From drpeters at umich.edu Sun Oct 12 01:02:27 2014 From: drpeters at umich.edu (Derek Peterson) Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 19:02:27 -0400 Subject: [Sugarman] African Studies in the Digital Age readings References: Message-ID: <0075F803-7CBF-42D2-8C22-4E1BCF919EF0@umich.edu> Dear all: This goes to those who are in one way or another involved in 'African Studies in the Digital Age', which is to begin in the space of a month. We have a workshop website: it can be found at this hyperlink. Or see the most up-to-date version of the schedule in the attached Word document. The program is very full and varied, and it all promises to be a great deal of fun. But it will not be a bed of roses: there is some preparatory work to be done. The various presenters have suggested some shared reading for all of us to do. I have attached the relevant texts here, formatted generally as PDFs. The reading is structured as follows: For Monday, 10 November, read: 1. Hofmeyr, Portable Bunyan (attached), AND Hofmeyr's newest book _Gandhi's Printing Press: Experiments with Slow Reading_ (Harvard, 2013), which participants should please purchase, or (slowly) read at the library, in advance. For Tuesday, 11 November, read: 2. Keith Breckenridge, 'The Politics of the Parallel Archive,' JSAS 40 (3) (2014), 499-519. 3. Premesh Lalu, 'The virtual stampede for Africa,' Innovation 34 (June 2007). 4. Taylor, Rockenbach and Bond, 'Archives and the past,' in Barringer and Wallace, eds., _African Studies in the Digital Age_ (Brill, 2014). For Friday, 14 November, read: 5. Peter Limb, 'Towards mainstreaming and African control of African digitization,' Innovation 34 (June 2007). 6. Excerpts from Center for Research Libraries, Focus on Global Resources 29 (Summer 2010). 7. Peter Limb, 'The ANC's First newspaper recovered,' manuscript. 8. Peter Limb, 'Conclusion,' in Barringer and Wallace, eds., _African Studies in the Digital Age_ (Brill, 2014). 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I imagine it's evolved since the original proposal, and I suspect that would help a lot of people figure out whether to go. Best, Gabrielle Gabrielle Hecht Professor of History, University of Michigan Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society | @MichiganSTS @GabrielleHecht On Oct 27, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Claudia Gastrow wrote: > Hi all > > We are beginning to organise the planned workshop on urbanism for next year and would like to settle on some dates. From some initial inquiries, it seems like early May might be the best time period for the workshop to take place, but we'd like to open up to the list to discuss this. Early July has also been raised as a possible time, although that might be difficult for people on the South African side as there are already quite a few workshops and conferences taking place here over the June/July period. If people could post back to the list about whether May, July or some other month would be better for them, we can begin to nail down some dates. > > Thanks > > Claudia > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. > _______________________________________________ > Sugarman mailing list > Sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za > http://lists.wits.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/sugarman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From keith at breckenridge.org.za Tue Oct 28 08:51:09 2014 From: keith at breckenridge.org.za (Keith Breckenridge) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:51:09 +0200 Subject: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop In-Reply-To: <5BC1E8C2-E0A1-4D0D-9ED9-05B72310AD2E@umich.edu> References: <3999D06677B40A4F97494D8E6867833D0A3C9578@Elpis.ds.WITS.AC.ZA> <5BC1E8C2-E0A1-4D0D-9ED9-05B72310AD2E@umich.edu> Message-ID: Can I put in a suggestion that we do this workshop over the Michigan Spring Break, March 1 - 10, or similar. The workshop will not be as long as last year, so it might be possible to do March 2 to 9 or similar. I don't mean to remind you of what lies ahead, but winter is coming and Johannesburg in March (or any time between mid - October and early May) is lovely. I won't belabour the point about having two winters ... On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Gabrielle Hecht wrote: > Thanks, Claudia. > > Early May might be (barely) doable for me, depending on the exact timing. > Early July (if we were done no later than 6/11) would be distinctly better. > And the last week of June would be best of all. > > I wonder if you organizing folks could post a description of the workshop? > I imagine it's evolved since the original proposal, and I suspect that > would help a lot of people figure out whether to go. > > Best, > Gabrielle > > *Gabrielle Hecht * > *Professor of *History *, **University > of Michigan* > *Director, *Program in Science, Technology, and Society > | @MichiganSTS > > *@GabrielleHecht* > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Claudia Gastrow > wrote: > > Hi all > > We are beginning to organise the planned workshop on urbanism for next > year and would like to settle on some dates. From some initial inquiries, > it seems like early May might be the best time period for the workshop to > take place, but we'd like to open up to the list to discuss this. Early > July has also been raised as a possible time, although that might be > difficult for people on the South African side as there are already quite a > few workshops and conferences taking place here over the June/July period. > If people could post back to the list about whether May, July or some other > month would be better for them, we can begin to nail down some dates. > > Thanks > > Claudia > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. 