170811T105056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170829T092643Z UID:10001931-1504886400-1504890000@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:New Urban Worlds at Open Book Festival DESCRIPTION:Ken Liu and Edgar Pieterse speak to Mark Swilling about cities of the future.\nDate: 8 September\nVenue: HCC Workshop\nTime: 16.00 – 17.00\nPrice: R45 \nRead more about New Urban Worlds: Inhabiting Dissonant Times by Edgar Pieterse and Abdoumaliq Simone. \nFull festival programme \nBook tickets \nNOTE: A limited number of free tickets for students are available for each event of the programme. Tickets are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. To apply\, email openbooktickets@gmail.com by 31 August. URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/new-urban-worlds-open-book-festival/ LOCATION:D6 Homecoming Centre Workshop\, 15 A Buitenkant Street\, .Cape Town\, 8001\, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/OBF4.jpg GEO:-33.92723;18.42367 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=D6 Homecoming Centre Workshop 15 A Buitenkant Street .Cape Town 8001 South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=15 A Buitenkant Street:geo:18.42367,-33.92723 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20170908T140000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20170908T150000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20170811T104533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170811T105121Z UID:10001930-1504879200-1504882800@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Cities in Fiction at Open Book Festival DESCRIPTION:Elan Mastai\, Fiston Mwanza Mujila and Chibundu Onuzo speak to Luso Mnthali about the craft of writing urban spaces.\nDate: 8 September\nVenue: HCC Workshop\nTime: 14.00 – 15.00\nPrice: R45 \nFull festival programme \nBook tickets \nNOTE: A limited number of free tickets for students are available for each event of the programme. Tickets are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. To apply\, email openbooktickets@gmail.com by 31 August. URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/cities-in-fiction/ LOCATION:D6 Homecoming Centre\, 15 A Buitenkant Street\, Cape Town \, 8001 \, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/OBF3.jpg GEO:-33.92723;18.42367 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=D6 Homecoming Centre 15 A Buitenkant Street Cape Town 8001 South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=15 A Buitenkant Street:geo:18.42367,-33.92723 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20170906T120000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20170906T130000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20170811T103756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170811T103756Z UID:10001929-1504699200-1504702800@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Writing Cities at Open Book Festival DESCRIPTION:Nechama Brodie\, Kim Gurney and Sean O’Toole speak to Neo Muyanga about their representations of urban spaces. \nDate: 6 September\nVenue: A4 Arts Foundation – Ground\nTime: 12:00 – 13:00\nPrice: R45 \nFull festival programme \nBook tickets \nNOTE: A limited number of free tickets for students are available for each event of the programme. Tickets are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. To apply\, email openbooktickets@gmail.com by 31 August. URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/writing-cities-open-book-festival/ LOCATION:A4 Arts Foundation\, 23 Buitenkant Street\, Cape Town \, 8001 \, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/OBF2.jpg GEO:-33.92752;18.42409 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=A4 Arts Foundation 23 Buitenkant Street Cape Town 8001 South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=23 Buitenkant Street:geo:18.42409,-33.92752 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20170906T100000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20170906T230000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20170811T102933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170811T102933Z UID:10001928-1504692000-1504738800@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Integration Complexities at Open Book Festival DESCRIPTION:Adi Kumar\, Premesh Lalu and Edgar Pieterse report back on the Integration Syndicate – an aimed at finding solutions to challenges facing Cape Town. Chaired by Pippa Green. \nDate: 6 September\nVenue: Fugard Studio\nTime: 10:00 – 11:00\nPrice: R45 \nFull festival programme. \nBook tickets. \nNOTE: A limited number of free tickets for students are available for each event of the programme. Tickets are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. To apply\, email openbooktickets@gmail.com by no later than 31 August. URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/integration-complexities-open-book-festival/ LOCATION:The Fugard Theatre Studio\, Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street\, District Six\, \, Cape Town \, 8001 \, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/OBF1.jpg GEO:-33.9270299;18.424225 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Fugard Theatre Studio Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street District Six Cape Town 8001 South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street\, District Six\,:geo:18.424225,-33.9270299 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20160818T100000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20160818T130000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20160728T103235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160728T103235Z UID:10001903-1471514400-1471525200@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:CityLab Symposium DESCRIPTION:The African Centre for Cities’ CityLab programme facilitates the co-production of policy-relevant knowledge to reduce urban poverty through the engagement of researchers\, government officials and civil society. Started in 2008\, the CityLab programme created a platform for interaction between practitioners and researchers and has generated a wide range of different kinds of knowledge on Cape Town. The CityLab programme also became a core component of Mistra Urban Futures\, a network of institutions involved in the co-production of urban knowledge in five cities around the world.