African Cities: Envisioning an alternative future
We will be discussing African cities, and the challenges they face, with a focus on spatial fragmentation and unequal access to opportunities. This is an initiative of the Chair for Spatial Transformation located at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, South Africa. This podcast will take a deep look at African cities and the built environment in African cities; it will look at opportunities, and restrictions on opportunities, that emerge due to spatial policies and realities. This is done by seeking lessons from across the continent through interviews with professionals and communities alike. Through these interviews and the profiling of research, we will reach out to partners in the continent. We aim to change thinking on cities, space and design and, in the process, influence change in practice in the built environment.
Podcasting since 2020 • 3 episodes
African Cities: Envisioning an alternative future
Latest Episodes
Africans in the diaspora: visions for the home country and lessons from the host country
In this episode, I again reflect on my multiple affiliations and how a revolution and political transformation transformed us. The complex topics of protest, public space, identity, belonging, virtual and real space are addressed. The podcast i...
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Space, race and [spatial] transformation - having the courage to address complex topics
In this second podcast of the African cities series, conceptualised and presented by Prof Amira Osman, SARChI Chair in Spatial Transformation, the presenter aims to tie together complex themes that are hard to address yet deeply related, an...
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A Sudanese/South African with an interest in cities, space and transformation
In this opening episode, I present some of my interests and background as a Sudanese/South African with an interest in cities, space and transformation. I start off by reflecting on the disruption caused by COVID-19 and how personal and profess...
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