Edgar Pieterse
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
Radical Incrementalism & Theories/Practices of Emancipatory Change
This workshop examines ideas of radical incrementalism across our towns and cities. It seeks to explore theories and practices that can support emancipatory change across urban regions through the power of urban dwellers to challenge poverty, oppression and unjust environments.
Great Texts / Big Questions
On April 30th 2014, Professor Edgar Pieterse will present a lecture titled “Africa’s Urban Revolution: Epistemic Adventures” as part of GIPCA’s Great Texts/Big Questions series in Cape Town.
Africa’s Urban Revolution edited by Susan Parnell and Edgar Pieterse
Drawing on the expertise of scholars and practitioners associated with the African Centre for Cities, and utilising a diverse array of case studies, Africa’s Urban Revolution provides a comprehensive insight into the key issues – demographic, cultural, political, technical, environmental and economic – surrounding African urbanisation.
