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Brokering Communities of Knowledge & Practice: Reflections on The African Centre for Cities’ Citylab

African Center for Cities / 30 September 2013

Calls for greater engagement between academia and society to address mounting societal problems per- sist. The African Centre for Cities, a University of Cape Town research entity, set up the CityLab pro- gramme to broker interdisciplinary engagement, both across academic disciplines and between academia and broader society, to engage with the issues pertinent to sustainable urban development in Cape Town.

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Space, Affect, Security: Reflections on ‘Outcharming’ Crime in the City

African Center for Cities / 30 September 2013

In my reflections on space, affect and security I seek to capture the aesthetic and affective dimensions of everyday city-making in a South African metropolis.

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Entering the City

African Center for Cities / 30 September 2013

Patricia Anahory on returning to Cape Verde after 2 decades away

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[Re]Writing Type : Architecture in an age of [radical] transformation

African Center for Cities / 30 September 2013

Prof. iain Low shares his life-long concern with the overlap between teaching, research and service, and his support of the speculative testing of theory through practice that takes action out of the university and into the ‘city’.

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Comments on a Global World and Fragmented Localities

African Center for Cities / 30 September 2013

Pep Subiros on globalisation and the continent of Africa. What happens in African cities mirrors what is happening with cities everywhere, just under more extreme conditions, he argues.

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Bad Buildings

African Center for Cities / 30 September 2013

So called bad buildings in the Inner City of Johannesburg reflect the complex processes of city formation in Africa.

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On the Geography and Architecture of Prisons and the South African Condition

African Center for Cities / 30 September 2013

Kelly Gillespie briefly speaks about her current work and research interests.

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On the Complexity of Life in the African City

African Center for Cities / 30 September 2013

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Crafting Our Own African Story

African Center for Cities / 30 September 2013

We need to tell the story of the African city in our own way and on our own terms, only this way can we begin to unravel the stereotype that is widely held about them.

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Lagos

African Center for Cities / 30 September 2013

Uckechukwu James Iroha’s images reflect the diverse realities of people who form the mix of cultures and influences in the mega city of Lagos.

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Inner City Revitalisation: The Woodstock – Salt River Revitalisation Framework

African Center for Cities / 30 September 2013

The historic local areas of Woodstock and Salt River are located approximately 3k from the Cape Town Central Business District, between the Devil’s Peak mountain and the sea.

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Impressions of Cape Verde

African Center for Cities / 27 September 2013

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Place and Theory

African Center for Cities / 27 September 2013

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Densification, Quartering & Culture

African Center for Cities / 26 September 2013

Making the most of Cape Town’s limited urban space is the goal of densification. With increased density will come opportunities and challenges to create distinctive urban spaces that provide the locus for the symbolic framing of Cape Town’s many cultures.

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Driving Density Higher: Challenges for Central Cape Town

African Center for Cities / 26 September 2013

Cape Town’s Central City Development Strategy aims to boost the area’s population by 100,000 within 10 years, an almost three-fold increase from the current 55,000. Here, Professor Ivan Turok discusses this bold aspiration and examines the rationale for increasing densities in the central city. What challenges will this initiative face?