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Cityscapes Magazine

Not a single one of the significant urban and other societal challenges facing humanity today can be answered within the confines of one discipline, or solely based on ideas from one part of the world. This has been the guiding philosophy since Cityscapes Magazine was founded in 2010.

For the last decade, Cityscapes has worked with a vast network of journalists, photographers, researchers, policymakers, and activists across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The mission has been to tell the complex stories of what urban challenges look like on the ground as well as the nature and cost of real, sustainable, and equitable urban change.

The annual is primarily invested in presenting more diverse perspectives on what being urban means to counter the prevailing status quo, which fails to adequately engage the voices and ideas on this from the global South.

Established in 2010 as part of the African Centre for Cities, the range of work has grown to include a range of publishing projects, exhibitions, events, and some convening activities. The team undertake self-initiated or commissioned curatorial projects in collaboration with partners in various parts of the world, focused on both studying and working to address global urban challenges from multiple perspectives, with a particular focus on the South.

The goal of the work is to provide and promote a more expansive array of ideas on how we are thinking about the future, the built environment, and urbanisation. Cityscapes aim to encourage the emergence of a new cohort of urbanist and built-environment professionals whose thinking is not limited to dominant Western-leaning conceptions of what the contemporary city and future should be.

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Cityscapes #7: Futurity
Cityscapes #7: Futurity
Tau Tavengwa, Edgar Pieterse, November 23, 2015
In Context
In Context
Tau Tavengwa, Edgar Pieterse, October 12, 2016
Living Informally in South Africa
Living Informally in South Africa
Tau Tavengwa, Edgar Pieterse, October 12, 2016
Understanding Livelihoods in South African Cities
Understanding Livelihoods in South African Cities
Edgar Pieterse, Tau Tavengwa, October 12, 2016
A refreshed editorial approach to Cityscapes magazine launched
A refreshed editorial approach to Cityscapes magazine launched
Edgar Pieterse, Tau Tavengwa, November 29, 2019
Complex Cities, Compelling Stories
Complex Cities, Compelling Stories
Tau Tavengwa, April 29, 2021
Cityscapes #1: Rethinking Urban Things
Cityscapes #1: Rethinking Urban Things
Edgar Pieterse, Tau Tavengwa, June 6, 2011
Cityscapes #2: A Visionary Statement
Cityscapes #2: A Visionary Statement
Edgar Pieterse, Tau Tavengwa, July 31, 2012
Cityscapes #4: After informality
Cityscapes #4: After informality
Tau Tavengwa, November 29, 2013
Cityscapes #6: Cape Town: A City Desired
Cityscapes #6: Cape Town: A City Desired
Tau Tavengwa, March 20, 2015
Launch: Cityscapes 11
Launch: Cityscapes 11
Edgar Pieterse, Tau Tavengwa, October 21, 2024
Cityscapes #1: A high wire act
Cityscapes #1: A high wire act
, September 28, 2011