[Sugarman] Urban Workshop

Thu Oct 30 08:49:37 SAST 2014

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 <Sarah.Charlton at wits.ac.za>
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 <hechtg at umich.edu> 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 <http://gabriellehecht.org>*
>>  *Professor of *History <http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history>*, **University
>> of Michigan*
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   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
>>
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