Unruly Spaces

📌 THREAD : Unruly Project – Récap 2024 & Perspectives 2025 Dear friends, here’s an update on what’s been a busy and rewarding year for the Unruly Project! Grateful for your continued support. 🧵

🎧 And finally, don’t forget to check out the latest additions to our Open playlist – a curated sound journey through the moods, voices & vibes that inspire the Unruly Spaces project. open.spotify.com/playlist/4GvPE…

Another recent highlight in our Resources section: The Abidjaner. Launched in 2022, this collective art project celebrates the spirit of Abidjan through weekly illustrations. Led by Corotoum Symakan, it brings together diverse artists to honour the city's beauty and complexity.🖼️

🆕✨ We've updated our Resources section! Dive into a curated selection of artworks, tributes, and playlists that inspire and challenge how we think about African cities, memory, and imagination. 🎨📚🎧 Explore the new entries now →theunrulyproject.org/resources

These visuals aren't just images. They’re fieldwork tools, storytelling devices, and urban critiques. They deserve contextualisation. Explore the full collection, including captions and context, now live on the #UnrulySpaces site: theunrulyproject.org/visual-ethnogr…

4️⃣ Im-Mobilities What does it mean to move—or not—through African megacities? From moto-taxis to makeshift boats, this section documents the inventive, unequal & often precarious ways people get around. 🚖🚶🏾‍♂️🛶 Urban movement as resilience & critique.

📸✨ New on our website: Explore the Visual Ethnography section of the #UnrulySpaces project! A new curated photo gallery brings you closer to the textures, rhythms & politics of everyday life in Kinshasa & Abidjan. Four thematic series now online.⬇️ theunrulyproject.org/visual-ethnogr…

✨ Dive into these events & much more now on the updated website 📡 New reports 🖼️ Workshop photos 📚 Participant contributions 📺 Media archive also updated! Events | The Unruly Project

🌈 Queer Urban Lives – PhD Results Dissemination Workshops in Kinshasa & Abidjan Two closed-door sessions led by @AlineNanko shared and confronted preliminary findings of her thesis with project participants on queer agency, resistance & subaltern urban citizenship.

The Unruly Spaces website just got a fresh update! Missed a workshop or a conference panel? We’ve got you covered. Here’s a quick overview of what’s new under the “Events” section 👇 theunrulyproject.org/events

The new section "In the Media" reflects our commitment to research that speaks beyond academia – and to engaging with the broader public on the political, social, and urban questions shaping African cities today. 👉 More to see here: unrulyspaces.org/in-the-media

📹 @TV5MONDE – Objectif Monde L'hebdo What turned a land deal into a deadly conflict? Prof. @sperazzone offers insight into how land, identity & violence intersect in Kisangani (DRC). tv5monde.com/tv/video/98687…

🚨 Website Update Alert! We’ve revamped the Unruly Spaces project website with new content, features, and insights! theunrulyproject.org