Publishing

Active Projects

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  Cityscapes Magazine

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  African Cities Reader

• Susan Parnell
  October 12, 2014

  Susan Parnell discusses ‘Africa’s Urban Revolution’

  An interview with Susan Parnell, Executive Member of the African Centre for Cities and Co-Editor of ‘Africa’s Urban Revolution’, published by Zed Books. Sue discusses informal settlements, the effects of global environmental change & the true economic potential of Africa’s cities.

• Tau Tavengwa, Edgar Pieterse
  September 30, 2013

  Urbanisation and the Continent: The Big Picture
• Andrew Boraine, Edgar Pieterse, Tau Tavengwa, Gita Goven
  September 30, 2013

  Why Is Change Elusive In Cape Town – Part 2

• Andrew Boraine, Mokena Makeka, Edgar Pieterse, Tau Tavengwa, Gita Goven
  September 30, 2013

  Why Is Change Elusive in Cape Town – Part 1

• Ricky Burdett
  August 21, 2013

  Living in the Endless City

• Edgar Pieterse, Tau Tavengwa, Sean O' Toole
  August 21, 2013

  All About Cityscapes

• Kim Gurney
  August 15, 2017

  August House is Dead, Long Live August House!

  Writer, artist and research associate at the University of Cape Town’s African Centre for Cities (ACC), Kim Gurney pens a new book on the evolving art space August House in Johannesburg. (more…)
• Kim Gurney
  June 3, 2016

  Book Review: The Art of Public Space

• Kim Gurney
  May 21, 2015

  The Art of Public Space: Curating and Re-imagining the Ephemeral City

• Tau Tavengwa
  March 20, 2015

  Cityscapes #6: Cape Town: A City Desired

• Tau Tavengwa
  March 20, 2015

  Cityscapes #5: Design will not save the city

• Anna Taylor, Anton Cartwright
  June 22, 2014

  A Comparison of Three SA Municipalities

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  September 27 @ 6:00 pm

  JHB launch of ‘August House is Dead, Long Live August House!’

  Writer, artist and research associate at the University of Cape Town’s African Centre for Cities (ACC), Kim Gurney pens a new book on the evolving art space August House in Johannesburg. August House is Dead, Long Live August House! The Story of a Johannesburg Atelier, published by FourthWall Books, is a fascinating study of the role of […]
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  October 6 @ 6:00 pm

  CT launch of ‘August House is Dead, Long Live August House!’

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  November 13 - November 15

  Mistra Urban Futures Annual International Conference 2017

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  February 1, 2018 @ 8:00 am - February 3, 2018 @ 5:00 pm

  African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference 2018

• Caroline Skinner
  December 1, 2016

  Environment and Urbanization Special Issue on Urban Livelihoods

  Caroline Skinner was the lead editor for the October 2016 Environment and Urbanization Special Issue on Urban Livelihoods. The launch of the issue coincided with the recent Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador.
• Kim Gurney
  June 3, 2016

  Book Review: The Art of Public Space

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  November 12, 2015

  Chronicling the history of a forgotten struggle

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  May 8, 2015

  The Unionist

• Edgar Pieterse, Aromar Revi
  November 5, 2014

  Teaching For Tomorrow

• Susan Parnell, Edgar Pieterse
  March 13, 2014

  Africa’s Urban Revolution Launched

• Edgar Pieterse, Susan Parnell, Sylvia Croese
  May 15, 2017

  The 2030 Agenda: Sustainable urbanisation, research-policy interface and the G20

  A new report The 2030 Agenda: Issues for the G20, authored by Edgar Pieterse, Susan Parnell and Sylvia Croese of the African Centre for Cities has just been released.
• Caroline Skinner
  December 1, 2016

  Environment and Urbanization Special Issue on Urban Livelihoods

• Susan Parnell
  October 12, 2016

  Scientists must have a say in the future of cities

• Mercy Brown-Luthango
  September 14, 2016

  Collective (in) efficacy, substance abuse and violence in ‘‘Freedom Park,’’ Cape Town

• Mercy Brown-Luthango
  September 14, 2016

  Informal settlement upgrading and safety: experiences from Cape Town, South Africa

• Henrik Ernstson
  September 1, 2016

  Narrative and value articulation of contested green spaces in Cape Town, New York and London