Excited to be attending the @Urban_Inst 3 days conference ‘Urban Inhabitation in the Anthropocene’ starting today with @VaneBailo introducing the conference and asking how are we going to inhabit this Anthropocene?
We are excited to kick off our conference on Urban Inhabitation in the Anthropocene today with an opening keynote by Matthew Gandy on Inhabiting a Broken World.
Also today: public lecture by Tim Morton: The Silence of the Lawns, 18:15-18:30 BST, More 👇 https://t.co/qXBApvgcBs
Activists at Mathare Social Justice Centre say their focus on ecological activism, ecological justice is inspired by the late Kenyan social, environmental and political activist Wangari Maathai.
@MathareSJustice#utado2023
UTA-Do 2023 African Cities workshop learning visit day at Mathare Social Justice Centre. More on their powerful critical work on their website: https://t.co/UNcMeNUeOo
@MathareSJustice#utado2023
Keguro notes that expectations about gender and sexuality get built into ordinary urban practices (security and bathrooms), but can also be legislated, as it happening in Uganda and Kenya at the moment #utado2023 https://t.co/qVoGP3qHds
African cities and the provisions for people with disabilities are a big mismatch! Basic provisions are nonexistent! #utado2023@GathoniAlice22 sharing research done by others that she has encountered.
I’m discussion with Alice Gathoni, a researcher and activist at the #utado2023 on how disability resides in the society not in the Person. Social attitudes on disability need revisiting and rethinking.
What is Southern Theory, and why does it matter? #utado2023 discussions led by @suraya_scheba enquiring on what it means to speak from the ‘South’ and the possibilities and blind-spots of Southern theory.
@UTADO_Africa 2023 - what will you do? what is your starting point? who will you do it for? who will you do it with? how will you do it? what do you need to do it? what is the end game? …and so on.
Prof. Samuel Owour “Training on urban studies (in or for Africa) requires a deliberate focus on urban Africa's diverse socio-cultural, historical, economic and political contexts.” @UTADO_Africa@UrbanAfricaACC@AfricanCities_
“The science is clear on #ClimateChange, what we need now is political will.” @IPCC_CH chair Hoesung Lee via @IPCC_CH press conference on the Summary for Policymakers of the #AR6 Synthesis Report.
📼Watch here: https://t.co/QWkhmmj1HO
Next time someone says: 'this is impossible, what could we possibly do to deal with climate change?'- please refer them to this handy figure from the #ar6#syr#IPCC
“This synthesis report has stronger evidence of #LossAndDamage ever than before. Climate impacts are happening in every region.” @christrisos@IPCC_CH author via @IPCC_CH press conference on the Summary for Policymakers of the #AR6 Synthesis Report.
Announcing our new Dialogues in Urban Inhabitation and the Urban Technical. Online and curated by our @XazaarAdjame, the first lecture will be by Prof Neferti Tadiar @Nxinamt on her book Remaindered Life.
30th March 2023, 1630 -1800
GMT.
Sign up: https://t.co/GqQmzqLIDo