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,’ which was organized by Jon Silver and Paula Meth at the University of Sheffield and supported by Urban Geography journal and the University of Sheffield’s… Continue reading ‘Speculative infrastructures’ at the urban margins
Category: Learning
Amplifying Local Voices on Ghana’s Built Environment: Accra Architecture Writing Workshop
amplify: verb. to make larger, greater, or stronger; to enlarge; extend; to expand in stating or describing, as by details or illustrations; to clarify by expanding….to discourse at length… For three days in early July 2018, I worked with undergraduate, masters, and PhD students as one of three workshop tutors in the Accra Architecture Writing Workshop,… Continue reading Amplifying Local Voices on Ghana’s Built Environment: Accra Architecture Writing Workshop
Accra Architecture & Urbanism Writing Workshop, July 2018
The Accra Architecture & Urbanism Writing Workshop takes place Friday, July 6 through Sunday, July 8, 2018 in Accra, Ghana. The workshop is being instituted to coach a number of emerging Architectural and urban focused academics in West Africa to be able to write academic blog articles to initiate a West African Architecture and Urbanism… Continue reading Accra Architecture & Urbanism Writing Workshop, July 2018
Situating Spatial Appropriation within Decolonial & Feminist Frameworks: Thinking through Research Methodology
In September 2017, I began PhD studies at the Sheffield School of Architecture (SSoA) as part of a long desire to engage in research that examines spatial appropriation in two West African cities – Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria – with the aim of documenting and theorising about space from the local, southern perspectives of… Continue reading Situating Spatial Appropriation within Decolonial & Feminist Frameworks: Thinking through Research Methodology
Join the #TalkingSpaces Twitter Discussions on Child-Friendly Public Spaces
The city of Accra, Ghana, like others around Africa, is expanding at a rapid pace. The pressure on the ground in the metropolis to make way for urban development translates into the cutting down age-old trees, and the taking over of play grounds, parks, waterways, and other essential community resources. City authorities’ plans and the competing, uncoordinated priorities of city dwellers, vendors,… Continue reading Join the #TalkingSpaces Twitter Discussions on Child-Friendly Public Spaces
African Urbanism Conversations / 001 / Agbogbloshie
In this first African Urbanism Conversation, participants discuss the urban development, social, political, economic and environmental context of Agbogbloshie and Old Fadama, often typified as “Africa’s largest e-waste dump.” The conversation provides local context for a better understanding of what’s happening in Agbogbloshie and Old Fadama, and how the sites are intricately interlinked and connected to… Continue reading African Urbanism Conversations / 001 / Agbogbloshie
Sustainable Cities conference bridges cultures, demonstrates shared experiences on public spaces
The challenges of traffic congestion, civic engagement and shrinking public spaces are key themes for cities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region; these same challenges cut across West Africa’s cities, too. November 4-5, African Urbanism participated in the conference “Towards a Roadmap for Sustainable Cities in the MENA Region” in Beirut, Lebanon,… Continue reading Sustainable Cities conference bridges cultures, demonstrates shared experiences on public spaces