\nPlease join us in reflecting on the Sustainable Human Settlements CityLab\, the Urban Violence\, Safety and Inclusion CityLab\, the Healthy Cities CityLab and the Public Culture CityLab. The co-ordinators of the CityLabs\, Dr Warren Smit\, Dr Mercy Brown-Luthango\, Dr Rike Sitas and Liza Cirolia\, will present key findings from the CityLab process\, followed by a discussion and a light lunch.\nThe symposium will be hosted on 18 August in Studio 3 in the Environmental and Geographical Sciences building on Upper Campus at UCT\, from 10h00 to 13h00\, followed by lunch.\nPlease RSVP to Rike Sitas on rike.sitas@uct.ac.za by 12 August 2016\nCityLab_Symposium_Invite URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/citylab-symposium/ LOCATION:Studio 3\, ENGEO Building\, Upper Campus. University of Cape Town\,\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, 8001\, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/symposium.jpg GEO:-33.930062;18.4138813 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Studio 3 ENGEO Building Upper Campus. University of Cape Town Cape Town Western Cape 8001 South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=ENGEO Building\, Upper Campus. University of Cape Town\,:geo:18.4138813,-33.930062 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20150820T150000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20150820T170000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20150811T130527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150812T124742Z UID:10001808-1440082800-1440090000@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Mistra Urban Futures Knowledge Transfer Programme (KTP) Learning event DESCRIPTION:Join us in sharing the experiences of the Embedded Researchers at the conclusion of the first phase of the KTP partnership between the African Centre for Cities and the City of Cape Town. \nBringing together academic and practitioner knowledge can co-produce defensible and legitimate responses to policy challenges. The Knowledge Transfer Programme\, launched in 2012\, proceeded through the placement of four embedded researchers in departments at the City\, working on City projects and processes. The KTP\, through both the Embedded Researcher Programme and the City Officials Exchange Programme has sought to make policy and decision-making processes more accessible and applicable through the co- production of knowledge and the dissemination of both scholarship and practice. \nThis event focuses primarily on showcasing and learning from the work conducted by the four embedded researchers\, who have experimented with new ways of engaging and working with the City. The Panel Discussion will draw on the researchers’ lengthy engagement with urban policy processes and consider ways of tracking the impacts of co-produced knowledge. \nDate: 20 August 2015 \n3-4pm: Panel discussion: Co-producing knowledge for urban change: reflections on understanding impact \nPanellists: Anton Cartwright\, Anna Taylor\, Robert McGaffin and Saul Roux\, chaired by Edgar Pieterse \n4-5pm: Drinks reception celebration of the partnership \nRSVP to Saskia Greyling (saskia.greyling@uct.ac.za) by Friday 14th August 2015 \n  URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/mistra-urban-futures-knowledge-transfer-programme-ktp-learning-event/ LOCATION:Seminar Room\, UCT Research Office\, Allan Cormack House\, 2 Rhodes Ave\, Mowbray\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, 8000\, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/africa-peer.png GEO:-33.9495473;18.4712999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Seminar Room UCT Research Office Allan Cormack House 2 Rhodes Ave Mowbray Cape Town Western Cape 8000 South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Allan Cormack House\, 2 Rhodes Ave\, Mowbray:geo:18.4712999,-33.9495473 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20150819T180000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20150819T193000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20150805T103243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150805T103344Z UID:10001806-1440007200-1440012600@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Launch and discussion: The Art of Public Space DESCRIPTION:WiSER and the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town invite you to a launch and discussion of The Art of Public Space: Curating and Re-imagining the Ephemeral City by Kim Gurney \nThe Art of Public Space (Palgrave\, 2015) takes as case study a trilogy of art interventions\, New Imaginaries\, which explored notions of public space in Johannesburg\, and reflects upon its broader implications in a research partnership between African Centre for Cities and Goethe-Institut South Africa. \n“Kim Gurney’s The Art of Public Space powerfully reiterates the ways in which urban actors do not inhabit worlds of preconceived social or subjective forms\, but rather ever-shifting milieus where different ways of conceiving and enacting life intersect\, and that artistic practice is a critical technology in re-imagining and reshaping these intersections. All technical practices conduct events\, but artistic work is proving most salient in opening up urban contexts to events that anticipate and posit new ways of living together. Leveraging the multiplicity of performances that make up every day Johannesburg\, the artistic projects offered here attempt to reconfigure what its residents already see and experience but in ways that push