BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news2138@dg.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20241009T105621 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20241011T161500 SUMMARY:Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin: Future Matters: Youth and (In)Concrete Ti me in Lagos DESCRIPTION:We live in a time when concrete dominates the urban landscape i n many major African cities (Choplin\, 2023) and the city is constantly un der construction and destruction. We live in a time when we cannot deny th at precarity is ever pervasive. Uncertainties\, ever certain. In the so-ca lled concrete jungle\, not everything is concrete. Yet\, desires and dream s for more concrete opportunities\, possibilities and futures persist. Thi s presentation examines how (in)concrete time is perceived\, negotiated an d resisted in Lagos\, a "city of the future"\, by real estate developers a nd youth. In doing so\, I argue that the real estate developers (in concer t with some politicians) have embarked on an Afropolitan Imagineering proj ect of owambe urbanism. Afropolitan Imagineering refers to the production of new images/narratives of Africa and Africans as world-class and cosmopo litan. Owambe urbanism is a spatio-temporal neoliberal project concerning destination\, arrival and place-making\, which promises a shared and happy future for all urban dwellers. I also assert that owambe urbanism present s new opportunities and challenges for youth in terms of the aesthetics an d practices of daily life\, particularly the pursuit of enjoyment and luxu ry consumption.\\r\\nGrace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin is the Canada Research Chair in Youth and African Urban Futures and an Associate Professor at Queen’ s University\, Kingston\, Canada. Her current research examines contempora ry urban transformations on youth identity\, labour practices\, psychosoci al well-being\, and future orientation in Lagos and Ibadan\, Nigeria. X-ALT-DESC:

We live in a time when concrete dominates the urban landscape in many major African cities (Choplin\, 2023) and the city is constantly under construction and destruction. We live in a time when we cannot deny that precarity is ever pervasive. Uncertainties\, ever certain. In the so- called concrete jungle\, not everything is concrete. Yet\, desires and dre ams for more concrete opportunities\, possibilities and futures persist. T his presentation examines how (in)concrete time is perceived\, negotiated and resisted in Lagos\, a "city of the future"\, by real estate developers and youth. In doing so\, I argue that the real estate developers (in conc ert with some politicians) have embarked on an Afropolitan Imagineering pr oject of owambe urbanism. Afropolitan Imagineering refers to the productio n of new images/narratives of Africa and Africans as world-class and cosmo politan. Owambe urbanism is a spatio-temporal neoliberal project concernin g destination\, arrival and place-making\, which promises a shared and hap py future for all urban dwellers. I also assert that owambe urbanism prese nts new opportunities and challenges for youth in terms of the aesthetics and practices of daily life\, particularly the pursuit of enjoyment and lu xury consumption.

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Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin is the Canada Research Chair in Youth and African Urban Futures and an Associate Professor at Que en’s University\, Kingston\, Canada. Her current research examines conte mporary urban transformations on youth identity\, labour practices\, psych osocial well-being\, and future orientation in Lagos and Ibadan\, Nigeria.

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