CFP: Media and ‘Middling’ Cities — dossier of short articles to be published in Mediapolis, September 2024. Abstracts due 1 Feb 2024; articles due 1 June 2024. Read more here: https://t.co/906D2pTXMb
New publication: Maurietta Stewart and I wrote something: From Heritage Conservation to Heritage Justice
https://t.co/djsDFaChyN
@UrbanAfricaACC@CityofCT
Wrote a chapter for this edited collection - ‘Policies Aren’t Pieces of Paper’: Tussles and Tactics in Action-Oriented and Agile Cultural Policy Research. Thanks @Abi_Gilmore@VDurrer @LeilaJancovich and many more for getting this book out
@UrbanAfricaACC
Bank holiday reading & new book 📢
Cultural Policy is Local is an edited collection challenging the orthodoxy that policy only happens elsewhere by me @VDurrer@rikesitas@zoebulaitis@elereda@bethanyrex & more. OA for general delight & consumption https://t.co/RbQAnE1VCp
Looking forward to the release of the new book on Epistemic Justice, just pedagogies and negotiating this justice at a postcolonial Univ. Edited with frolleagues Ruchi Chaturvedi and Shari Daya. Book launches soon soon! @rikesitas@ShoseKessi@athambile
https://t.co/HAp5MFZixE
Feminists out there, consider submitting an abstract for this event: Feminising urban struggle: bodies, territories and politics in women’s production and reproduction of peripheral spaces
https://t.co/i7OKUBzrVT
#UTADO_2024 | Calling all early-career academics, researchers, activists, and artists interested in urban theory in Africa! Apply now to be a part of the 3rd @UTADO_Africa Cities Workshop in 2024, hosted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 29 Jan- Feb 2024.
https://t.co/2Yh2yrVOfG
VACANCIES | ACC is recruiting for a strategic Communications Manager and a Communications Officer. If you are a communications specialist with a passion for cities & interested in working at the nexus of research, policy & public discourse, apply by 4 Aug.
Call for PhD Scholarship applications | The 'Smartness as Wealth' project, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, invites applications for a full-time PhD candidate who will undertake rigorous & critical work on fintech & inclusion in the context of Nairobi.
https://t.co/ENMMfrI3AV
New paper by our @TheUrbanBeth, @VaneBailo, Zarina Patel and @rikesitas in Planning Theory. "Alliances, allyship and activism: The value of international partnerships for co-producing just cities" Read OA here: https://t.co/G3abMCs6BQ
EVENT | If you are interested in applying for the MPhil #SouthernUrbanism but have some questions? This info session provides a brief overview of the pedagogical approach, programme structure and entry requirements.
🗓️ 3 Aug
⏰ 13:00-14:00 SAST
Register: https://t.co/hUtYJKH2GB
Our course : "Digital Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable African Cities", developed by @UNHABITAT and the @uonbi is officially open !
🔗 Register for free here, if you haven't already done so : https://t.co/oq2ugsNRve.
INFRAHUB | The @GoDownArts Centre was the first multidisciplinary arts space in Kenya. Located in a converted warehouse, it provides spaces for artistic expression and partnerships across different sectors.
More on this #AfricanInfrastructure case study:
https://t.co/XNRXIH6jbO
APPLY | The MA in Sustainable Urban Practice is tailored to working mid-career professionals seeking greater integration in their urban practice. The programme has a block release schedule & offers the change to bring your work into the learning process.
https://t.co/T3nhtqWqNr
There's still one month remaining until the deadline to the @USForg International Fellowships scheme—fully funded visiting sabbaticals for urban scholars from the Global South. Read more & apply here: https://t.co/CPWh8Qt1R8
HAPPENING TODAY | Join Jane Battersby as she reflects on "Lived experience as a pathway to community agency? Toward new framings of nutrition in urban South Africa" as part of the EGS Seminar Series, today, 1-2pm in Studio 3 EGS, UCT.