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Tag Archives: South Africa
Snippets from the RGS 2016 Conference on Nexus Thinking
By Renard Teipelke Each year the Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers holds its Annual International Conference. For this year, they chose “Nexus Thinking” as the conference theme. And as always, there was no lack of critical inputs and new … Continue reading
Posted in conferences
Tagged Conference, critical geography, financialization, food security, geography, Global South, Jackson, Jamaica, journal, London, Massy, neoliberalism, nexus, public space, research, resilience, RGS, Roy, South Africa, Stirling, WEF
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Notes from the South (End): An Unexpected and Personal Post-Scriptum
by Ares Kalandides Between my last blog entry and today a major event occurred: Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s national hero and an icon of freedom movements worldwide passed away. Although Mandela had not made a public appearance in years and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, the (in)formal city
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THE [IN]FORMAL CITY _ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
PROJECT SUMMARY You can download the full call here. This call for participation is addressed to students and young professionals (incl. PhD candidates) who want to work on the subject in a team composed of 10 participants from Germany and … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, Goethe-Institut, informality, inpolis, Johannesburg, Robert Bosch Stiftung, South Africa
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Under African Skies Coda: The White European
by Ares Kalandides It is not without a certain degree of apprehension that I wrote the five short blog entries about my experiences in Johannesburg last week (see here for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th). Here am I, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, Diepsloot, informal settlements, informality, Johannesburg, South Africa, taxi rank
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Under African Skies, Day 5: What is an architect?
by Ares Kalandides Sumayya Vally is on the phone trying to coordinate the lot before the new toilets for the settlement are delivered. CORC, the NGO she works with, has arranged for two new booths to be installed in the … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Ares Kalandides, community, informal settlements, Johannesburg, NGO, South Africa
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Under African Skies Day 4, Diepsloot
by Ares Kalandides Papi is an actor, a guide, a choreographer (I’m sure I forgot several other things) – and above all he is the chairman of the Diepsloot Art & Culture Network (A&CN). The shacks of the informal settlement … Continue reading
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, Diepsloot, informal settlements, Johannesburg, public art, South Africa
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Under African Skies, Day 2: Informal Settlements
by Ares Kalandides It is not only in the “global South” that people tend to move to and gather around large cities. It is rather a phenomenon that can be found in all places where rural and small-town areas offer … Continue reading
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