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8/10 podcast BBC Thinking Allowed : Eviction/s (starts @11.45mins) Its mostly women & children. NO one is up in arms! Why? #gentrification UK USA & #capetown #ApartheidDesignedCitiesMustFall #ApartheidDesignMustFall #patriarchyMustFall #decolonise LINK podcast http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0742mqb If the link doesn’t work use HOLA to access the site http://hola.org/ and use UK based connection. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0742mqb photo by Odette Herbert […]
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Tags: CAPE TOWN, eviction, gentrification, rent, SOUTH AFRICA
8/10 talk. If you’re depressed about the state of the world .. here’s a glimmer of light! “Transformation and peaceful rebellion for change” is being demanded world wide but we are voting strategically from “fear, of what we don’t want and NOT for what we DO want” – Dr Jill Stein. #feesmustfall #studentdebtmustfall #rhodesmustfalleverywhere . […]
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Tags: CHANGE, Green politics, Jill Stein Dr, Oxford Union
I am a kind word uttered and repeated By the voice of Nature; I am a star fallen from the Blue tent upon the green carpet. I am the daughter of the elements With whom Winter conceived; To whom Spring gave birth; I was Reared in the lap of Summer and I Slept in the […]
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Tags: breeze, FLOWERS, gratitude, JOY, Khalil Gibran, love, nature, PEACE, poem, poetry, seasons, serenity, sun, the dawn
Ignorance Must Fall
Dear Ignorance, I have a problem with the word imperialist. From time imperial can be synonymised with Regal, majestic, and sovereign – You can go ahead and miss me with that imperialist bull quick Because Rhodes didn’t ‘regally’ rob my people. Neither did he ‘majestically’ murder the masses of bodies now lying in unmarked graves. […]
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Tags: AFRICA, CAPE TOWN, Cecil Jhon Rhodes, decolonise, IMPERIALISM, Oxford University, racism
Originally posted on Frank Natter:
Basically the South African white community is a homogeneous community. It is a community of people who sit to enjoy a privileged position that they do not deserve, are aware of this, and therefore spend their time trying to justify why they are doing so. Where differences in political opinion…
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Open Design = to develop & inspire a future generation of multidisciplinary designers
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Tags: AFRICA, ARCHITECTURE, CAPE TOWN, DESIGN, open design cape town festival, SOUTH AFRICA, sustainable design, world design capital 2014
“Southern Guild was founded in 2008 by Trevyn & Julian McGowan. Devoted to encouraging South African designers & artists to explore & produce more challenging work” – Southern Guild The main hall, impeccably styled – no overcrowding of objects in semi minimalist spaces. Gave me a […]
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Tags: Adam Birch, Anatomy Design, Angus Taylor, Ardmore, ART, artisans, Astrid Dahl, Brett Murray, Bronwyn Lace, Bronze Age, CAPE TOWN, Cape Town 2014 World Design Capital, cape town guild design fair, cape town world design capital 2014, Casamento, Ceramic Matters, Christina Bryer, Conrad Botes, Conrad Hicks, ct2014wdc, Daniella Mooney, David Krynauw, David Manando, DESIGN, DNA, Dokter & Misses, Dylan Lewis, Egg, Enock Ngwenya, Enrico Daffonchio, Givan Lötz, Goet, Gregor Jenkin, guild, Guy Du Toit, Haldane Martin, Heath Nash, House On Fire, Imiso, James Mudge, Joe Paine, John Vogel, Koop, Laurie Wiid Van Heerden, Lyall Sprong, Michael MacGarry, Michaella Janse Van Vuuren, Michele Mathison, Mock Mock, Nic Bladen, Nkhensani Nkosi, odette herbert, Odette Herbert Photography, Okha, Paco, Philippe Bousquet, photography, Pierre Cronje, Piers Mansfield-scaddan, Pieter Mathews, Porky Hefer, Ronel Jordaan, Sibusiso Mthembu, Silvio Rech & Lesley Carstens, SOUTHERN GUILD, Tonic design, Trevyn & Julian McGowan, video, videos, Willowlamp, world capital, world design capital, world design capital 2014, Xandre Kriel, youtube
photography by : Odette Herbert Odette Herbert : facebook https://www.facebook.com/odetteherbert
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Tags: ARCHITECTURE, Bali Lawal, beauty, CAPE TOWN, design indaba, Design Indaba 2013, Fashion, odette herbert, SOUTH AFRICA
Photography by Odette Herbert ________________________________________________________________________ LINK – DESIGN INDABA 2013 – Cape Town. facebook – for more images of the Design Indaba Walkabout .
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Tags: Adam & Eve, Adriaan Kuiters, AFRICA, August, CAPE TOWN, Cape Town Fashion Council, Chimpel, Craig Port, DESIGN, Design Indaba 2013, Doreen Southwood, Fashion, Goat, Karolina Olowsdotter, Margot Molyneux, MaXhosa by Laduma, Michelle Ludek, Mr and Ms, non-european, odette herbert, Olowsdotter, Rosenwerth, Shana, Sitting Pretty, Spilt Milk, Strato, Take Care, Thula Sindi
