University–community engagement as place-making? A case of the University of Fort Hare and Alice

Thakrar, Jayshree

doi:10.1080/0376835x.2018.1433022

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“…The University of Pretoria has challenged the exclusivity and isolation of universities through leading an urban renewal and social transformation project around its Hatfield campus (Hendricks and Flaherty, 2018). On the other hand, research has revealed a disconnect and neglect of placemaking-related activities at the University of Fort Hare, concluding it has no intrinsic commitment towards either the town or place-making (Thakrar, 2018). Therefore, physical and social infrastructure at South African universities requires a raft of changes to inspire civility, innovation and many other graduate attributes.…”

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Monitoring and Evaluation of Transformative Creative Placemaking on University Campuses

Mutero

Govender

2020

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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The study argues that the value of arts-based interventions in peacebuilding and development is yet to be fully realised due to a paucity of effective monitoring and evaluation models. In a context of growing attention to the benefits of university community engagement to social change, this article reports on how social practice creative placemaking embedded in engaged scholarship can be assessed for efficiency and its effectiveness in giving salience to silenced and ‘unusual’ voices in the pursuit of social justice. We propose an effective monitoring and evaluation model that shows the change development processes and can track and attribute causality.

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Monitoring and Evaluation of Transformative Creative Placemaking on University Campuses

Mutero

Govender

2020

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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“…innocent t. mutero and moses j. chimbari partnership dynamics in university-community engagement delivery , democracy (Cook and Nation, 2016), sustainable development (Mbah, 2019), placemaking (Thakrar, 2018) and social justice (Machimana, Sefotho, and Ebersöhn, 2018, p. 177) especially in marginalised communities.…”

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Partnership Dynamics in University-Community Engagement:

Mutero¹

2021

IJAHE

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Cooperation and reciprocity between university actors and community research assistants through university-community engagement has the potential to lead to knowledge creation and improved research uptake.However, there is a paucity of research on the relational dynamics and operating processes in successful partnerships between multi-disciplinary university scientists and community research assistants. This study investigated the case of the Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (Tiba) research team based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal to identify the attributes associated with constructing and sustaining transformative university-community engagement through multi-disciplinary research teams. Data was collected by means of participant observation, ethnographic conversation interviews, and in-depth interviews with key participants including co- --mmunity research assistants and university-based researchers. The results show that organisational structure and qualities, academic principles and social qualities underpin the success of multi-disciplinary research teams. Based on the findings, we assert that dialogic interaction, respect, ‘demystification of science’ and knowledge plurality facilitate relationships between researchers and community research assistants that can aid in framing sustainable university-community engagement as a way to work with the community rather than ways to work for it. Key words: university-community engagement, social attributes, partnership dynamics, multi-disciplinary research, community research assistants

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Alice: Socio-spatial Change in a Small University Town

Ntema

2021

South African Urban Change Three Decades After Apartheid

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University–community engagement as place-making? A case of the University of Fort Hare and Alice

Cited by 7 publications

References 15 publications

Monitoring and Evaluation of Transformative Creative Placemaking on University Campuses

Monitoring and Evaluation of Transformative Creative Placemaking on University Campuses

Partnership Dynamics in University-Community Engagement:

Alice: Socio-spatial Change in a Small University Town

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