Research

Published articles

• Public Art in South Africa: Visual Culture, Creative Spaces and New Geographies. in Visual Century Vol. 5.
• Social Cohesion and the World Cup. SA Reconciliation Barometer Blog and Newsletter (August 2010).
• A Space Where We Can Cross The Boundaries: Opinion piece in the Cape Times (14/5/2010)
• Book Review on: Urban tourism in the developing world: the South African experience (2007), edited by Christian M Rogerson and Gustav Visser.  In Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events Vol. 1, No. 1, March 2009, 95–104
• Culture and the Right to the City: Diversity in the Cultural Ecology of Cape Town. Isandla (2007)
• The Freedom to Dream?  Urban Transformations Through Cultural Practises in Douala, in Babina L and Douala Bell, M (eds) Douala in Transition: A View of the City and its Creative Transformative Potentials. Rotterdam Episode Publishers. (2007). Including a shortened version of the article, entitled The Freedom to Dream (2008).  ART South Africa Vol. 8, Issue 03.  pp 64 – 68.
• Goema Fantasy. Published in the Sao Paulo Biennale Catalogue (2007)
• Post Apartheid Public Art in Cape Town: Symbolic Reparations and Public Space. Urban Studies Vol 43, No 2   Routledge (February 2006)
• Breaching Borders: Using Culture in Cape Town’s Central City for Social Change:  Isandla Dark Roast Papers (2005) Volume 2 No 8/9
• Making Place: The Art of Moving in Prince Claus Journal #11 Special Issue on Asylum and Migration (2004)
• Heating the Pot: Alternative Creative Spaces in Durban. In Falken G (ed) Inheriting the Flame; New writing on Community Arts in South Africa.  AMAC, Cape Town (2004)
• Finding the Post-Black Position. In Bedford E (ed) A Decade of Democracy. South African Art 1994-2004 from the Permanent Collection of Iziko:  South African National Gallery. Cape Town, Double Storey Books. (2004)
• Making Place. Essay and introduction for A Place Called Home catalogue (2004)
• Blac Bows Out.  Article in Arthrob (2003)
• Returning the Gaze Art catalogue introduction (2001)
• BLAC in South Africa in Total Global: (set of publications on global art/Switzerland) (2001)
• South Meets West. Art review in www.artthrob.co.za (1999)
• Asian Drum and Bass Explosion. Article in Indigo Magazine (1999)

Selected Conferences and Workshops

• The Names We Give: Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts.  University of Cape Town. Cape Town (13-15 May 2011) Speaker
• Metropolis Conference: Copenhagen, Denmark (July 2010).  Invited speaker – paper entitled Bridging Boundaries in Cape Town.
• Post Per-Form: Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts.  University of Cape Town. (2010). Keynote speaker.
• Urban Challenges in Brazil and South Africa: Creating an Agenda for Research and Education Co-operation.IPPUR, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (10 – 13 September 2007) delivered a paper: “Johannesburg and Culture led Urban Regeneration. The Burden of the Global on the Informal and Unequal City”
• Local Racism, Global Apartheid. South Africa as a Mirror. CCCB, Barcelona, Spain (27-28 September 2007).  Invited speaker.
• Cape Town 2025. Isandla Institute/City of Cape Town, Cape Town (14 – 15 July 2005) Invited Speaker.
• Changing Boundaries: Architectural History in Transition. Inha/SAH. Paris, France (30 Aug – 4 Sept 2005) delivered a paper “Putting the heart back into Cape Town’s central city: The struggle for District Six in 2005”
• The National Arts Festival. Grahamstown. Invited speaker at the main festival’s Winter School (1 July 2005).  Delivered a paper: From Roots to Routes: Cross Cultural Confluences between Indonesia and South Africa – on a festival production: Spice Root.
• Debate on UNDP Human Development Report: Positive impact of Migration. Invited by the Prince Claus Fund as a speaker. Utrecht, Netherlands (2 December 2004). 
• East City Investment and Development Conference. Cape Town (21 October 2004)
• Art and Housing Conference, Pretoria. Invitation of BASA, Department of Arts and Culture and the Department of Housing.  Delivered paper: Critical Public Arts Practice in Cape Town from 1997. (November 2003). 
• Theorising city spaces and urban development from Southern Africa. Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom (July 2003).  Delivered paper: Critical Public Arts Practice in Cape Town from 1997. (November 2003).
• Transaction of Public Culture. (CSPS) Cape Town (10/11 January 2003) Co-presentation of paper with Lucy Alexander: Liberating Memories : Challenges of Developing an 80s archive
• UKUZA – UK – SA Colloquium on Identity. British Council. Cape Town (April 2002). Invited Speaker
• 10^th International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA). Paris, France (8-10 December 2000). Delivered a paper: “BLAC: A Digital Network”.
• Total Global – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art; Basel, Switzerland (September 2000) Invited Speaker.
• Telstra Adelaide Festival’s Artists Week (1998). Adelaide, Australia. Invited Speaker

Selected Residencies and Workstudy

• Arts Et Urbis.  Doualla, Cameroon (March 2007). Invitation of Doual’art and I Strike
• Brazil (16 April – 31 May 2002 / 28 Jan – 21 Feb 2005) Self initiated and funded
• Rockefeller Fellowship at the Centre for Public Scholarship: Emory University, Atlanta, USA (January 2001- July 2001) 6 month programme research work on BLAC and A Place Called Home
• Switzerland: (June and September 2000). Pro Helvetia invitation
• South meets West: contemporary art exhibition and curatorial workshop (1999) (Accra, Ghana). Pro Helvetia invitation
• Research into Arts Organisations in Australia (March 1998) Meeting arts organizations in Sydney, Adeliade and Brisbane to develop the South-South dialogue project in preparation for “Isintu”
• International Visitors Programme/US Information Agency (June-July 1997) USIS Invitation
• Research into UK and Swedish Cultural Organisations (March-April 1995) British Council and SIDA invitation.
• Oberhausen Short Film Festival (February 1994) invited guest through the Film & Allied Workers Org.