Bennett, Jonathan;
(2022)
Navigating the What-What: Spirit of the Order.
Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge:Species of Theses and Other Pieces
, 2
(3)
pp. 229-246.
10.14361/dak-2022-03015.
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Abstract
Critically engaging with one’s positionality in contemporary architectural research in a post-Apartheid South African context requires an approach that blends concerns about identity, location, and voice in responsibly creative means, while not reinforcing the existing power dynamics inherent in such work� This essay employs Jane Rendell’s Site-Writing modality to develop a means of navigating these inter-demographic and inter-locational dilemmas – the What-What – that emerge when working from a »northerly« located institution and speaking from a »Southern« position through multiple audiences. A reflective-animation method has been developed that provides a proto-methodology for both documenting and speculating with the tacit nature of spatial design practice in post-Apartheid South African cities.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Navigating the What-What: Spirit of the Order |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14361/dak-2022-03015 |
| Publisher version: | https://www.transcript-publishing.com/978-3-8376-5... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 Jhono Bennett, published by transcript Verlag� This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4�0 (BY) license. |
| Keywords: | Site-writing; Reflective Animation; Practice-oriented Research; What-What |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10164890 |
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