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African Perspectives Conference, 2009 Table of Contents |
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Front matter | |
Conference Themes | |
Keynote Addresses (The (historical) identity of the African City Centre) | |
AbdouMaliq, Simone | Economic heterogeneity and the return of the central city |
Keynote Addresses (The African City Centre in a contemporary global context) | |
Addo, Joe | The City Centre – An introduction to the video entitled 'Mapping Accra' |
Keynote Addresses (The future life of the African City Centre) | |
Wolff, Heinrich | Imagining Urban Futures |
Refereed papers | |
Selection and referee process | |
By Theme | |
Theme - The (historical) identity of the African City Centre | |
De Boeck, F., Cassiman, A. & Van Wolputte, S.
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Recentering the City: An Anthropology of Secondary Cities in Africa |
Gantner, G. |
The urban market: Social and Spatial Configurations in the African City |
Gruffydd,Jones B. |
‘Cities Without Slums’? Global architectures of power and the African city |
Ogbu, L. | |
Theme - The African City Centre in a contemporary global context | |
Andersen, J. |
Meanings and perceptions of the built environment in peri-urban areas of Maputo, Mozambique |
Jenkins, P. |
Xilunguine, Lourenço Marques, Maputo - structure and agency in urban form: past, present and future |
Newton, C. |
UniverCity-Centre: the university as an anchor and its capacity for democratizing urban space |
Beeckmans, L. | |
Githua, B. | |
Matos M.C., Ramos, T.B. & Costa, L.P. | |
Osasona, C., Ogunshakin, L. & Jiboye, D. | Ile-Ife: A Cultural Phenomenon in the Throes of Transformation |
Theme - The future life of the African City Centre | |
Baumeister, J. & Knebel, N. | |
Geurts, E. | |
Olweny, M.R.O. & Olweny, C.L.M. | |
Viana, D. |
African City: towards a new paradigm – ‘chameleonic’ urbanism for hybrid cities |
Afram, S.O. & Olympio, G.F.A. |
The woes of a ‘’Straight-jacketed’ Central Business District’: The case study of Odum, Kumasi |
Le Roux, H. |
Coffeemanifesto: sampling instant and slow spaces in the African city |
Müller, B. | |
Musa, A. & Van Kats, R.H.C. |
Diagnoses on Cairo City. Reflective Analyses of Ramses Square |
Nawangwe, B. | The Evolution of the Kibuga into Kampala’s City Centre – Analysis of the transformation of an African cityeme |
Refereed Multimedia Presentation | |
Coralli, M. & Palumbo, M.A | Territories in Motion. From Cotonou, an audiovisual approach for an African perspective on city centre futures |
Invited Speaker: Introduction to the locale of the Conference | |
Hansen, L.C. | Urban interventions: approach to urban regeneration in South Africa since 1994 |
Refereed Poster Presentations | |
Gantner, G. | Garden city settlements: The lingering effects of urban design policy in Lusaka. |
Martusewicz, C. & Cumberbatch, T. | Learning from earth: An exploration and reinterpretation of vernacular building. |
Moreira, P. | Modernism vs Capitalism in the city of red sand and black gold: Contemporary paradoxes in Luanda, Angola. |
Sirron-Kakpor, I. | Working on cities: An experience from Kumasi, Ghana. |
Vio, G. | |
Poster Presentations | |
Imhoff, J.H. et al. | The Royal Trees: The true garden city; an ecologically sound city for the present and future generations. |
Sirron-Kakpor, I. et al. | Sub-Center Commerce Corridor. |
Waijer, P. et al. | Stretching social structures: Adapt the urban compound to present living. |
Oosterwaal, A. et al. | Ayigya works: Creating opportunities for the self-employed women of Ayigya. |
Back Matter | |