We closed #UTADo2026 by watching the beautiful documentary #MadeinEthiopia at the Goethe Institut. The documentary sparked debates on capitalism and its scalar violences, geopolitics and much more @acc-uct.bsky.social
A lively discussion on Energy, Finance and Technology in African Cities between Biniyam Bekele of FCDO and Henol Assefa of Precise Ethiopia moderat d by Liza Rose Cirolia #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social
Sylvia Croese’s keynote on Gradualism as it manifests in political governance and development projects across Angola. Chaired by Biruk Terrefe #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social
Exploring #AddisAbaba through the Feeling/walking the city session of #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social
#UTADo2026 visited the Yimtubezina Museum where we learnt its history and its significance as a space that reflects public–private interaction, negotiation, and coexistence. We also caught their current exhibition @acc-uct.bsky.social
#UTADo2026 writing track participants discussing common paper structures before delving into drafting their paper abstracts based on discussion from previous day guided by Sylvia Croese and Liza Rose Cirolia @acc-uct.bsky.social @urbanstudiesfoundation.org
#UTADo2026 writing track participants closed off the wee by discussing the peer review process: how to receive, analyse, work with and respond to reviews. They also developed the plan towards developing the papers they have been working on this week. @acc-uct.bsky.social @urbanstudiesfoundation.org
CUL Director Iromi Perera delivered a keynote at the 2026 @uta-do.bsky.social workshp in Addis Ababa.
Iromi brought CUL's interdisciplinary work on Colombo's working class and informal sector into conversation with critical urban thinkers across the Global South.
Matthew Wakhungu of #KDI interactive session on projects of repair and corrective approaches to unjust urban life. Participants discussed what urban peripheries they interact with in their work #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social
Urban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do)
Urban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do)
Urban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do)
Urban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do)
Urban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do)
Urban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do)
Urban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do)
Urban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do)
What a wonderful week we had at #UTADo2026 in Addis Ababa, hosted by the Urban Center. Looking forward to future editions!
Colombo Urban Lab
Biruk Terrefe
#UTADo2026
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
