Wangui Kimari’s keynote on Water, Coloniality, Disobedience in which she walked us through the history of Nairobi through water. Using Flow, Foe and Folly she showed us the colonial logics of developmental urbanism. Chaired by Sylvia Croese #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social

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Mentoring session spiced up with practicality of how practitioners from the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) work with different data for development. @acc-uct.bsky.social

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Biruk Terrefe gave a brilliant keynote on the politics of water through the different ontologies that crystallize its meanings from chemical properties to geopolitics. @acc-uct.bsky.social @terrefebiruk.bsky.social

Hugo ka Canham’s brilliant keynote on Seed ecologies and planetary Black care. He illuminated the global racial capitalism shaping seed colonialism and neoliberalism ideology of sameness dictating our diets. From Mozambique, Kenya, Brazil to the core of his mum’s plot. Chaired by Mwangi Mwaura

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Archiving the city session exposed us to various ways Addis Ababa practitioners are navigating against the current of erasures. Panel: Endrias Teklu (Andimta), Salem Mekuria (Generational Perspectives), Daniel Temesgen ግምጃ. Chaired by Maheder Gebremedhin @acc-uct.bsky.social

Second day of #UTADo2026, Keynote by Iromi Perera on their work in Colombo, advocating for a Just City. Insightful lessons on Urban Food, Injustices caused by different ‘modern’ infrastructure projects and the work by communities to gap fill after @colombourbanlab.bsky.social @acc-uct.bsky.social

Grounding ourselves through Yousuf Al Bulushi’s Keynote on Fanon in the City #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social

Finished the day with first session of the special week-long dedicated writing track facilitated by Sylvia Croese and Liz Rose Cirolia @urbanstudiesfoundation.org @acc-uct.bsky.social

Laying the basis for the week by discussing what is Southern Orientation? Led by Wangui Kimari
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Let the day break!

A lovely start of our 2026 UTA-Do workshop in Addis Ababa! #UTADo2026
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Black, magenta and an edge data center on the cover of my book about Nairobi, smartphones, platforms, standards, venture capital and digital China. Out in the boreal fall this year 🪩 with U California Press (and OA)

Reminder that applications for the UTA-Do 2026 workshop happening in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from February 9-13 are still open. This time round, we have 10 full scholarships available through the Wagon2Africa project. Read more here: sites.google.com/view/uta-do/...

Apply by 30 September 2025!

Apply for the UTA-Do 2026 workshop happening in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from February 9-13. This time round, we have 10 full scholarships available through the Wagon2Africa project. Read more here: sites.google.com/view/uta-do/...

Apply by 30 September 2025!

Calling all scholars in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, and other eligible countries! 🎓 The UTA-Do African Cities Summer School 2026 has 10 full scholarships available through the Wagon2Africa project. Apply! Deadline: Sept 30, 2025. @andretwp.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/uta-do/...