South Africa
Power ToolsIt is time to rethink the significance of design in our urbanizing world. This is one of the many things that I have learned from communities linked to Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Design can be seen as a political tool to support the poor to bridge the divides that exist in cities in the Global South. Design with the Other 90%: Cities, Exhibition, cities, urban, urbanization, Shack/Slum Dwellers International, SDI, Cape Town, South Africa, Philippi, informal, informal settlements, community, government, partnerships |
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PitchIn March 2011, a soccer tournament was staged in KwaThema, a township 45km east of Johannesburg, South Africa. The players, in the weeks running up to it, had practiced in “keep-fit” games and cleaned up piles of rubbish in the park. Design with the Other 90%: Cities, Exhibition, South Africa, soccer, football, space, field, pitch, grassroots, top down, informal settlement, township, infrastructure |
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