participatory governance — Creative City South

Can stories help those of us involved in cultural development with relevant new ideas to help improve practise? There is a paucity of popular writing on culture and cities from the perspective of the global South. By telling you inspiring, context driven stories about culture in the global South, this site sets out to fill the gap a bit and help shift perspectives towards an improved urban cultural governance practise. You will find stories here that explore how culture has been used in different contexts and cities.

Posts in participatory governance

Culture-Led Placemaking in Johannesburg: Practitioner Perspectives

Culture-Led Placemaking in Johannesburg: Practitioner Perspectives

How can culture be best mobilised in neighbourhood development in Johannesburg? A colloquium exploring the importance of a community of practice.

participatory governance, socially engaged practise, cultural democracyZayd MintyOctober 30, 2019cultural diversity, urban, culture, cultural space, neighbourhood, cultural justice, cultural leadership, cultural mapping, culture-led placemakingComment

Sound Bites and Sound Data – the Newtown Plan revisited

Sound Bites and Sound Data – the Newtown Plan revisited

Messages for Newtown: better research, improved engagement with cultural stakeholders and the valuing of culture in city making.

cultural infrastructure, cultural policy, participatory governanceZayd MintyJuly 25, 2019newtown, city, creativity, creative industry, cultural diversity, cultural district, cultural policy, cultural cluster, urban development, johannesburgComment

Integration and Urban Innovation

Integration and Urban Innovation

A festival to foster creative, collaborative, problem solving, for a more integrated and just Cape Town.

socially engaged practise, participatory governanceZayd MintyAugust 9, 2018cultural space, culture, city, urban, research, cape town, innovation, social justice, interculturalComment

Transformational Glitches: The New South Africa's Cultural Policy

Transformational Glitches: The New South Africa's Cultural Policy

Plotting the path, and critiquing, the development of South Africa’s post-apartheid cultural policy.

cultural policy, participatory governanceZayd MintyJanuary 25, 2018south africa, social justice, sustainability, culture, art, apartheid, politics, artsComment

Before the Water Runs Out: The Challenges Facing Cape Town

Before the Water Runs Out: The Challenges Facing Cape Town

Cape Town's looming water crisis is an opportunity to explore participatory democracy, as a way to solve complex problems together.

participatory governanceZayd MintyNovember 2, 2017cape town, city, urban, culture, water, sustainability, governance Comment

The Bandung Creative City Experiment

The Bandung Creative City Experiment

Bandung is a unique creative city experiment, developed by citizens from its creative sector, and adopted by its municipality.

creative cities, participatory governanceZayd MintyOctober 5, 2017bandung, Indonesia, creative economy, creative city, creative industry, creativity, innovation, urban, public space, cities, citizen action, global south, South east asia

Culture and Socially Engaged Practices in Yogja

Culture and Socially Engaged Practices in Yogja

Yogja's dense cultural ecosystem supports a myriad of collectives and projects engaging in innovative, socially engaged practices.

participatory governance, socially engaged practiseZayd MintySeptember 20, 2017yogyakarta, Indonesia, social justice, global south, art, culture, cultural development, cultural leadership, collectives, city, urban, archives, heritage, South east asia, sustainability

Bersama Sama: Togetherness as a strategy for sustainable cultural change in Indonesia

Bersama Sama: Togetherness as a strategy for sustainable cultural change in Indonesia

Collectivization, as a strategy to address sustainability through culture, is rooted in Indonesia's complex history.

participatory governance, post-colonialismZayd MintySeptember 7, 2017Indonesia, culture, art, city, urban, South east asia, global south, creativity, colonialism, sustainabilityComment