The Perils of Name Changes … and Alternatives.

Name changing of public spaces in resource tense, racialised societies? What are the alternatives for more productive dialogue, towards real transformation?

cultural policyZayd MintyJune 14, 2018cape town, race, city, citizen action, public space, heritage, cultural diversity, transformationComment

The Memorial as a Tool for Dialogue

We explore how monuments to conflicted pasts can be turned into opportunities for constructive dialogue and societal change?

public artZayd MintyApril 26, 2018public art, public space, cultural diversity, heritage, cape town, memorial, monument, city, urbanComment

Aesthetics of the Public: Cities in Vietnam

Our urban lives and spaces are shaped by our traumas and dreams. How is this expressed in Vietnamese cities? What is the role of our artists and heritage institutions?

cultural infrastructureZayd MintyApril 19, 2018vietnam, city, art, arts, public space, architecture, South east asia, urban, culture, visual arts, museums, heritageComment

The People's Cultural Policy

Africa's first local cultural policy was an exercise in participatory planning, drawing on the optimism of cultural bodies in Cape Town, who had been denied access previously to use their voice.

cultural policyZayd MintyMarch 1, 2018cape town, cultural diversity, cultural policy, arts, global south, heritage, culture, cultural centers, south africa, africaComment

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.

post-colonialismZayd MintyOctober 12, 2017bandung, global south, indonesia, culture, bandung conference, bandung declaration, afro-asia conference, creativity, urban, city, heritage, politics, non-aligned movement, creative cityComment

Culture and Socially Engaged Practices in Yogja

Yogja's dense cultural ecosystem supports a myriad of collectives and projects engaging in innovative, socially engaged practices.

participatory governance, socially engaged practiseZayd MintySeptember 20, 2017yogyakarta, Indonesia, social justice, global south, art, culture, cultural development, cultural leadership, collectives, city, urban, archives, heritage, South east asia, sustainability

Yogyakarta: A City on the Edge

Introducing Yogja as a city of culture and education: challenged economically and environmentally, but with a dense ecosystem of cutting edge arts practice.

socially engaged practiseZayd MintySeptember 13, 2017Indonesia, Yogyakarta, arts, culture, sustainability, city, urban, heritage, South east asia, global south, arts spaces, cultural policy, cultural centersComment

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