Diary of a public space user : reflections on southern urbanism

dc.contributor.authorSupra, Raynhard
dc.contributor.authorLandman, Karina
dc.contributor.emailkarina.landman@up.ac.za
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-22T10:08:09Z
dc.date.available2025-09-22T10:08:09Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractPublic spaces in South Africa reflect the everyday urban realities of public space users. These spaces embrace a complex narrative of past ideas, current needs and future dreams. This article focuses on the diary of a public space user in a dynamic Global South city, Pretoria, South Africa. It presents the critical reflections of a young planner obtained through multiple walks in two sets of public spaces, recorded in a research diary. The experiences of the young planner are then compared to those of other public space users to investigate different everyday urban experiences. Rooted in a Southern perspective, the article reflects on the nature and meaning of everyday realities through the lens of critical urbanism. The discussion highlights the value of critical reflection through the use of research diaries to assist young planners in understanding the everyday dynamics associated with southern urbanism in Pretoria.
dc.description.departmentTown and Regional Planning
dc.description.librarianhj2025
dc.description.sdgSDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities
dc.description.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cips20
dc.identifier.citationRaynhard Supra & Karina Landman (2025) Diary of a public space user: reflections on Southern Urbanism, International Planning Studies, 30:1-2, 123-140, DOI: 10.1080/13563475.2025.2465754.
dc.identifier.issn1356-3475 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1469-9265 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/13563475.2025.2465754
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/104422
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.rights© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
dc.subjectSouthern urbanism
dc.subjectPublic space
dc.subjectCritical urbanism
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectPretoria
dc.titleDiary of a public space user : reflections on southern urbanism
dc.typeArticle

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