Middle Class Life : the Repetition of the Model in the Townhouse Complexes An exhibition by South African and international photographers Nocebo Bucibo | Lisa King | Melissa Bennet | Mack Magagane | Michelle Monareng | Shogan Naidoo | Musa Nxumalo | Natalie Payne | Paul Samuels | Bianca van Heerden | Alexia Webster | […]

  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  > Join the Facebook event The Later […]

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 ambivalent ruins and seemingly innocuous […]

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 at big scale of low-cost […]

“Grey governance”, structuring inequalities and institutionalisation of cooperation on transboundary rivers in Southern Africa A seminar by Paul-Malo Winsback Chair: Magalie Bourblanc (GovInn / Ceepa / University of Pretoria/ CIRAD UMR G-EAU / Université de Montpellier) Discussant: Michela Marcatelli (Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies / University of Johannesburg) 1 Tuesday 6 November […]

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 Room 2163, South East Wing, Second […]

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 Sontonga Ave, Johannesburg > RSVP  Apart […]

A public lecture by Alma Nankela as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Thursday 25 October 2018 18.00 for 18.30 | Origins Centre Museum Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale Road & Enoch Sontonga Ave, Johannesburg Namibia has one of the most outstanding, diverse and extensive […]

Une ville moyenne pour des classes moyennes ? Discours et acteurs de la fabrique urbaine. Une étude du cas de Johannesburg, un détour comparatif par New Delhi. Karen Lévy (Université Paris Nanterre). Sous la direction de Philippe Gervais-Lambony (Université Paris Nanterre / UMR LAVUE). La soutenance aura lieu le 19 octobre de 14h à 17h […]

First step for a research A seminar by Leyla Dakhli This joint seminar is organised by the Centre for Social Change (University of Johannesburg) and IFAS-Research. Friday 28 September 2018 14.00 to 16.00 | Centre for Social Change University of Johannesburg, Humanities Research Village (Bunting Road Campus), House 3 DREAM — “Drafting and Enacting the REvolutions […]