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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-us/edito…

Please join us IAS Carleton U on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, from 1pm for #KnowingAfricaSeries : 'Epistemic Justice and the PostColonial University'. SisterofAdila,Blair Rutherford ,Nduka Otiono GABRIEL HABIYAREMYE; Rike Sitas, Kalisa egide
Register: carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
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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 Dr Abi Gilmore Victoria Durrer Leila Jancovich and many more for getting this book out
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Out now: Pleased to have contributed chapters to Epistemic Justice and the Postcolonial University
#EpistemicJusticeandthePostcolonialUniversity Wits University Press African Centre for Cities

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 UTA-Do African Cities Workshop 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 African Centre for Cities

This was a really lovely paper to collaborate on with Prof Beth Perry Vanesa Castán Broto and Zarina Patel.
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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

Our course : 'Digital Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable African Cities', developed by UN-Habitat and the University of Nairobi is officially open !

🔗 Register for free here, if you haven't already done so : bit.ly/3PydSBX.

Crime and violence continue to plague communities. Our latest Practice Brief explores the pillars of area-based violence prevention interventions (ABVPI) and what successful interventions can look like in practice: rb.gy/vv96f

INFRAHUB | The GoDown Arts Centre 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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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.

NEW PUBLICATION: Silicon Savannahs and motorcycle taxis: A Southern perspective on the frontiers of platform urbanism

With a brilliant and incredibly fun team Rike Sitas andrea pollio Alexis Prince Guma

For open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03…

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