Sound Bites and Sound Data – the Newtown Plan revisited

Messages for Newtown: better research, improved engagement with cultural stakeholders and the valuing of culture in city making.

cultural infrastructure, cultural policy, participatory governanceZayd MintyJuly 25, 2019newtown, city, creativity, creative industry, cultural diversity, cultural district, cultural policy, cultural cluster, urban development, johannesburgComment

Working Together: Cape Town's Bid for World Design Capital 2014

The power of networks and a tight deadline. The conditions and the processes behind Cape Town's successful bid for World Design Capital 2014.

creative citiesZayd MintyDecember 7, 2017cape town, south africa, social justice, world design capital, network, global south, culture, creativity, creative economy, creative industry, world cup, apartheidComment

Cape Town's Two City Tale of Culture

Design and the Divided City: Culture and the transformative potential of Creativity. Part one in a series on Cape Town's journey to becoming World Design Capital 2014.

creative citiesZayd MintyNovember 30, 2017creative city, cape town, world design capital, culture, apartheid, urban, innovation, creativity, creative economy, creative industry, designComment

Anointed Creative: The UNESCO Creative Cities Network

The UNESCO Creative Cities Network is a vital learning space, towards addressing sustainability challenges by mobilising culture, creativity and innovation.

creative citiesZayd MintyNovember 9, 2017UNESCO, sustainability, creative city, creativity, creative economy, creative industry, culture, urban development, city, urban, innovation, chiang mai, cape town, bandung, durbanComment

The Cultural District in Newtown, Johannesburg

The cultural district project in Newtown, Johannesburg is a 41 year old initiative which started as an organic cultural cluster, before it was taken over by local government.

cultural infrastructureZayd MintyOctober 26, 2017johannesburg, cultural centers, culture, art, creativity, cultural policy, cultural development, social justice, cultural space, cultural district, heritage, cultural planning, city, urban, newtown, cultural clusterComment

A Bandung Heritage: the Afro-Asia Conference 1955

The Afro-Asia Conference, held in Bandung in 1955, was a landmark event for rethinking the global south: its heritage is worth remembering and reflecting on.