global south

‘Speculative infrastructures’ at the urban margins

African UrbanismSeptember 20, 2018December 3, 2018

Earlier this month (September 2018), I participated in a thought-provoking panel engaging the 'margins' in the research process. The panel was part of the two-day workshop 'Speculative Infrastructures and Cities-in-the-Making,'...

Public Life/Public Space Urbanism from Ghana

For African cities, ‘tactical urbanism’ has its limits

African UrbanismJune 24, 2017September 4, 2017

It was a few years ago that the framework of tactical urbanism, a concept particularly promoted and popularized by U.S. planning design firm Street Plans Collaborative, gained traction, particularly in...