17 Quarter 2 Production Studies International Conference 2024 (PSIC2024) March 2024 Decolonisation, International Collaboration Beyond Africa Hosted by Newcastle University PSIC2024 brings together over 100 researchers from around the globe to debate and advance the critical understanding of relations between architectural design and the production and labour of building. Simphiwe Mlambo’s presentation discussed the archival history of Johannesburg, highlighting the post-apartheid museums as complex networks reflecting mass black deathrelated landscapes. It explored the parasitic relationship between apartheid urban production and the creation of these museums, where the death of black bodies is capitalised on for economic gain. The presentation delved into Dark tourism and necro politics, examining how colonial power influences who lives and dies to maintain urban production. It also analysed the transformation of spaces that once subjugated black bodies into postapartheid museums through Cartographies of Cleansing. Scape Magazine Nairobi Visit 15 – 19 April Pan African The Department of Landscape Architecture at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Nairobi, one of a few schools on the African continent that offers landscape architecture, invited Dr Saidi to serve as an external examiner for their landscape architecture programmes. Dr Saidi examined the undergraduate and master’s programmes in Landscape Architecture, interviewing staff and students. Dr Saidi noted that the programmes in landscape programmes offered at JKAUT offer fresh insights and understanding for landscape architecture opportunities in African cities.
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