MORELETA INTEGRATION PROJECT

Studio leaders: Dr Carin Combrinck, Mr Jason Oberholster, Dr Jan Hugo, Mr Paul Devenish

Introduction:

We look forward to introducing you to the complex capital city of South Africa: The City of Pretoria, where our young democracy is finding its way through a legacy of contested space and contradictory dreams and visions. Living next door to some of our wealthiest suburbs, you will experience the hardships and ambitions of our people, who have shared their stories with us over many years and who are eager to convey them to all of you.

Together, we will learn and work together to empower our urban citizens to craft a unique identity in our city. We look forward to the collective imagination of like-minded people!

Day 1:

Our students will share their impressions, their propositions and findings from previous years in the informal settlement of Plastic View, otherwise known as Woodlane Village in the area of Moreleta East.

Day 2:

Critical reflection on the presentations will be guided to develop thematic questions that will frame the implications for field work on all the sites. The day will conclude with a group discussion.

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image: Woodlane Village (UP Arch Hons ISF 2020)

Reading:

**read all below texts before lecture at 13:15 on Feb. 17th

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Mitlin, D. 2021. Citizen participation in planning: from the neighbourhood to the city. Environment and Urbanization.
https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478211035608
Kelsall, Tim and Mitlin, Diana and Schindler, Seth and Hickey, Sam, Politics, systems and domains: A conceptual framework for the African Cities Research Consortium (September 29, 2021). ACRC Working Paper No 1. Manchester, UK: African Cities Research Consortium, The University of Manchester,
Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3944670 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3944670
Strauss, M. 2019. A historical exposition of spatial injustice and segregated urban settlement in South Africa. Fundamina.Vol 25 nr 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-7870/2019/v25n2a6 . Available at: http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1021-545X2019000200006

You can find other literature related to these topics in the CANVAS file folder_Literature_South Africa

Link to a Google Drive folder with the U.P. students previous work: link

Official brochure about the collaboration Reality Studio - Unit for Urban Citizenship in 2022:

Reality Studio 2022 Brochure_compressed.pdf