Ariane Janse van Rensburg's guest appearances

Ariane Janse van Rensburg

Womanity - Women in Unity

Sarah Lee

Marie Claire

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Gerda Steyn

Michelle Wong

Steve Biko

Walter Sisulu

Lauren Beukes

Julia Wells

Claire Johnstone

Rebecca Malope

Penny Williams

Naledi Pandor

Sandra McCardell

Louisa Mojela

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This week onWomanity – Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Prof. Ariane Jansevan Rensburg, Director of Architecture Programme at the School of Architectureand Planning at WITS University. We discuss how the School’s transformativeapproach to education, with the implementation of a decolonised curriculum,results in students embracing their own learning philosophies that has broadapplicability to other aspects of their lives.  Our conversation considersthe role of architecture in society, from its core to solution for peopleproblems to reflecting culture and utilising design and materials economicallywith a view to sustainability. Prof. Janse van Rensburg reminds us that thereis no Planet B. We reflect on some of the underlying issues that contribute tothe relatively low proportion of female architects in practice in comparison totheir male counterparts, despite gender balance at graduation. Gender pay andopportunity disparity is evident in the field of architecture, as well as otherdisciplines and we identify ways to overcome these points of discrimination.Tune in for more…

This week on Womanity – Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Prof. Ariane Janse van Rensburg, Director of Architecture Programme at the School of Architecture and Planning at WITS University. We discuss how the School’s transformative approach to education, with the implementation of a decolonised curriculum, results in students embracing their own learning philosophies that has broad applicability to other aspects of their lives.  Our conversation considers the role of architecture in society, from its core to solution for people problems to reflecting culture and utilising design and materials economically with a view to sustainability. Prof. Janse van Rensburg reminds us that there is no Planet B. We reflect on some of the underlying issues that contribute to the relatively low proportion of female architects in practice in comparison to their male counterparts, despite gender balance at graduation. Gender pay and opportunity disparity is evident in the field of architecture, as well as other disciplines and we identify ways to overcome these points of discrimination. Tune in for more…

Director of Architecture Programme – WITS University – Prof. Ariane Janse van Rensburg