Festival of Commons
7 – 8 March 2O2O
Festival of Commons
Cape Town, towards a new By-Law on collaboration between citizens and the City
By Andrea Couvert This article was originally publish by LABSUS Cape Town, 17 August 2017: eight civic organisations, including Woodstock Residents’ Association, of which I am a member, met to discuss if and how to prepare a proposal for a
Cissie Gool House Commons Festival
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.
Co-design workshop – Kids as seeds of change
“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
Open Design – Cape Town as a Democratic Common
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
Civic Action for Public Participation – Timeline
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
Proposal for a new By-law on Public Participation in Cape Town
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
Free, Fair and Alive – The insurgent power of the Commons
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,
Three key focus areas for civic associations
By Andrea Couvert The Bo-Kaap struggle has reached the media. We have seen the national and local police acting directly against the citizens to defend the speculators’ private interest, and we have seen developers use private security companies not only
Neighbourhood Innovation Labs
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