A call is made for a research agenda that furthers the use of culture for inclusive and sustainable urban development in South Africa.
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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.
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What can we learn from the archives of the 1980's, a time of political and cultural resistance globally? We look at the period and a project that commemorated its importance.
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Looking at the discourse building, culture initiative, BLAC, and its projects to further dialogue, publishing and advocacy in a divided Cape Town (1998-2003). How have things shifted since?
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Plotting the path, and critiquing, the development of South Africa’s post-apartheid cultural policy.
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The coupling of race with cultural policy has long roots in South Africa. If we understood this better, and worked with the symbolic more creatively, could it help us bring about a non-racial future?
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WDC14 had notable successes, but ultimately did not achieve its primary objective to use design as a tool for transformation in Cape Town. Why did this happen?
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The power of networks and a tight deadline. The conditions and the processes behind Cape Town's successful bid for World Design Capital 2014.
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