Citizens’ Collective: Opening Panel Un-visioning Cities
04 mei 2022 16:00 t/m 17:00 - Locatie: Online, BigBlueButton | Zet in mijn agenda
Cities are facing huge functional, social and environmental challenges. With the changing climate, the constant flux of [forced] migration and growing economies, urban areas are continually transforming. This outlook has nudged municipal authorities around the world to leverage different imaginaries: positive-energy districts, smart cities, 15-minute neighbourhoods, the feminist city, net-zero, and so on.
Commitments like this raise several questions: What does the future of cities look like? How should we live and work in the future city? Which urban values will we hold in the future? How do we plan and govern the cities of the future? What methods and approaches should we use to shape future cities?
In this edition:
Prof. Geci Karuri-Sebina
Visiting Associate Professor, Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
Prof. Arturo Escobar
Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, UNC, Chapel Hill; Adjunct Professor, PhD Program in Design and Creation, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia
Thireshen Govender
Director, Architect & Urban Designer (UrbanWorks); Unit Leader (Graduate School of Architecture, University of Johannesburg), South Africa