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..
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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..
Read moreSpatial Justice and Reconciliation Conference – Report 2017
On 31 May 2017, the research groups Spatial Justice and Reconciliation and Ubuntu research project collaborated and hosted a one day conference: Spatial Justice and Reconciliation. It was held at Thembelihle Village, 83 Struben Street, Pretoria. Authors were invited to present papers that were published in the special 2016 HTS Spatial Justice edition, flowing from a previous joint consultation..
Read more“Rainbow: premise or promise?” Consultation on Social Cohesion and Reconciliation – Report 2013
From 22-23 August 2013, 59 people gathered in Cafe Burgundy’s at the University of Pretoria to consider the status of reconciliation and social cohesion in South Africa today. The Consultation adopted the format of story-telling and world cafe, allowing for intense interaction and conversation in a safe space, surfacing critical themes and issues, articulating these into 7 questions,..
Read moreFaith in the City – Report 2017
The Centre for Contextual Ministry is hosted in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria. Since 2012 the Centre has a specific research project entitled “Faith in the city” with as sub-title “the (dis)engagement of church and theology in relation to healing urban fractures, with specific reference to the City of Tshwane”. What started as an..
Read morePathways out of Homelessness Report – 2015
The Pathways out of Homelessness research report is a result of a transdisciplinary research project with more than 40 researchers from various faculties such as Theology, Social Work, Family Medicine, Architecture, Law, Urban Design, Anthropology, and others. Part of the research process, a summit was held to create a platform for practitioners, policymakers, politicians, people who are..
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