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Under African Skies, Day 2: Informal Settlements
by Ares Kalandides It is not only in the “global South” that people tend to move to and gather around large cities. It is rather a phenomenon that can be found in all places where rural and small-town...
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Under African Skies Day 4, Diepsloot
Diepsloot with the school in the foreground by Ares Kalandides Papi is an actor, a guide, a choreographer (I’m sure I forgot several other things) – and above all he is the chairman of the Diepsloot...
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Under African Skies, Day 5: What is an architect?
by Ares Kalandides Sumayya Vally is on the phone trying to coordinate the lot before the new toilets for the settlement are delivered. CORC, the NGO she works with, has arranged for two new booths to...
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Under African Skies Coda: The White European
Diepsloot from above by Ares Kalandides It is not without a certain degree of apprehension that I wrote the five short blog entries about my experiences in Johannesburg last week (see here for the 1st,...
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THE [IN]FORMAL CITY _ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Diepsloot, Jo’burg, from above PROJECT SUMMARY You can download the full call here. This call for participation is addressed to students and young professionals (incl. PhD candidates) who want to work...
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Notes from the South (End): An Unexpected and Personal Post-Scriptum
by Ares Kalandides Between my last blog entry and today a major event occurred: Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s national hero and an icon of freedom movements worldwide passed away. Although Mandela had...
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