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The language game of South African urban and regional planning : a cognitive mapping from the past into the future
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 1977.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/37306 The language game of South African urban and regional planning : a cognitive mapping from the past into the future Badenhorst, M.S. Oranje, Mark Urban and regional planning in South Africa Language game Cognitive mapping UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 1977. In this thesis, in which urban and regional planning in South Africa was treated as a complex language game with a past of over one and a half century, it was argued that radical changes in the context in which this game is played, necessitate in-depth inquiries into its future. In addition to this, it was premised that a thorough understanding of the past is imperative for any probe into the future. Consequently the first part of the thesis was devoted to a cognitive mapping of the game's past, mainly by using the printed discourse of its players. The result of this endeavour was a composite map indicating where, how, by whom and according to which and whose rules the game had been played and how and why each of these had changed over time. In the second part of the thesis, in which three maps were produced, the focus shifted to the game's future. In the first of these three maps the context in which the game is played, the impact of this particular context on the game and vice versa, as well as the trends and tendencies impacting on this context, were mapped. By extrapolating these trends and tendencies it was possible to construct a range of possible and probable futures, which was done in the second map. Together with the composite map of the game's past, these two maps were then used to determine whether the game has a future, and if so, how this future could become a reality. In this inquiry it was concluded that there is a definite future for the game, the realisation of which, it was argued, requires the following from the players, viz (1) dislodging the game from its roots which are grounded in a form of modernism which treats modernity as a routine and giving it a critical modernist persuasion in which modernity is seen as an adventure, (2) regaining the fervour for the game which drove the pioneers of the game at its birth and (3) ensuring that there is a need and use for the niches/fields in which the game is played, that new niches/fields are created and that existing niches/fields created by others, are filled/entered by players of the planning game. While the study was primarily intended to make a contribution to the debate on the future of the language game of South African urban and regional planning, the maps of the game's past also contribute to the sparse literature on the history of the game, especially its founding years, which have to date, been virtually uncharted. gm2014 Town and Regional Planning unrestricted 2014-04-01T09:11:53Z 2014-04-01T09:11:53Z 1977-11-02 1977 Thesis Oranje, MC 1977, The language game of South African urban and regional planning : a cognitive mapping from the past into the future, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/37306> D14/4/27/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/37306 en © 1977 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Urban and regional planning in South Africa Language game Cognitive mapping UCTD The language game of South African urban and regional planning : a cognitive mapping from the past into the future |
| title | The language game of South African urban and regional planning : a cognitive mapping from the past into the future |
| title_full | The language game of South African urban and regional planning : a cognitive mapping from the past into the future |
| title_fullStr | The language game of South African urban and regional planning : a cognitive mapping from the past into the future |
| title_full_unstemmed | The language game of South African urban and regional planning : a cognitive mapping from the past into the future |
| title_short | The language game of South African urban and regional planning : a cognitive mapping from the past into the future |
| title_sort | language game of south african urban and regional planning a cognitive mapping from the past into the future |
| topic | Urban and regional planning in South Africa Language game Cognitive mapping UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/37306 |