Abstract
This essay is concerned with the shaping, the framing and the fashion- ing of the discourse on urban futures in Cape Town, South Africa. I outline the multiple sources and diverse elements that feed into this discourse: specifically, metropolitan theory and local experience. Focusing on the praxis of the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town, I argue that there is a convergence between the language of crisis and the vision that comes across in policy and futurist scenariobuilding. I point at apartheid modernities and their recapitulation in utopian dreams for the post-apartheid city.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 286-302 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Social Dynamics-a Journal of the Centre for African Studies University of Cape Town |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Utopia
- crisis
- urban futures
- abstract space
- broken city
- IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS