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Memory  and City, Colloque organisé les 14-16 septembre 2011, par l’University  of Witwaterstrand (Wits) l’University of Johannesburg (UJ), à  Johannesburg. Date-limite : 31 mars 2011The event will consist of a two day colloquium, organized at the University of Witwaterstrand(Wits) and University of Johannesburg (UJ); one day of site visits to some of emblematicneighbourhoods of Johannesburg as far as the subject of urban memory in South Africa isconcerned; and a film screening and debate at the Alliance Francaise in Johannesburg. It isanticipated that the academic fields represented will range from urban history, geography,anthropology, heritage studies and urban sociology. The intention is to go beyond the frameof “African studies” and to connect experiments and reflections from all corners of what isnow a global issue: for instance, the recent progress of French memory collection works in theParis suburbs, under the impetus of the DIV (Inter-ministerial Delegation for the City) since 2005,reflects the relevance of the theme even for cities that would appear to have come to termswith the issue of memory a long time ago. This would allow us to put into perspective thespecificities of research work on memory in “African cities”. We hope to initiate a realdialogue between researchers on this topic.Informations supplémentaires sur le site :http://www.ifas.org.za/research/#[Memory%20and%20City%20Conference]