Global South
Active Projects
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MPhil in Southern Urbanism
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Cityscapes Magazine
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Urban Humanities Hub
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Hungry Cities (Bangalore, Kingston, Maputo, Mexico City, Nairobi, Nanjing)
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Influencing urban planning curricula
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Constructing statistical profiles of urban informal work
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Documenting state and organisational practices
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10 cities: Informal Economy Monitoring Study
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ACC-WIEGO: inclusive planning with informal workers
Archived Projects
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Lindsay Sawyer October 27, 2016The City is the People
This 60 second film was shortlisted and was the Judges’ Choice for the 2013 Cinecity Architectural Film Project with the theme ‘Material’. It explores the relationship between people and the making of everyday space in Lagos.
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Lindsay Sawyer October 25, 2016Future Cities Laboratory
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May 7, 2015Xiangming Chen on urbanisation in China & South Africa
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Aromar Revi November 6, 2014Why Cities Matter
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April 11, 2014On Southern African Climate Adaptation
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Manuel Castells October 7, 2013Cities & Development
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Manuel Castells October 7, 2013Cities & Development
This lecture was delivered by Professor Manuel Castells during his visit to Cape Town in 2009.
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Pep Subirós September 30, 2013Comments on a Global World and Fragmented Localities
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June 28, 2017New Urban Worlds: Inhabiting Dissonant Times
Polity Books has just published New Urban Worlds: Inhabiting Dissonant Times by AbdouMaliq Simone and Edgar Pieterse, which explores the emerging epicentres of global urbanisation. (more…)
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Tau Tavengwa, Edgar Pieterse, Sean O' Toole November 23, 2015Cityscapes #7: Futurity
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Tau Tavengwa March 20, 2015Cityscapes #6: Cape Town: A City Desired
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Tau Tavengwa March 20, 2015
Cityscapes #5: Design will not save the city
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Tau Tavengwa November 29, 2013Cityscapes #4: After informality
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Prof. Jo Beall, Sean Fox October 7, 2013Cities and Development
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September 27 @ 6:00 pmJHB 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 pmCT launch of ‘August House is Dead, Long Live August House!’
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November 13 - November 15Mistra Urban Futures Annual International Conference 2017
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February 1, 2018 @ 8:00 am - February 3, 2018 @ 5:00 pmAfrican Centre for Cities International Urban Conference 2018
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Edgar Pieterse July 17, 2017ACC launches new Masters in Southern Urbanism
Seeking to address the knowledge vacuum generated by the multitude of environmental, economic and social crises manifesting in cities in the Global South due to rapid urbanisation, the African Centre for Cities (ACC), rooted at the University of Cape Town, launches a new Masters in Southern Urbanism (an MPhil specialising in Urban Studies). (more…)
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Caroline Skinner May 24, 2017UN High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment report released
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April 25, 2017Bellagio Communique: Harnessing urban food systems for sustainable development and human well-being
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Katherine Hyman, Edgar Pieterse March 28, 2017Call for submission: ACC International Urban Conference
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December 12, 2016PhD and Post-doctoral Opportunities at the ACC: Sustainable Infrastructure and Adaptive Governance
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Caroline Skinner December 1, 2016Environment and Urbanization Special Issue on Urban Livelihoods
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Caroline Skinner December 1, 2016Environment 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.
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Susan Parnell October 12, 2016Scientists must have a say in the future of cities
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Mary Lawhon, Zarina Patel May 22, 2015Scalar politics and local sustainability: rethinking governance and justice in an era of political and environmental change
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Susan Parnell January 28, 2015Consultation on the UN Open Working Group on the SDGs’ Urban SDG Goal 11: Targets & Indicators
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Susan Parnell January 28, 2015Second Urban Sustainable Development Goal Campaign Consultation on Targets and Indicators
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Edgar Pieterse February 16, 2014Epistemological Practices of Southern Urbanism