Between the ordinary and the extra-oridnary: socio-spatial transformation in the South of Johannesburg

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dc.contributor.authorHarrison, Philip. Zack, Tanya.
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dc.date.issued2014-06-16
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dc.description.abstractA recent discourse on ‘ordinary cities’ represents cities as unique assemblages rather than as imperfect representations of an ideal such as the ‘world city’. The ‘ordinariness’ of cities is, however, constructed at the intersection of the ‘ordinary’ and ‘extraordinary’. We use the case of the ‘Old South’ of Johannesburg to show how the ordinariness of everyday life has been shaped by continually shifting transnational, or extraordinary, flows and relationships. Strong locally inscribed spatial loyalties emerged historically in the Old South, although these were always overlain by ethnic territorialities. Recently, new socio-spatial configurations have emerged in the context of post-Apartheid migration flows. The emergent identities and territorialities associated with these flows remain fragile and ambiguous, but may offer pointers towards our new urban futures.
dc.description.librarianBongi Mphuti
dc.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.identifier.citationHarrison and Zack, 2014
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03736245.2014.924863
dc.identifier.issn2151-2418 (Online) 0373-6245 (Print)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/37721
dc.journal.titleBetween the ordinary and the extra-oridnary: socio-spatial transformation in the South of Johannesburg
dc.language.isoen
dc.orcid.id0000-0003-3038-858X
dc.orcid.id0000-0003-3287-0994
dc.publisherSouth African Geographical Journal
dc.schoolArchitecture and Planning
dc.subjectJohannesburg || transnational migrants || spatial identity
dc.titleBetween the ordinary and the extra-oridnary: socio-spatial transformation in the South of Johannesburg
dc.typeArticle
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