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From Urban National Parks to Natured Cities in the Global South
The Quest for Naturbanity Frédéric Landy (ed.) Singapore, Springer Singapore, 2018, XXI, 329p. This important volume focuses on the sensitive issue of interrelationships between national parks situated near or within urban areas and their urban environment. It engages with both urban and conservation issues and compares four national parks located...
Trier, exclure et policer
Vies urbaines en Afrique du Sud et au Nigeria Laurent Fourchard Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, 2018, 368 p. Les métropoles d’Afrique du Sud et du Nigeria sont réputées dangereuses, bidonvillisées et dominées par l’économie informelle. Peu est su en revanche de la manière dont les populations y sont triées,...
Lesedi #20 – November 2018
Lesedi.Field notes #20 Special issue on urban studies Lesedi is the online journal of IFAS-Recherche, published as a field notes publication. The latest issue, #20, is mainly dedicated to urban studies, following the series of workshops and events Experimenting / Experiencing the City, organised in 2017 with our partners from...
Organise or die?
Democracy and Leadership in South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers Johannesburg, Wits University Press, 2017, 344 p. On the occasion of the launch of Raphaël Botiveau’s Organise or Die? Democracy and Leadership in South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers, the author will take part in a series of public discussions. This publication and...
La Fabrique de l’Histoire – Radio broadcasts
A broadcast series by the french radio show La Fabrique de l’Histoire (France Culture), dedicated to South Africa, and produced in collaboration with IFAS-Recherche L’équipe de La Fabrique de l’Histoire a rendu visite à l’IFAS-Recherche en septembre 2018 pour enregistrer une série d’émissions couvrant l’ensembre de la richesse historique de l’Afrique...
“Through the veil”: Science unveils mysteries of San rock paintings in the Drakensberg and in Botswana
A public lecture by Adelphine Bonneau as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue. Thursday 6 December 2018 18.00 for 18.30 | Origins Centre Museum Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale Road & Enoch Sontonga Ave, Johannesburg > RSVP >...
Falling Monuments, Reluctant Ruins
Colloquium on the persistence of the past in the architecture and infrastructure of colonialism and apartheid Organised by the Wits History Workshop & the School of Architecture & Planning (University of the Witwatersrand) Supported by IFAS-Recherche In traversing the stubborn landscapes of colonialism and apartheid, we are confronted with the...
Gated Communities & Townhouse Complexes
The mutation of a model from the upper class to the middle class Organised by Karen Lévy (Université Paris Nanterre) & Federica Duca (PARI) The circulation of the urban model referred to as gated communities contributes to the challenge of understanding contemporary urban spaces all over the world. The multiplication...
The spectacle versus the ordinary
Urban change and narratives of difference along a ‘Chinese’ street in suburban Johannesburg A joint seminar IFAS-Recherche / University of the Witwatersrand by Romain Dittgen & Gerald Chungu 1 Tuesday 6 November 2018 12:30 | African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) – University of the Witwatersrand ACMS Seminar...
The mobilisation of South African data within rock arts’ ritual interpretations
A public lecture by Romain Lahaye as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Tuesday 13 November 13:15 | Origins Building, Wits University Origins North Building, Origins Lecture Theatre, Room 105, first floor, Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale Road & Enoch...