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Call for applications: Summer programme 2019
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The University of the Underground and the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College invite you to apply for POST-NATION STATES, Summer School 19 in NYC.
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27 Jun 19
How these Ghanaian developers are creating awareness around e-waste
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Ghanaian game developers, Enter Africa, are creating a game that focuses on the issues of safety and sanitation surrounding e-waste dumps.
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19 Jun 19
Applications for African Crossroads 2019 are now open!
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Hivos is looking for content proposals from artists, entrepreneurs, chefs, designers, researchers, to imagine the future of African cities.
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19 Jun 19
Connextyle is providing multi-sensory healing for stroke patients
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Inspired by the ancient Japanese technique of Kintsugi, the Connextyle shirt is a rehabilitation garment that helps stroke patients regain their muscle use.
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17 Jun 19
Sunny Dolat wants to set a new standard for African fashion
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A small island off the coast of West Africa is about to host a truly representative African arts and fashion festival.
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14 Jun 19
How artists and architects are helping residents to claim their right to the city
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Grigri Pixel invited a group a creatives from Africa and Spain to work together in Madrid to try and find out.
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14 Jun 19
DJ Steloo's latest work looks to the ocean for inspiration
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Called Stitches From The Ocean, the Accra-based creative says he wanted to let the audience into the other side of his creative process.
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5 Jun 19
Faith XLVII talks about the importance of staging Aurum in South Africa
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The artist and her collaborators, Pure and Inka Kendzia, talk to us about the interactive performance piece.
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31 May 19
Jordanian studio Turbo on resisting design trends
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We chat to Saeed Abu-Jabar and Mothanna Hussein about how they’re contributing to the desert city’s flourishing design scene.
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29 May 19
The industrialisation of the natural world
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Speculations on the future of biodiversity after the sixth mass extinction.
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22 May 19
Blair Imani is writing Herstory
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Imani’s book is shining a light both on modern feminists and on marginalised people who are making a difference in the world.
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21 May 19
Jomo Tariku on changing perceptions around what constitutes modern furniture
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“The modern furniture industry treats African furniture as something of a novelty,” says the Ethiopian-American furniture designer.
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20 May 19
Faith XLVII on the power of collaboration
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"Entering into collaborations with key people in my life has helped me rediscover my root inspiration."
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17 May 19
Bug burgers and micro-algae buns: the cookbook of the future
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SPACE10 has been cooking up a storm in their Test Kitchen to bring you an unorthodox assortment of meals from the future.
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17 May 19
Building a more sustainable future
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The architectural and engineering industries need to come up with new, gentler ways to construct future projects.
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14 May 19
Carolien Niebling is creating the sausage of the future
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Product designer Carolien Niebling believes that people can make a difference if they just take a moment to look at things a little differently.
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14 May 19
How Hannah Barry is revolutionising the London art scene
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She may not call herself an art curator but Hannah Barry explains how she revived an art scene via an abandoned car park.
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13 May 19
Blockchain in Africa, the leapfrog continent
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Africa’s embrace of the technology could put it in a position to take a developmental detour.
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6 May 19
Lucas De Man on being a creator and following your gut
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“Designing shows that there’s so many possibilities because there is no one truth. There is power in not knowing.”
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26 Apr 19
Kagiso Lediga on storytelling, failure and staying true to who you are
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“You need to be honest when you’re telling your story…it has to be a truth from inside.”
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23 Apr 19
On blockchain and art
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The framework technology could make digital art less vulnerable to fraud and theft.
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19 Apr 19
Olof Schybergson on the influence of design on our society
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"With the help of technology, with the help of design, we are improving the world".
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18 Apr 19
Harmonia Rosales is creating new narratives around the classic art paintings
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"By creating positive works of art using black women we can begin to deconstruct our power structure."
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18 Apr 19
Keenan Wyrobek on saving lives with drones
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“Doctors shared with us their torment at losing patients they knew how to save. They knew the treatments. They just didn’t have the supplies.”
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15 Apr 19
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