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Towards a narratology of planning - stories of a South African gold mining town
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/70507 Towards a narratology of planning - stories of a South African gold mining town Oranje, Mark u02427745@tuks.co.za Tesner-Smith, Desirée UCTD Urban and regional planning Narratology of planning Gold mining town Sustainable development South Africa Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-12 SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2019. The study had a dual objective, namely 1) to add to the body of knowledge of South African planning stories and 2) to consider the possibility of a narratology of planning. The study considered the role of narrative in four aspects of planning, namely 1) the use of narratives as a way of telling and understanding practice stories (stories of places or planning processes); 2) the narrative or elements thereof as a structure to make plans accessible and understandable/readable; 3) the use of narratives to enable “world-making” through planning and, 4) the reading of spaces (cities and towns) as narratives. In order to meet these objectives, the stories of Virginia, a gold mining town in the Free State gold fields of South Africa, were collected, interpreted and analysed. The study was mainly ethnographic in nature, relying heavily on personal interviews with long-time residents and former residents of the town. In addition, textual analysis was employed in a reading of the provincial and municipal plans pertaining to the town as narratives. The Virginia stories were read against six different, but integrated elements. These are: The notions of utopia/dystopia; the concept of hope as proposed by Bloch (1995); the construct of (post)modernism (with special reference to Berman (1988)); the Apartheid history of South Africa; selected planning trends/approaches/theories and the stories of selected other South African single industry settlements (Johannesburg, Benoni, Sasolburg and Secunda). The stories shared by the people of Virginia provided significant insights into their experience of their town and also into the many attempts made by the municipality (in earlier years) and residents of Virginia to improve the prospects of the town. The provincial and municipal plans that have a bearing on Virginia were found to have shortcomings when read from a narrative perspective. The Virginia study confirmed the value of applying not only the form of narrative, but also the art and science of narrative to the field of planning. While not as clearly indicated as for planning, such cross-disciplinary research was found to also have potential for the enrichment of the field of narratology. BS2025 Town and Regional Planning PhD Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2019-07-08T09:46:39Z 2019-07-08T09:46:39Z 2019/04/24 2019 Thesis Tesner-Smith, D 2019, Towards a narratology of planning - stories of a South African gold mining town, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70507> A2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70507 en © 2019 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 | UCTD Urban and regional planning Narratology of planning Gold mining town Sustainable development South Africa Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-12 SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals Towards a narratology of planning - stories of a South African gold mining town |
| title | Towards a narratology of planning - stories of a South African gold mining town |
| title_full | Towards a narratology of planning - stories of a South African gold mining town |
| title_fullStr | Towards a narratology of planning - stories of a South African gold mining town |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a narratology of planning - stories of a South African gold mining town |
| title_short | Towards a narratology of planning - stories of a South African gold mining town |
| title_sort | towards a narratology of planning stories of a south african gold mining town |
| topic | UCTD Urban and regional planning Narratology of planning Gold mining town Sustainable development South Africa Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-12 SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals |
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