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oapen-20.500.12657-862752023-12-23T02:34:24Z Space, people and technology Osman, Amira Karuri-Sebina, Geci Jia, Beisi Gibberd, Amanda Hlongwane, Russel Paterson, Jody Mammon, Nisa Osman, Amira Karuri-Sebina, Geci Built environment cities spatial transformation housing knowledge for development infrastructure city planning bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AM Architecture::AMC Architectural structure & design In this book, there is a call on built environment professionals to reflect on the role of narrative in shaping space, influencing people and making decisions about technology. It is argued that by changing the narrative and methods of representations, new imaginaries can be generated and the scope of what is possible is significantly broadened. Contextualized narratives, vocabularies and metaphors can evoke new thinking and new practice. This book looks for examples where professionals and communities have jointly worked together from the precinct to the site level. The authors are especially inspired by the ideas of 'tinkering', 'muddling through', 'engaging with the mess' and 'gnarly planning', concepts that encourage experimentation and engagement with real-life contexts, learning through doing, policy change through evolutionary processes and a hands-on approach. This book aims to elevate our understanding of the concepts of people-centred participation and co-production/co-creation by shifting the debate from the esoteric to the applied and contextual. We believe that practice can only be transformed by transforming thinking. Through the development of our own philosophies, emerging from and rooted in context, we may shift thinking and practice towards people, community and care. 2023-12-21T13:58:44Z 2023-12-21T13:58:44Z 2023 book ONIX_20231221_9781991271013_2 9781991269010 9781991270016 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86275 eng The Built Environment in Emerging Economies (BEinEE): Cities, Space and Transformation application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International BK323-Web_PDF.pdf AOSIS AVARSITY Books 10.4102/aosis.2023.BK323 10.4102/aosis.2023.BK323 d7387d49-5f5c-4cd8-8640-ed0a752627b7 9781991269010 9781991270016 AVARSITY Books 2 170 Cape Town open access
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In this book, there is a call on built environment professionals to reflect on the role of narrative in shaping space, influencing people and making decisions about technology. It is argued that by changing the narrative and methods of representations, new imaginaries can be generated and the scope of what is possible is significantly broadened. Contextualized narratives, vocabularies and metaphors can evoke new thinking and new practice. This book looks for examples where professionals and communities have jointly worked together from the precinct to the site level. The authors are especially inspired by the ideas of 'tinkering', 'muddling through', 'engaging with the mess' and 'gnarly planning', concepts that encourage experimentation and engagement with real-life contexts, learning through doing, policy change through evolutionary processes and a hands-on approach. This book aims to elevate our understanding of the concepts of people-centred participation and co-production/co-creation by shifting the debate from the esoteric to the applied and contextual. We believe that practice can only be transformed by transforming thinking. Through the development of our own philosophies, emerging from and rooted in context, we may shift thinking and practice towards people, community and care.
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