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Most especially, I think you would be interested in the projects we have on retheorising rural-urban gradients, comparatively, across sites in the US (Baltimore, and elsewhere) and China, projects led by my wife, urban ecologist Melissa McHale. We are working mainly from the perspective of social-ecological systems, and mainly with urban ecologists. Two of the most influential thinkers in the field will be at Wits Rural next year, but also giving keynote presentations on the main campus. One of them, Steward Pickett, head of the Ecological Society of America and the Baltimore Long Term Ecological Research site, is very well known of course. I have some additional comments on your draft proposal but will send those under separate cover. Best wishes, David Bunn ________________________________ From: Claudia Gastrow [Claudia.Gastrow at wits.ac.za] Sent: 29 October 2014 15:10 To: sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za Subject: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop proposal Hi all Please find the latest version of the proposal for next year's workshop on urban issues attached. We are still trying to determine dates, with May seeming the be what people are gravitating towards. June and July have come up as possibilities, but these would be extremely difficult for many people on the South African side, and so don't seem to viable except as last resorts. Please would anyone who has a preference send a message to the list. The proposal is still open to some revision if there is an issue that people feel has been left unaddressed. Thanks Claudia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Sarah.Charlton at wits.ac.za Thu Oct 30 07:07:26 2014 From: Sarah.Charlton at wits.ac.za (Sarah Charlton) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 05:07:26 +0000 Subject: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop In-Reply-To: References: <3999D06677B40A4F97494D8E6867833D0A3C9578@Elpis.ds.WITS.AC.ZA> <5BC1E8C2-E0A1-4D0D-9ED9-05B72310AD2E@umich.edu>, Message-ID: <3A2EDE1807BD9A4E88EF771124EEC4B14D0002EF@Ekho.ds.WITS.AC.ZA> Hi - a date constraint to add to the mix if possible: a couple of us would not be able to make 1 - 4 March due to a student field trip to Maputo. best wishes Sarah ________________________________ From: Keith Breckenridge [keith at breckenridge.org.za] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 8:51 AM Cc: sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za Subject: Re: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop Can I put in a suggestion that we do this workshop over the Michigan Spring Break, March 1 - 10, or similar. The workshop will not be as long as last year, so it might be possible to do March 2 to 9 or similar. I don't mean to remind you of what lies ahead, but winter is coming and Johannesburg in March (or any time between mid - October and early May) is lovely. I won't belabour the point about having two winters ... On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Gabrielle Hecht > wrote: Thanks, Claudia. Early May might be (barely) doable for me, depending on the exact timing. Early July (if we were done no later than 6/11) would be distinctly better. And the last week of June would be best of all. I wonder if you organizing folks could post a description of the workshop? I imagine it's evolved since the original proposal, and I suspect that would help a lot of people figure out whether to go. Best, Gabrielle Gabrielle Hecht Professor of History, University of Michigan Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society | @MichiganSTS @GabrielleHecht On Oct 27, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Claudia Gastrow > wrote: Hi all We are beginning to organise the planned workshop on urbanism for next year and would like to settle on some dates. From some initial inquiries, it seems like early May might be the best time period for the workshop to take place, but we'd like to open up to the list to discuss this. Early July has also been raised as a possible time, although that might be difficult for people on the South African side as there are already quite a few workshops and conferences taking place here over the June/July period. If people could post back to the list about whether May, July or some other month would be better for them, we can begin to nail down some dates. Thanks Claudia This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. 