DECOLONIALITY - NEW ROLES FOR
HISTORY AND THEORY IN DESIGN
AND ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION ?
Friday
mini-conference
8/9/2017
FADA LG 010
Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning in Art and Design
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Corner Bunting Road and Canary Street,
Auckland Park, Johannesburg
Enquiries: stand@uj.ac.za
ALL ARE WELCOME
New roles for history and theory? History and theory
after colonialism and apartheid.
Tariq Toffa, Department of Architecture, UJ.
8:40 – 9:00
Theory with history; modernity, reproduction and the right to the city in
South African History
Dr Nafisa Essop Sheik, Department of Historical Studies, UJ.
9:00 – 9:30
Uncomfortable inheritances: thinking decoloniality in a post/apartheid setting
Dr Ruth Lipschitz, Department of Multimedia, UJ.
9:30– 10:00
Teaching foundational History and Theory of Architecture as a survey course
Sonja Spamer, The School of Architecture, Planning & Geomatics, UCT.
10:00– 10:30
Tafuri in Africa: architectural history and epistemic shift
Hannah Le Roux, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, Wits.
11:00 – 11:30
Teaching deep history to first year architecture students:
A phenomenological approach
Dr Sechaba Maape, The School of Architecture,
School of Architecture and Planning, Wits.
11:30 – 12:00
Plus special FADA School Talk, Department of Architecture
Sonja Spamer, The School of Architecture,
Planning & Geomatics, UCT
Thursday 7 September
2:30pm - 3:15pm