it somewhere else\, which collate and intensify these perceptions and experiences into new common grounds.” — AbdouMaliq Simone \nRespondents: Achille Mbembe (WiSER) with Molemo Moiloa (VANSA)\, Tanya Zack (urban researcher\, writer & explorer) and Kim Gurney (UCT)\, chaired by Edgar Pieterse (UCT). URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/launch-and-discussion-the-art-of-public-space/ LOCATION:WiSER\, 6th Floor\, Richard Ward Building\, University of Witwatersrand\, Johannesburg\, Gauteng\, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation,Launch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/The-Art-of-Public-Space-cover.png GEO:-25.7855464;27.8486571 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=WiSER 6th Floor Richard Ward Building University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg Gauteng South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=6th Floor\, Richard Ward Building\, University of Witwatersrand:geo:27.8486571,-25.7855464 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20150811T180000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20150811T200000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20150807T110330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150807T112643Z UID:10001807-1439316000-1439323200@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts DESCRIPTION:It is with great pleasure that the District Six Museum and the African Centre for Cities invite you to meet Dr Mindy Thompson Fullilove\, visiting from Columbia University in New York. Dr Fullilove is a professor of Clinical Psychology and Public Health\, and is interested in the links between the environment and mental health. She has researched\, written and designed projects which speak to this concern\, and is well-known for her critique as well as the development of various initiatives in New York and surrounding neighbourhoods.\nIn the introduction to her book Root Shock’\, she writes:\n“I present here the words of the people who have lived upheaval: the uprooted\, the planners\, the advocates\, the historians. Read their words with care for them and for yourself. Read their words\, not as single individuals living through a bad time\, but as a multitude all sharing their morsel of the same bad time. Read in that manner and I believe that you will get the true nature of root shock. Read in that manner\, and I believe you will be able to embrace the truth\, not as a fearful thing\, but as a call to join the struggle for a better tomorrow”.\nJoin District Six Museum and the African Centre for Cities  in a round-table discussion with Dr Fullilove during which time she will share with us some of the practical expressions of her work\, as well as her impressions of the mental health of Cape Town as a ‘recovering’ city. Discussion to be led by Rike Sitas of the African Centre for Cities and Bonita Bennett of the District Six Museum.\nBio\nDr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove is a board-certified psychiatrist who is interested in the links between the environment and mental health. She started her research career in 1986 with a focus on the AIDS epidemic\, and became aware of the close link between AIDS and place of residence. Under the rubric of the psychology of place\, Dr. Fullilove began to examine the mental health effects of such environmental processes as violence\, rebuilding\, segregation\, urban renewal\, and mismanaged toxins. She has published numerous articles and six books including “Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America’s Sorted-Out Cities\,” “Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It\,” and “House of Joshua: Meditations on Family and Place.” URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/district-six-museum-and-acc-host-dr-mindy-thompson-fullilove/ CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015_08_11_D6M_ACC.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20150423T160000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20150423T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20150409T084548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150410T072213Z UID:10001877-1429804800-1429812000@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Options for Reducing Violence in South African Cities DESCRIPTION:South Africa is home to some of the world’s most violent cities\, with homicide rates well above global and national averages. While the homicide rate is a strong indicator of urban violence\, it does not capture non-lethal violence\, which is often hidden from public view\, in the home or in institutions. In order to create safer spaces in which women\, men\, girls\, and boys can live\, policy makers and practitioners need to know which sort of interventions work\, and which don’t. \nThis event brings together findings from two lines of work\, the African Centre for Cities’ research and analysis on the impact of informal settlement upgrading on safety and overall quality of life and the Safe and Inclusive Cities initiative which seeks to understand the drivers of urban violence and how they relate to poverty and inequalities. Discussion will focus on identifying concrete options for improving safety in South Africa’s cities. \nThis event is free\, but space is limited. Please RSVP to mercy.brown-luthango@uct.ac.za\nAGENDA\n4:00 Welcome and opening remarks by Prof. Gordon Pirie (ACC) and Ms. Cam Do (IDRC)\n 4:20 Conversation with:\nDr. Mercy Brown-Luthango\, ACC – Improving Safety for Informal Settlement Dwellers: Urban Upgrading\nDr. Hugo van der Merwe\, CSVR – Reducing violence while reducing poverty: The Community Work Program\nDr. Juan Pablo Pérez Sáinz\, FLACSO-Costa Rica – Lessons for South Africa from Central America\n5:10 Questions and Answers\n 6:00 Close\nLight refreshments will be served.