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URL: From keith at breckenridge.org.za Thu Oct 30 08:49:37 2014 From: keith at breckenridge.org.za (Keith Breckenridge) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:49:37 +0200 Subject: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop In-Reply-To: <3A2EDE1807BD9A4E88EF771124EEC4B14D0002EF@Ekho.ds.WITS.AC.ZA> References: <3999D06677B40A4F97494D8E6867833D0A3C9578@Elpis.ds.WITS.AC.ZA> <5BC1E8C2-E0A1-4D0D-9ED9-05B72310AD2E@umich.edu> <3A2EDE1807BD9A4E88EF771124EEC4B14D0002EF@Ekho.ds.WITS.AC.ZA> Message-ID: Thank you Claudia, Anne and Martin for a really compelling workshop proposal. It is both very close to lots of the research that's going on here -- on cities and infrastructures -- and entirely new. I'd like to encourage everyone on the list to read it, especially if you have an interest in infrastructures: http://lists.wits.ac.za/pipermail/sugarman/attachments/20141029/b4803a9c/attachment-0001.pdf. If you suggestions or criticisms please make them -- this list is a good place. To simplify the problem of scheduling (occasionally a good thing) I've created a Doodle poll here http://doodle.com/imy6nm665mdrbiqg9ixev6p5/admin#table. If you're interested in the themes in the proposal, and you'd like to participate in the workshops (which will be for about a week, probably afternoons only!) please indicate which time suits you best. There are five options -- Doodle likes to show only four and you have to expand the table to see all of them. Please do this now, as the longer we wait to select a date the difficult planning will get. Many thanks! On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 7:07 AM, Sarah Charlton wrote: > Hi - a date constraint to add to the mix if possible: a couple of us > would not be able to make 1 - 4 March due to a student field trip to Maputo. > best wishes > Sarah > ------------------------------ > *From:* Keith Breckenridge [keith at breckenridge.org.za] > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 28, 2014 8:51 AM > *Cc:* sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za > *Subject:* Re: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop > > Can I put in a suggestion that we do this workshop over the Michigan > Spring Break, March 1 - 10, or similar. The workshop will not be as long > as last year, so it might be possible to do March 2 to 9 or similar. I > don't mean to remind you of what lies ahead, but winter is coming and > Johannesburg in March (or any time between mid - October and early May) is > lovely. I won't belabour the point about having two winters ... > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Gabrielle Hecht wrote: > >> Thanks, Claudia. >> >> Early May might be (barely) doable for me, depending on the exact >> timing. Early July (if we were done no later than 6/11) would be distinctly >> better. And the last week of June would be best of all. >> >> I wonder if you organizing folks could post a description of the >> workshop? I imagine it's evolved since the original proposal, and I suspect >> that would help a lot of people figure out whether to go. >> >> Best, >> Gabrielle >> >> *Gabrielle Hecht * >> *Professor of *History *, **University >> of Michigan* >> *Director, *Program in Science, Technology, and Society >> | @MichiganSTS >> >> *@GabrielleHecht* >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 27, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Claudia Gastrow < >> Claudia.Gastrow at wits.ac.za> wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> We are beginning to organise the planned workshop on urbanism for next >> year and would like to settle on some dates. From some initial inquiries, >> it seems like early May might be the best time period for the workshop to >> take place, but we'd like to open up to the list to discuss this. Early >> July has also been raised as a possible time, although that might be >> difficult for people on the South African side as there are already quite a >> few workshops and conferences taking place here over the June/July period. >> If people could post back to the list about whether May, July or some other >> month would be better for them, we can begin to nail down some dates. >> >> Thanks >> >> Claudia >> >> This communication is intended >> for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised >> signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which >> are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugarman mailing list >> Sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za >> http://lists.wits.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/sugarman >> >> >> This communication is intended >> for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised >> signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which >> are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugarman mailing list >> Sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za >> http://lists.wits.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/sugarman >> >> > > > -- > Keith Breckenridge *W I S E R* - The Wits Institute for Social and > Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand | Pbag 3, PO Wits, > Johannesburg, South Africa, 2050 | Tel: +27117174272 | Fax: 0867654213 | > Web: wiser.wits.ac.za | > *Biometric State*, CUP, Sept 2014 > > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. 