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Edgar Pieterse November 23, 2013ACC’s MPhil in Urban Infrastructure: Design & Management
A central issue for both South Africa and the broader African continent is the delivery of urban services and infrastructure to rapidly growing urban populations, enabling the urban residents to live and work in sustainable and integrated environments. The Master of Philosophy in Urban Infrastructure: Design and Management programme, presented for mid and late career […]
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October 7, 2013Cities & Development
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August 20, 2013Cities & Development
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August 20, 2013Crisis States
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October 7, 2013Cities & Development
This lecture was delivered by Professor Manuel Castells during his visit to Cape Town in 2009.
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September 30, 2013Urbanisation and Development in Historical Perspective
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August 26, 2013Violence Prevention Through Urban Upgrading
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August 26, 2013Quick Guide 7 – Rental Housing
Millions of people in African cities are tenants.
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August 26, 2013Quick Guide 06 – Community Based Organizations
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August 2 @ 1:00 am - November 15 @ 4:30 pmUrban Humanities Seminar Series 2018
Academic Seminars (15:00 – 16:30) 7 August High Stakes, High Hopes: Creating Collaborative Urban Theory – Prof Sophie Oldfield 16 August Inclusive Cultural Governance: Integrating artistic and cultural practices into national urban frameworks – Avril Joffe with respondent Zayd Minty 30 August in search of thick mapping: listening to Cape Town’s cities – Dr Sabina Favaro 18 September Vital […]
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October 18 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pmUrban Humanities: Storytelling as method: migration, gender and inclusion in Durban
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Sophie Oldfield June 7, 2018City Research Studio, part 1, version 1.0: Out of the classroom; into the city
In the first six weeks of the first semester African Centre for Cities hosted a joint City Research Studio (CRS), a cornerstone of the newly launched MPhil in Southern Urbanism and the Masters in Critical Urbanisms (University of Basel) semester at UCT. CRS was conceived of as a three-part experimental space for students, and faculty, […]
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Edgar Pieterse July 17, 2017ACC launches new Masters in Southern Urbanism
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Henrik Ernstson April 26, 2017PhD Seminar Series: Democratic Practices of Unequal Geographies
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Henrik Ernstson September 1, 2016Report back from Democratic Practices Seminar in Cape Town, 4-8 July 2016
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Henrik Ernstson February 24, 2016Democratic Practices of Unequal Geographies
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Mercy Brown-Luthango June 9, 2015Short Course: Reflecting on the “Mainstreaming Urban Safety and Inclusion”
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Vanessa Watson November 26, 2013Who will plan Africa’s cities?
As planning educators seek to train students for employment within the existing system, the urban and rural planning curricula of many planning schools are as outdated as planning legislation. Some African countries have no planning school.The reform and revitalisation of planning education – and legislation – could contribute significantly to sustainable and more equitable urban […]