New Livelihoods for Namibia’s Urban Future: Workshop with Prof James Ferguson

Abstract

This Document Note documents the activities during the workshop held with Prof. James Ferguson in August 12-15, 2019 at NUST. The workshop took place in the context of the Urban Forum programme 2019-2020. The Urban Forum is a platform for multi-stakeholder engagement on issues of urbanisation in Namibia, Southern Africa and beyond. This document describes the rationale for the programme of the workshop, and then briefly summarizes the highlights of each of the sessions, and concludes with the key questions that emerged from the workshop. These themes provide the basis for a research agenda on questions of livelihoods for Namibia’s urban future. and concludes with the key questions that emerged from the workshop. These themes provide the basis for a research agenda on questions of livelihoods for Namibia’s urban future.