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URL: From hechtg at umich.edu Thu Oct 30 14:20:05 2014 From: hechtg at umich.edu (Gabrielle Hecht) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:20:05 -0400 Subject: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop proposal In-Reply-To: <3999D06677B40A4F97494D8E6867833D0A3C967A@Elpis.ds.WITS.AC.ZA> References: <3999D06677B40A4F97494D8E6867833D0A3C967A@Elpis.ds.WITS.AC.ZA> Message-ID: <0A7944AF-3D61-4CDB-8034-B75179C895E4@umich.edu> This is indeed a wonderful proposal -- I'm very interested! The dates are another story, however. I put my preferences in the Doodle, but at this point I'm not hugely optimistic about getting any of them to work. As I've mentioned to a few of you, but will now say to the whole group: I do hope we can find a way to settle dates further in advance. Of course it will always be tricky to mesh the schedules of 2 institutions and 40-some people. It seemed like we'd settled on a travelers-get-dibs principle, but now it appears that this principle doesn't work... or perhaps it's just that to make it work, we need to begin much further in advance. Just to be clear: I don't intend this as a criticism of anyone, in any way! Scheduling is a nightmare, period. I just wonder whether we can find some collective way to make the process work better for everyone. Best, Gabrielle Gabrielle Hecht Professor of History, University of Michigan Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society | @MichiganSTS @GabrielleHecht On Oct 29, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Claudia Gastrow wrote: > Hi all > > Please find the latest version of the proposal for next year's workshop on urban issues attached. We are still trying to determine dates, with May seeming the be what people are gravitating towards. June and July have come up as possibilities, but these would be extremely difficult for many people on the South African side, and so don't seem to viable except as last resorts. Please would anyone who has a preference send a message to the list. The proposal is still open to some revision if there is an issue that people feel has been left unaddressed. > > Thanks > > Claudia > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. 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URL: From mucha.musemwa at wits.ac.za Thu Oct 30 16:45:20 2014 From: mucha.musemwa at wits.ac.za (Mucha Musemwa) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:45:20 +0000 Subject: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop proposal In-Reply-To: <0A7944AF-3D61-4CDB-8034-B75179C895E4@umich.edu> References: <3999D06677B40A4F97494D8E6867833D0A3C967A@Elpis.ds.WITS.AC.ZA>, <0A7944AF-3D61-4CDB-8034-B75179C895E4@umich.edu> Message-ID: Let me also say that this is a great proposal. I was seized by the way it helps me to re-think my research on urban water history. I have dealt with infrastructure in passing - water reticulation systems - but had not thought about it in the refreshing and amazing ways it can be theorised as is hinted at in the proposal. So, I am in. Regards Mucha ________________________________ From: Gabrielle Hecht [hechtg at umich.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:20 PM To: Claudia Gastrow Cc: sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za Subject: Re: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop proposal This is indeed a wonderful proposal -- I'm very interested! The dates are another story, however. I put my preferences in the Doodle, but at this point I'm not hugely optimistic about getting any of them to work. As I've mentioned to a few of you, but will now say to the whole group: I do hope we can find a way to settle dates further in advance. Of course it will always be tricky to mesh the schedules of 2 institutions and 40-some people. It seemed like we'd settled on a travelers-get-dibs principle, but now it appears that this principle doesn't work... or perhaps it's just that to make it work, we need to begin much further in advance. Just to be clear: I don't intend this as a criticism of anyone, in any way! Scheduling is a nightmare, period. I just wonder whether we can find some collective way to make the process work better for everyone. Best, Gabrielle Gabrielle Hecht Professor of History, University of Michigan Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society | @MichiganSTS @GabrielleHecht On Oct 29, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Claudia Gastrow > wrote: Hi all Please find the latest version of the proposal for next year's workshop on urban issues attached. We are still trying to determine dates, with May seeming the be what people are gravitating towards. June and July have come up as possibilities, but these would be extremely difficult for many people on the South African side, and so don't seem to viable except as last resorts. Please would anyone who has a preference send a message to the list. The proposal is still open to some revision if there is an issue that people feel has been left unaddressed. Thanks Claudia This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. 