Feminist urban humanities researcher @UrbanAfricaACC and @chr_flagship; art, culture, heritage and urban justice @just_heritage; coproduction and collaboration
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined March 2013
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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: mediapolisjournal.com/about-…
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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: carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/…
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New publication: Maurietta Stewart and I wrote something: From Heritage Conservation to Heritage Justice
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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
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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 link.springer.com/book/10.10…
Out now: Pleased to have contributed chapters to Epistemic Justice and the Postcolonial University
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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
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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
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#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.
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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.
PHD opportunity: Join a cool team @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.
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This was a really lovely paper to collaborate on with @TheUrbanBeth @VaneBailo and @zarina_patel13.
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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: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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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: bit.ly/3JQRvEe
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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 : bit.ly/3PydSBX.
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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:
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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.
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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: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/f…
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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.
SEMINAR & EXHIBITION | In this seminar Jane Battersby reflects on the process, politics, & outcomes of The #NourishedChild project.
You can also view the Nourished Child Exhibition ahead of the talk.
🗓️15 May 2023
⏰13:00-14:00
📍Studio 3, EGS, UCT
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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: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Join us online Friday for 'The Body in Space: Choreographic Explorations and Reflections'
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Closing event for #UTADo2023