Ma in Sustainable Urban Practice Info Session
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 […]
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Lunchtime Lecture: Panya Routes – From platform to plotform
Join ACC and the Michaelis Galleries for a lunchtime lecture by Dr Kim Gurney on her latest book Panya Routes: Independent art spaces in Africa, on Thursday, 31 August 2023, 13:00-14:00 at the Michaelis Lecture Theatre.
INFO SESSION | DAAD MPhil Southern Urbanism Scholarships
The African Centre for Cities, through Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), are calling for scholarship applications for 2025. DAAD are offering five In-Region Scholarships* for students from Sub-Saharan Africa who enrol for the MPhil […]
ACC Brown Bag – Living Off-Grid: Reflections from Ghana and Zimbabwe
Studio 1, Environmental and Geographical Science Building, Upper Campus, UCTSpeakers: Percy Toriro – University of Zimbabwe and Issahaka Fuseini – University of Ghana Join this discussion between Percy Toriro and Issahaka Fuseini, who will share findings from their work as […]
THE URBAN EVERYDAY – FINAL STUDENT EXHIBITION
APG Foyer, Centlivres Building Upper Campus University of Cape TownThe ‘Urban Everyday’ offers a perspective on city-making that explores agency found in intersecting practices of occupation and adaptation, engagement and participation, resistance and protest, as well as waiting, encountering and […]
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Book Launch – Apartheid Remains by Sharad Chari
The Book Lounge 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town, South AfricaUKZN Press, The Book Lounge and the African Centre for Cities invite you to the launch of 'Apartheid Remains' by Sharad Chari. Sharad will be in conversation with Omar Badsha […]
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Brown bag seminar: The visible hand of a transport mafia in Lagos (Nigeria)
Studio 1, Environmental and Geographical Science Building, Upper Campus, UCTThe National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) is a recognized union, an unofficial section of a political party, and a 'parastatal' organization transporting millions of passengers in Nigeria. These […]
Info Session – MPhil Southern Urbanism
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 […]
Brownbag seminar_ACCRETION THROUGH FRICTION: examining garbage flows in Dakar’s Baie de Hann
Studio 1, Environmental and Geographical Science Building, Upper Campus, UCTOnce the second most beautiful to the bay of Rio de Janeiro, Dakar’s Baie de Hann is now known for its pollution. A largely EU-funded infrastructure project (2017-2021) promised to […]
Brownbag seminar: African Landscape Architectures_Alternative futures for the field
EGS Library, EGS Building, Upper Campus, UCTBased on landscape fieldwork across 11 African nations during 2022–23, this talk speculates on the future of landscape architecture in Africa and the Global South. While visiting educational programs, designed […]