Integration Syndicate
Research 1 April–1 December 2017
Event photograph from the ‘Integration Syndicate’ exchange hosted on A4’s top floor shows attendees seated at desks arranged in a semi-circular shape around the presenter’s desk.
Event: Integration Syndicate, April 1, 2017–December 1, 2017. Image courtesy of Andy Mkosi.
Title Integration Syndicate Dates 1 April–1 December 2017 Location Top Floor Tagline A series of nine monthly episodes explore obstacles and solutions to social-spatial integration in the Cape Town metropolitan region. Credits

Director:
Edgar Pieterse

Coordinator:
heeten bhagat

Convenor:
Cape Higher Education Consortium

Hosts:
African Centre for Cities (UCT)
The Poverty and Inequality Initiative
Centre for Humanities Research (UWC)
Centre for Complex Systems in Transition, US

A4 hosts the Integration Syndicate, directed by Edgar Pieterse of the African Centre for Cities. The Integration Syndicate draws together a fixed group of leaders from the public sector, social movements, NGOs, academia and the private sector.

The ongoing project fosters ‘action networks’ through encounters in a non-partisan, safe and open space where frank discussions are paired with a commitment to collaborative answers. Focused conversations unfold amidst a heavy reliance on maps, information graphics, and other data sources, in an attempt to ensure that anyone may enter the debate, and to avoid the risk of ideological stand-offs.

Event photograph from the ‘Integration Syndicate’ exchange hosted on A4’s top floor shows an individual holding a printed map of Cape Town.
Event: Integration Syndicate, April 1, 2017–December 1, 2017. Image courtesy of A4 Arts Foundation.
Event photograph from the ‘Integration Syndicate’ exchange hosted on A4’s top floor. Edgar Pieterse motions towards a slide projection on the wall that consist of a diagram with a heading that reads ‘Four Ways of Talking and Listening’.
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