Projects
The ACC aims to produce credible new knowledge on the drivers of urban crisis in African cities with an eye on systemic solutions
Call for submission: ACC International Urban Conference
To mark our tenth anniversary ,African Centre for Cities will convene an international academic conference in Cape Town to take stock of cutting-edge urban research and debate knowledge priorities in the aftermath of the new global development architecture
Documentary | Visualising the Future of Our Neighbourhoods
This film documents the “South African City Futures: Visualising the Futures of our Neighbourhoods” project undertaken in 2014. Part research and part radical co-creation, the project combined the use of futures thinking, multi-stakeholder dialogue, and multiple forms of visualisation to reflect upon the future of urban neighbourhoods to 2030
In Context
Africa is not a country!!! This 10 minute remix film acts as a teaser of some concepts and ideas for an upcoming film and exhibition project ACC/Cityscapes will undertake between 2017-19. In Context will explore the true nature and complexity of life in cities across the continent of Africa.
Seminar: Emancipation in an Urban Century
Henrik Ernstson will present a PhD seminar titled: Emancipation in an Urban Century: From more-than-human political moments to the figure of the Anthropo-ob(S)scene on 12th and 13th October.
African Humanities Program Postdoctoral Fellowships 2016
Henrietta Nyamnjoh is a recipient of the American Council of Learned Society fellowship for the African Humanities Program Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2016
Embedded PhD Research Opportunities at the City of Cape Town and UCT
The City of Cape Town and ACC are offering embedded research opportunities at the City of Cape Town Municipality for the 2016–2019 period, in support of the City’s development and implementation of a transit-oriented development (TOD) strategy
Resilience in South Africa’s urban water landscape
What does resilience mean – or what should it mean – in Cape Town’s urban water sector?
