Rike Sitas

Feminist urban humanities researcher @UrbanAfricaACC and @chr_flagship; art, culture, heritage and urban justice @just_heritage; coproduction and collaboration

[UTA-Do African Cities Workshop @UTADO_Africa]

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[Mediapolis Journal @mediapolisjrl]

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

[IAS Carleton U @IAS_Carleton]

Please join us @IAS_Carleton on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, from 1pm for #KnowingAfricaSeries: "Epistemic Justice and the PostColonial University". @ShireenHassim,@brutherf ,@NdukaOtiono @habygaby; @rikesitas, @KalisaEgide
Register: https://t.co/ARb1ZcYQfw
Welcome

[Rike Sitas @rikesitas]

New publication: Maurietta Stewart and I wrote something: From Heritage Conservation to Heritage Justice
https://t.co/djsDFaChyN
@UrbanAfricaACC @CityofCT

[Rike Sitas @rikesitas]

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

[Prof Abi Gilmore @Abi_Gilmore]

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

[Rike Sitas @rikesitas]

Out now: Pleased to have contributed chapters to Epistemic Justice and the Postcolonial University
#EpistemicJusticeandthePostcolonialUniversity @WitsPress @UrbanAfricaACC

[amrita pande @Tiyathetwit]

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

[Rike Sitas @rikesitas]

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

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

#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

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

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.

[Rike Sitas @rikesitas]

PHD opportunity: Join a cool team @UrbanAfricaACC

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

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

[Rike Sitas @rikesitas]

This was a really lovely paper to collaborate on with @TheUrbanBeth @VaneBailo and @zarina_patel13.
@UrbanAfricaACC

[The Urban Institute @Urban_Inst]

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

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

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

[African Cities Lab @AfricanCtiesLab]

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.

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

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

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

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

[Urban Studies Foundation @USForg]

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

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

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.

[Liza Rose Cirolia @LizaCirolia]

NEW PUBLICATION: Silicon Savannahs and motorcycle taxis: A Southern perspective on the frontiers of platform urbanism

With a brilliant and incredibly fun team @rikesitas @andretwp @GatoniAlexis @PrinceGuma

For open access: https://t.co/C3tljRtNn9

@UTADO_Africa @UTADO_Africa

[Liza Rose Cirolia @LizaCirolia]

Join us online Friday for 'The Body in Space: Choreographic Explorations and Reflections'

https://t.co/HKfHX6kQGO… #UTADo2023

@GoDownArts
@mbugua_mk
@UTADO_Africa @UrbanAfricaACC

Closing event for #UTADo2023