During 2014-2016 I coordinated the pilot project: “Design Strategies for enhancing service delivery in Solid Waste Management in Doornbach”. The project was a collaboration between the City’s Solid Waste Department, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), and residents of
Go inside the Cissie Gool House occupation of the old Woodstock Hospital in Cape Town undergoing a codesign process in this short film by Haroon Gunn-Salie. Produced by Human Rights Media Centre for International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. Featuring:
The organization of the festival took place within the Monitors group Training activity that is supported by the Woodstock Resident Association and from the Heinrich Böll Foundation – Cape Town office. The Monitoring group was recently established within the occupation.
“Kids as seeds of change” is a series of initiatives supporting the establishment of a Reggio Emilia inspired Early Childhood Education Centre in Samora Machel (Philippi), and is part of the Open Design Afrika festival. One of the initiatives will
We believe it important to recognize the City as a Commons. The principal function of the City is to be the common house of the people who live there, the place where social life is built, where the varying needs
17 August 2017 First meeting, eight Civic Associations in Cape Town met to explore the possibility of a Civic-led By-law on participation Observatory Community Centre 9 September 2017 Co-design workshop attended by 20 participants from 10 civic structures brainstormed broad principles for a
People’s Bylaw Manifesto for a new Civic Participation Bylaw in Cape Town On the 17th August 2017, eight Civic Associations in Cape Town (Bo Kaap Civic Association, Observatory Civic Association – OCA, Phillipi Horticultural Association, Pinelands Ratepayers Association, Sybrand Park
The commons is a hardy, resilient mode of coordination and production that has existed since the dawn of human history. But in modern times, the commons has been largely eclipsed by the market/state and unsustainable fantasies of economic growth, consumerism,
The Woodstock Residents’ Association and the Salt River Residents’ Association proposes the creation of a Neighbourhood Innovation Labs. The NIL would be a neighbourhood-based partnership with the City of Cape Town to: co-design activities and explore possible solution for Woodstock