\n  \nAbout the Presenters \nDr. Mercy Brown-Luthango has a background in Sociology of Work and has an interest in the economics of land use planning and social mobilisation among poor communities. She has worked on a diverse range of research topics\, including the “brain drain” in South Africa\, labour practices on wine farms\, gender relations in the workplace\, and the effect of global restructuring in the wine industry on South African producers. Currently\, Dr. Brown-Luthango is a Research Officer with the African Centre for Cities. \nDr. Hugo van der Merwe is trained in Conflict Analysis and Resolution and specializes in issues of transitional justice in South Africa and the African continent. He has led several research projects evaluating the impact of local and national transitional justice processes. Currently\, Dr. van der Merwe is the Head of Research at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in South Africa. \nDr. Juan Pablo Pérez Sáinz is a Sociologist and expert in the labour market\, poverty\, and local economic development. He has published widely on these topics in addition to employment\, globalization\, social structures\, and many others. Since 1981\, Dr. Pérez Sáinz has worked as a researcher with FLACSO\, the Faculdad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences). He is currently based at FLACSO-Costa Rica. \n  \nThe African Centre for Cities’ work presented at this event is supported by the Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention (VCP) programme which is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. \nSafe and Inclusive Cities is a joint initiative of the UK’s Department for International Development and Canada’s International Development Research Centre. URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/options-for-reducing-violence-in-south-african-cities/ LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Environmental & Geographical Sciences Building\, UCT Upper Campus CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/101_loudHailer.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20141204T180000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20141204T200000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20141203T090444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20141203T090444Z UID:10001797-1417716000-1417723200@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:"Not in my neighbourhood" - Filmscreening and Discussion DESCRIPTION:FREE ENTRY\nPost-apartheid Woodstock is one of the few areas where low-income residents have been able to maintain a foothold close to inner-city work opportunities and cultural amenities. However\, the area’s historic cultural fabric and socio-economic diversity are increasingly threatened by soaring property prices that tend to make life for long-term tenants more and more unaffordable. \nIn light of the adverse effects of this process known as ‘gentrification’\, we would like you to participate in a dialogue\, inspired by the international documentary “Not in my neighbourhood” by Kurt Orderson. \nThis event will also be an opportunity to share stories and personal experiences\, as well as to explore alternatives for more inclusive urban development in Woodstock and Cape Town at large. \nAs part of this event we will have: \nKurt Orderson – Filmmaker \nMohammed Rahim (Rashied) – Woodstock Community Member (respondent to film preview) \nJodi Allemeier -Moderator and facilitator URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/neighbourhood-filmscreening-discussion/ LOCATION:City Hall\, Darling Street\, Cape Town\, 8001\, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10397016_10154910720350113_3063234816974408123_o.jpg GEO:-33.90764;18.42727 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=City Hall Darling Street Cape Town 8001 South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Darling Street:geo:18.42727,-33.90764 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20140717T180000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20140717T193000 DTSTAMP:20260414T204729 CREATED:20140715T152935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140717T083116Z UID:10001866-1405620000-1405625400@nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page SUMMARY:Critical gaming practices: Alex Apsan Frediani in conversation with Liza Cirolia DESCRIPTION:Alexandre Apsan Frediani is co-director of the masters programme in Social Development Practice at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit\, University College London (UCL). He has worked extensively in various parts of the world exploring the potential of urban games to address injustices in the city — especially when applied in contexts of informal settlement upgrading. \nIn a wide ranging conversation with Liza Cirolia\, a housing policy specialist who co-convenes the Human Settlements CityLab at African Centre for Cities\, Frediani will discuss the capacity of urban games to creatively engage with social diversity and power relations and foster cross-scalar thinking and share some of his experiences working with Architecture Sans Frontières and in Salvador (Brazil)\, Nairobi (Kenya) and Quito (Ecuador) with local collectives who embedded participatory design initiatives within their wider agenda of deepening democratic practices in the city. URL:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/alexandre-apsan-frediani-critical-gaming-practices/ LOCATION:PROVENANCE AUCTION HOUSE\, 6 - 8 VREDE STREET\, GARDENS\, CAPE TOWN\, Western Cape\, 8001\, South Africa CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nervous-rhodes.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/6c_Creating-Los-Pinos_-Group-3.jpg GEO:-33.9301699;18.41775 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=PROVENANCE AUCTION HOUSE 6 - 8 VREDE STREET GARDENS CAPE TOWN Western Cape 8001 South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=6 - 8 VREDE STREET\, GARDENS:geo:18.41775,-33.9301699 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR