Edging Forward: The Cultural Governance Research Agenda for South African Cities

Academics in Cape Town explore enlivening an agenda for research on cultural governance for sustainable cities in South Africa, by sharing their work.

cultural policyZayd MintySeptember 6, 2018culture, research, global south Comment

Integration and Urban Innovation

A festival to foster creative, collaborative, problem solving, for a more integrated and just Cape Town.

Chiang Mai: Cultural Justice in the Creative City

Using creative city initiatives to further cultural and environmental justice agendas in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Hip Hop and Youth Development in Cape Town

Can cultural projects targeting at-risk youth effect sustainable socio-economic transformation in cities, and if so how?

youth developmentZayd MintyJuly 12, 2018culture, youth, youth development, music, dance, hip-hop, city, cape town, artsComment

Cape Town's Shrinking Public Sphere?

Is Cape Town’s diverse, democratic public sphere shrinking and if so in what way? What possibilities do new cultural spaces offer? What actions may be needed to improve the situation?

Zayd MintyJune 28, 2018 Comments

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

Crafting Crisis: How the State Undermines Creative Industries

Can a transformed South African creative economy ecosystem come to being without state investment in industry support bodies?

Is the Newtown Cultural Precinct Project Dead?

The Newtown Cultural Precinct project in Johannesburg has been in a slump for many years. Can city planning save it and if so how will it change?

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