by Amira Osman | Dec 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
COMPETING FOR SPACE, POWER AND AUTHORITY IN THE CITY AND ON CAMPUS by Amira Osman Presented at the STAND, FADA, UJ seminar titled Decolonising architectural education and spatial justice On 9th September 2016 The talk started by a critique of the current condition of...
by Amira Osman | Dec 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
“The reflective “professor of protest”: architecture, space and the built environment” is a rather long read on my reflections on 2016 and some thinking about 2017 in terms of my teaching in housing and urban policy. For a short version, please download...
by Amira Osman | Nov 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
The full presentation I gave at the BCO Convention, hosted by the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the City of Ekurhuleni and Emperor’s Palace, Johannesburg on the 24th November 2016, is...
by Amira Osman | Nov 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
This talk was presented to DSD DESIS LAB (http://www.designsocietydevelopment.org) on the 19th of August 2016. PARTS 1: dsd-desis-lab-pp-082016-1 PART 2: dsd-desis-lab-pp-082016-2_2 PART 3: dsd-desis-lab-pp-082016-3 The talk was comprised of THREE parts, presenting...
by Amira Osman | Nov 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
http://sotlforsocialjustice.blogspot.co.za/2016/11/the-role-of-socially-engaged-academic.html “Amira who is originally from Sudan started by reading from the introduction of Amin Maalouf ‘s book “Disordered World: A vison for the post 9/11 world”. She quoted a...
by Amira Osman | Oct 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 2016 It has taken a full year of reflection and now the launch of the book is near. UJ_UNIT2 2015: ARCHITECTURE AND AGENCY; DESIGN | MAKE | TRANSFORM; Editor: Amira Osman; ISBN 978-0-620-73562-9; Publisher: Department of Architecture, Faculty of...
