Photo: Residents and taxi drivers held a peaceful protest against looting and taxi violence on 19 July 2021 in Vrygond, Capricorn and Lavender Hill ,Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)This article was published by The Daily Maverick and can be found here21 July 2021 Applying the principles of restorative justice in our approach..
Read moreWE CANNOT CONTINUE LIKE THIS: Facing modernity in Africa and the West
Synopsis The book is based on the view that the present trajectory of modern development cannot continue as it is now because it is ecologically unsustainable, it continues to enlarge the gap between rich and poor, and the decolonialisation movement has drawn our attention again to the specific role of religion, culture and value in..
Read moreResearch Report 2021 Homelessness And Covid 19 In The City Of Tshwane
During the Covid-19 lockdown in the City of Tshwane, homeless people and those caring for them experienced dramatic and large-scale change, taking place over the course of a few days. This report documents the impact, response to and some outcomes of these events. It also offers recommendations based on collective lessons learnt. Some of the..
Read moreInside a Pandemic: Vulnerability, Imagination, Innovation in the city of Tshwane – Report 2020
At the end of 2020, the Centre for Faith and Community also published its annual report calledHealing urban Fractures: this year’s subtitle is: Inside a Pandemic: Vulnerability, Imagination,Innovation in the city of Tshwane. This work, reflects on the work of the Centre and a plethoraof NGOs, Churches, Government departments, University Department of both the University..
Read moreHomelessness and Covid-19 in the City of Tshwane: Doing liberation theology undercover – A conversation with Ivan Petrella
Ivan Petrella argues that the goals of liberation theology can sometimes be better served by doing it undercover. This article reflects on responses to homelessness during Covid-19 in the City of Tshwane, describing and reflecting upon it from the perspective of a researcher theologian as well as activist-urbanist. It employed two lenses in its reflection:..
Read moreA reflection on Vuyani Vellem’s longing for liberation: A spirituality of life and freedom
Vuyani Vellem was insistent on fostering a spirituality that could ground and sustain resistance of death as expressed in multiple unfreedoms, and the quest for life and freedom in abundance. After naming a number of themes evident in the life of Vuyani – ranging from racism and pigmentocracy to the managerialist university and the shackled..
Read moreA practical theology of liberation: Mimetic theory, liberation theology and practical theology
In this article, the authors bring two personal journeys together: one author’s liberationist journey, sparked by a search for justice and liberation in the slums of Guatemala City, and the other’s lifelong commitment to practical theology and spatial justice in South Africa. A practical theology of liberation is the result of life experiences in countries..
Read moreMigration, precariousness, and the linked lives of newcomers in Hong Kong
We develop the concept of linked lives to deepen understanding of the relationship between migration and precarity. Linked lives and precariousness are mutually constitutive as they embed subjects in the social, spatial, and temporal relations of everyday life while referencing transitions, trajectories, and biographies that unfold through the life course. Studying linked lives draws attention..
Read moreCity-making from below: A call for communities of resistance and reconstruction
This article laments the exclusion of small, local communities, voices and visions, from participating in making the city. It makes a case for ‘small communities’ practising resistance and reconstruction in multiple ways and places. Instead of viewing such actions as naïve or a-political, it calls for an understanding of such practices as alternatives to ‘top-down’..
Read more2019 Report – Urban Studio: Healing Urban Fractures
This report describes the work of the Urban Studio, a collaborative project initiated between the Centre for Faith and Community at the University of Pretoria, and the Tshwane Leadership Foundation, committed – through deep immersions – to contribute to the healing of urban fractures, through:- Building leadership (capacity-building and education),- Doing engaged research- Documenting local..
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