Andrew Tucker

[UCT @UCT_news]

UCT has partnered with the Urban95 Academy leadership programme to reach and support a growing network of urban leaders who want to make their cities better for children.

Read more: https://t.co/Zs4TKkWdLR

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

Exciting opportunity for early-career academics, researchers, activists & artists! The @UTADO_Africa Summer School 2026 is happening in Addis Ababa from Feb 9-13. Join us for a week of critical urban studies, workshops, and immersive experiences. Apply by 30 Sep! #Wagon2Africa

[Stephenlegg @Stephenlegg11]

25 grad students will have accommodation provided (deadline June 9) for this fee-free Summer School, University of Bologna, Italy, Sept 8-12, "Dissonant memories: geographies of migration, colonialism and trauma". https://t.co/cjL3vtMkSz #unibo

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

SCHOLARSHIP | The ACC, through @DAADSouthAfrica, is calling for scholarship applications for students who enrol in the MPhil Southern Urbanism at @UCT_news in 2026. The In-Region scholarship is open to students in Sub Saharan Africa. Apply by 9 April 25.
🔗https://t.co/WCiJOt1YOl

[Andrew Tucker @Tucksby]

andrew.tucker1 for those moving to bluer skies

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

ACC at #WUF12 | Our info sessions at the #WUF12 Urban Expo will continue until Friday. Find us in hall 4 (academia section) for a quick chat about our research agenda and Masters programmes. @WorldUrbanForum in partnership with @LSECities @Urban95cm

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

Attending #WUF12? | Join us for a conversation with ACC Director Edgar Pieterse, Phillip Rode and Rushda Majeed as they explore how Executive Education for urban practitioners advances sustainable cities.

📅 Tues, 5 Nov
⏰ 11 - 12 PM EST
📍 Urban Expo Hall 4, Academia section

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

BOOK LAUNCH | Join us for the launch of Sharad Chari's latest book, Apartheid Remains. Sharad will be in conversation with Omar Badsha and Caroline Skinner.

DATE | Thursday, 18 July 2024
TIME | 17h30 for 18h00
VENUE | The Book Lounge, Cape Town
RSVP | [email protected]

[Andrew Tucker @Tucksby]

@ParamountIRL What a phenomenal new poster! Possibly the most “Star Trek” of all Star Trek movie posters. And also so in keeping with the spirit of the film itself.

[Progress in Human Geography @ProgHumGeog]

⚕️ New paper published in Progress in Human Geography ⚕️

'Geographies of gender and sexuality II: Charting scholarship on health' by Andrew Tucker

https://t.co/AME6z63pBU @UCT_news @Tucksby

[Andrew Tucker @Tucksby]

Something I've had published https://t.co/2S3OuDTvb7

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

STUDY WITH THE ACC IN 2025

Did you know that we also offer two Masters programmes at the ACC? The MA in Sustainable Urban Practice and MPhil Southern Urbanism are geared at practitioners and scholars with an interest in the urbanisation trajectory in Africa and the global south at large.

Read more on https://t.co/Wqcygipjr8

[Andrew Tucker @Tucksby]

@imPatrickT The whole Vanity Fair interview is so open, compassionate, and real. We need more Alfred Molina!

[Tariq Jazeel @rikjaz]

Apartheid Remains just out by the fantastic Sharad Chari, can’t wait to get hold of a copy! @DukePress @BerkeleyGeog

[HIDEO_KOJIMA @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN]

I've just finished watching through eight episodes of "3 Body Problem." The original novel by Liu Cixin is depicted on a grand scale and in a unique style. With a slow-paced introduction, the ensemble drama spins a timeless story with intersecting characters. Abstract and surrealistic images, like that of "a blink in space" and "a countdown reflected on the retina,” are very difficult to visualize.
Though this is an invasion from outer space, it is much more complicated than simply showing a large mother ship flying into a big city, attacking, and defending against an army, in a similar fashion to films like director Emmerich’s. However, the way this has been incorporated into a drama series with a worldwide perspective is brilliant. David Benioff and D. B. Weiss have done a marvelous job. By replacing the setting, era, and characters, extracting and adding elements, upping the tempo to make it suitable for a tv series, and rhythmically arranging cutbacks and cliffhangers, they have sublimated this work into an entertainment for everyone – those who have read the original work and those who have not – while retaining the essence of the original.
The show ends midway through the second book. I do not know if there will be a Season 2, but I am sure that more people will reread the original story after watching this, or they may be encouraged to read the rest of it. In any case, "The Three-Body Problem" is said to have been "read by all mankind.” Those who have not yet read it will be able to experience it through this drama. Especially for those who are tired of Hollywood blockbusters, this crazy, novel science fiction is sure to be a blast.

[Liza Rose Cirolia @LizaCirolia]

Post-doc exploring climate, health and informality in SA cities

Ten more days to apply for this postdoc at UCT/ACC. You can propose the site of research and there is a great international team. It is well-funded (by SA post-doc standards)

[John Pitchford🌹💙 @Johnnypapa64]

Bob Monkhouse recalling the Sunday Mirror attack on his disabled son, himself & his family in 1993.

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

VACANCY | ACC is looking to appoint a Project Coordinator with strong administrative and project management skills to work as part of the @AMALI_Cities Data Programme team, located within ACC at UCT.

Deadline: 9 Feb

MORE HERE: https://t.co/tyufS4TuG3

[Jake 🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ToryWipeout]

@jessphillips Can't wait!

[UCT @UCT_news]

The promotion of Associate Professor Nancy Odendaal to the prestigious rank of full professor was marked with her inaugural lecture on Tuesday, 24 October. Read more: https://t.co/AYwykzSElX