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URL: From Mehita.Iqani at wits.ac.za Thu Oct 30 16:59:14 2014 From: Mehita.Iqani at wits.ac.za (Mehita Iqani) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:59:14 +0000 Subject: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop proposal In-Reply-To: References: <3999D06677B40A4F97494D8E6867833D0A3C967A@Elpis.ds.WITS.AC.ZA>, <0A7944AF-3D61-4CDB-8034-B75179C895E4@umich.edu>, Message-ID: I would love to be involved in the Urban workshop, especially on the theme of urban aesthetics. I hope that those of you attending the workshop in Michigan next week have a wonderful time together. Mehita On 30 Oct 2014, at 4:48 PM, Mucha Musemwa > wrote: Let me also say that this is a great proposal. I was seized by the way it helps me to re-think my research on urban water history. I have dealt with infrastructure in passing - water reticulation systems - but had not thought about it in the refreshing and amazing ways it can be theorised as is hinted at in the proposal. So, I am in. Regards Mucha ________________________________ From: Gabrielle Hecht [hechtg at umich.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:20 PM To: Claudia Gastrow Cc: sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za Subject: Re: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop proposal This is indeed a wonderful proposal -- I'm very interested! The dates are another story, however. I put my preferences in the Doodle, but at this point I'm not hugely optimistic about getting any of them to work. As I've mentioned to a few of you, but will now say to the whole group: I do hope we can find a way to settle dates further in advance. Of course it will always be tricky to mesh the schedules of 2 institutions and 40-some people. It seemed like we'd settled on a travelers-get-dibs principle, but now it appears that this principle doesn't work... or perhaps it's just that to make it work, we need to begin much further in advance. Just to be clear: I don't intend this as a criticism of anyone, in any way! Scheduling is a nightmare, period. I just wonder whether we can find some collective way to make the process work better for everyone. Best, Gabrielle Gabrielle Hecht Professor of History, University of Michigan Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society | @MichiganSTS @GabrielleHecht On Oct 29, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Claudia Gastrow > wrote: Hi all Please find the latest version of the proposal for next year's workshop on urban issues attached. We are still trying to determine dates, with May seeming the be what people are gravitating towards. June and July have come up as possibilities, but these would be extremely difficult for many people on the South African side, and so don't seem to viable except as last resorts. Please would anyone who has a preference send a message to the list. The proposal is still open to some revision if there is an issue that people feel has been left unaddressed. Thanks Claudia This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. 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URL: From karl at yeoville.org.za Thu Oct 30 17:08:15 2014 From: karl at yeoville.org.za (Karl von Holdt) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:08:15 +0200 Subject: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop In-Reply-To: <3A2EDE1807BD9A4E88EF771124EEC4B14D0002EF@Ekho.ds.WITS.AC.ZA> References: <3999D06677B40A4F97494D8E6867833D0A3C9578@Elpis.ds.WITS.AC.ZA> <5BC1E8C2-E0A1-4D0D-9ED9-05B72310AD2E@umich.edu>, <3A2EDE1807BD9A4E88EF771124EEC4B14D0002EF@Ekho.ds.WITS.AC.ZA> Message-ID: <00be01cff453$55813df0$0083b9d0$@yeoville.org.za> SWOP is holding its 30th anniversary celebration colloquium on the 13th and 14th of May, from our point of view it would be good to avoid those dates. Karl Prof Karl von Holdt Director t: 27 11 717 4456/60 | f: 27 11 717 4469 | c: 083 654 4359 e: karl at yeoville.org.za | karl.vonholdt at wits.ac.za SWOP-Email-Signature-FINAL Join us: SWOP Breakfast Seminar, for 11th April 2014 by Tatenda Mukwedeya titled Party politics and the local state: Reflections from Buffalo City From: Sarah Charlton [mailto:Sarah.Charlton at wits.ac.za] Sent: 30 October 2014 07:07 AM To: Keith Breckenridge Cc: sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za Subject: Re: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop Hi - a date constraint to add to the mix if possible: a couple of us would not be able to make 1 - 4 March due to a student field trip to Maputo. best wishes Sarah _____ From: Keith Breckenridge [keith at breckenridge.org.za] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 8:51 AM Cc: sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za Subject: Re: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop Can I put in a suggestion that we do this workshop over the Michigan Spring Break, March 1 - 10, or similar. The workshop will not be as long as last year, so it might be possible to do March 2 to 9 or similar. I don't mean to remind you of what lies ahead, but winter is coming and Johannesburg in March (or any time between mid - October and early May) is lovely. I won't belabour the point about having two winters ... On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Gabrielle Hecht wrote: Thanks, Claudia. Early May might be (barely) doable for me, depending on the exact timing. Early July (if we were