International Women’s Day 2018: taking aim at the patriarchy.
For all the gains made for and by women in academia, equal pay, under-representation, stereotypes, tokenism or imposter syndrome mean that there is still a long way to go. For International Women’s Day 2018 we’ve highlighted some of the papers that female academics at...
The do’s and don’ts of participatory urban planning
Suzette van der Walt A diverse group of students, community leaders and NGO representatives and academics recently came together at the University of Johannesburg to develop the ‘codes of engagement’; a short practical guide on participatory urban planning The main...
Voices from Accra
Introducing Old Fadama This article is based on Laura v. Puttkamer’s Master’s dissertation from August 2017, with a summary of research results, drawing on interviews with local experts, who at their wish remain anonymous. Old Fadama or ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’, as...