done no later than 6/11) would be distinctly better. And the last week of June would be best of all. I wonder if you organizing folks could post a description of the workshop? I imagine it's evolved since the original proposal, and I suspect that would help a lot of people figure out whether to go. Best, Gabrielle Gabrielle Hecht Professor of History , University of Michigan Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society | @MichiganSTS @GabrielleHecht On Oct 27, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Claudia Gastrow wrote: Hi all We are beginning to organise the planned workshop on urbanism for next year and would like to settle on some dates. From some initial inquiries, it seems like early May might be the best time period for the workshop to take place, but we'd like to open up to the list to discuss this. Early July has also been raised as a possible time, although that might be difficult for people on the South African side as there are already quite a few workshops and conferences taking place here over the June/July period. If people could post back to the list about whether May, July or some other month would be better for them, we can begin to nail down some dates. Thanks Claudia This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. 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Best, Bridget From: Mehita Iqani [mailto:Mehita.Iqani at wits.ac.za] Sent: 30 October 2014 04:59 PM To: Mucha Musemwa Cc: sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za Subject: Re: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop proposal I would love to be involved in the Urban workshop, especially on the theme of urban aesthetics. I hope that those of you attending the workshop in Michigan next week have a wonderful time together. Mehita On 30 Oct 2014, at 4:48 PM, Mucha Musemwa > wrote: Let me also say that this is a great proposal. I was seized by the way it helps me to re-think my research on urban water history. I have dealt with infrastructure in passing - water reticulation systems - but had not thought about it in the refreshing and amazing ways it can be theorised as is hinted at in the proposal. So, I am in. Regards Mucha ________________________________ From: Gabrielle Hecht [hechtg at umich.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:20 PM To: Claudia Gastrow Cc: sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za Subject: Re: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop proposal This is indeed a wonderful proposal -- I'm very interested! The dates are another story, however. I put my preferences in the Doodle, but at this point I'm not hugely optimistic about getting any of them to work. As I've mentioned to a few of you, but will now say to the whole group: I do hope we can find a way to settle dates further in advance. Of course it will always be tricky to mesh the schedules of 2 institutions and 40-some people. It seemed like we'd settled on a travelers-get-dibs principle, but now it appears that this principle doesn't work... or perhaps it's just that to make it work, we need to begin much further in advance. Just to be clear: I don't intend this as a criticism of anyone, in any way! Scheduling is a nightmare, period. I just wonder whether we can find some collective way to make the process work better for everyone. Best, Gabrielle Gabrielle Hecht Professor of History, University of Michigan Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society | @MichiganSTS @GabrielleHecht On Oct 29, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Claudia Gastrow > wrote: Hi all Please find the latest version of the proposal for next year's workshop on urban issues attached. We are still trying to determine dates, with May seeming the be what people are gravitating towards. June and July have come up as possibilities, but these would be extremely difficult for many people on the South African side, and so don't seem to viable except as last resorts. Please would anyone who has a preference send a message to the list. The proposal is still open to some revision if there is an issue that people feel has been left unaddressed. Thanks Claudia This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. 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I'm sorry I haven't answered before but I've been on a writing retreat mentoring PhD students and post docs and we had very little access to wifi. Best wishes Cynthia Kros From: Claudia Gastrow [mailto:Claudia.Gastrow at wits.ac.za] Sent: 29 October 2014 03:11 PM To: sugarman at lists.wits.ac.za Subject: [Sugarman] Urban Workshop proposal Hi all Please find the latest version of the proposal for next year's workshop on urban issues attached. We are still trying to determine dates, with May seeming the be what people are gravitating towards. June and July have come up as possibilities, but these would be extremely difficult for many people on the South African side, and so don't seem to viable except as last resorts. Please would anyone who has a preference send a message to the list. The proposal is still open to some revision if there is an issue that people feel has been left unaddressed. Thanks Claudia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: