Abrahams, Nas Abdul, 47, 63–65
academic practices, 5, 11, 14, 27, 60, 65. See also university context
academic writing, 9, 19–20, 116–119, 138. See also publications
acknowledgment, 112
activism, 18, 25, 30, 44–47, 60, 71, 79
African National Congress (ANC), 30
African Zonks, 50
Agste Laan, 42–44, 61–65, 71, 112–115, 136
Ahmed, Sara, 17
alcohol, 126
ANC (African National Congress), 30
anonymity in review process, 118
anti-eviction campaign. See Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign
apartheid, 18, 27, 34, 36, 46, 50–51, 130
archive of partnership, 7–8, 21, 27, 132–135, 142
Arendse, Washiela, 14, 27, 75, 132–133
assessments of students, 101–106
assumptions, 19, 71, 89–95, 144
babysitting, 74
backyarders project, 15, 26, 31, 34–38, 70–71
banners and boards of troupes, judging of, 66–68
base maps, 34, 43–44, 53, 62–63. See also maps
Bill of Rights, 37
boards and banners of troupes, judging of, 66–68
books, short: My 7de Laan, 42, 107, 123, 128–130, 134; The Valhalla Community Entertainers, 52, 107, 122–126, 130, 134
bungalows, 31, 36, 95–96. See also backyarders project
businesses, 46, 52–56, 71–74, 100, 108, 119–122, 130, 136. See also Yellow Pages
Cape Carnival on Tweede NuweJaar. See minstrels
Cartesian god’s-eye view, 113
cell phones, 35
city government (City of Cape Town): Agste Laan and, 43; Civic and, 15, 30–33, 95; code of conduct, 71; court case, 38–42; housing policies, 37; minstrels and, 126; public housing project, planned, 39, 58, 76; Sewende Laan and, 38–42, 126–127; unemployment, 53
Civic: Agste Laan project, 42–43, 63–64; backyarders project, 35–36; businesses project, 72–73; gangsterism and, 75–77; introduction to, 27–34; minstrels project, 47–52, 68, 123, 126, 130; partnership with, 4, 6, 14–16, 25–26, 56–60, 75, 77, 80, 86, 132, 136, 143; research project on, 16, 44–47; Sewende Laan project, 38–42, 123, 126–127; water, access to, 68–70
code of conduct, City of Cape Town, 71
collaboration, 3–5, 9, 14–18, 22–23, 61, 84, 89, 136–138
“coloured” classification under apartheid, 27, 31
“coloured” identity, 47, 50–51, 126
community development, 27, 47–52, 126, 139
Community Research Group, 15, 34
compensation. See employment
compromise, 17, 60, 65, 75, 139
conflict. See tensions
contradictions, 8, 22, 60–61, 71, 73, 79, 108, 139
councilors, 47, 63–65, 71, 123
court case, Sewende Laan, 38–42, 127
Covid-19 pandemic, 53
crises, 57
Dan, Uncle, 6, 36, 70–71, 127, 130
Dauphinee, Elizabeth, 18–19, 20; The Politics of Exile, 19
decolonialization, 11
directory of neighborhood businesses. See Yellow Pages
employment, 16, 53, 63–64, 74–75, 138
“engineering work,” 50, 123
Environment and Planning A, 116
essentialism, 102
events. See parties
evictions, 14–15, 27, 30, 39, 56, 116. See also forced removals
“exhibits,” 87
Fadielah, Aunty, 63, 64, 78, 87
field notes, 21, 81, 96, 97, 132
fieldwork, 31, 34, 82–83, 85, 89
final papers, 81, 96, 101–106
financial compensation. See employment
fires, 57
food, in fridge, 79
forced removals, 27, 30, 31, 51. See also evictions
“foreigners,” 52–53, 71–74, 122
fridge, empty, 79
gangsterism, 52, 73, 76–78, 84–88, 102, 122, 126
gardens, 69
genres of publication. See publications
global south, 24
god’s-eye view, 113
grants. See social welfare grants
guidelines for research, 88–91
“high risk area,” Valhalla Park as, 93
home-based businesses. See businesses
humiliation, 69
“I,” 22
Inayatullah, Naeem, 18, 19, 20
inequality, 11, 16, 18, 53, 79, 92–95
informal trading, 46, 52–53, 72, 100, 119, 122, 130. See also businesses
interviews, 34, 89, 90, 91, 94–97
invisibility of backyards, 34
invitations and refusals, 61, 79
James, D., 100
judging of minstrel competition, 50, 66–68
Kaaps (language), 138
Kaapse Klopse. See minstrels
Klopse. See minstrels
Klopse Board, 52, 66, 123, 126
knowledge production, 4, 11, 21, 27, 135, 145
landlords, 36
land occupation, 16, 31, 37–44, 64, 71
leaders and leadership, 27–30, 64–65
learning, 27, 81–84, 89, 90, 91–92, 94–95, 101, 106
Legal Resources Centre (LRC), 39, 127, 134
Leitner, Helga, 116
Lemanski, Charlotte, 116
letters from partners to students, 140
logistical planning, 35
LRC. See Legal Resources Centre
“making ends meet” project. See businesses
Malay Choirs, 51
maps, 34–37, 40–44, 53, 62–63, 85, 107–108, 112–115, 134
Masnoena, 61, 63, 64–65, 75, 133
Mason, W., 27
McFarlane, Colin, 27
methamphetamine (tik) addiction, 77, 126
Mina, 6, 74–75, 95, 127, 130
minstrels, 30, 47–52, 66–68, 122–126, 130, 134, 136
Minstrels Board. See Klopse Board
municipal services. See services, provision of
murders, 77–78. See also violence
My 7de Laan, 42, 107, 123, 126–130, 134
narrative writing, 3–5, 7–9, 18–25
National Income Dynamics Study, 53
Neoliberal Futures, 117
newspaper clippings, 32–33, 132
“not once, not twice, but thrice,” 30, 139
ordinary people, 4–5, 11, 24, 84, 96, 113, 137
ordinary words, 23–25, 138–144
orientation routine, 80, 86–88
“otherwise,” doing urban studies, 7–9, 11, 20, 24, 27, 144
participatory practice, 27, 46, 109–112, 133
parties, 38, 42, 73, 81, 109, 140
partners, 28–29, 70–71, 75, 82–83, 89, 94–95, 101–106, 130–132, 140
partnership: archive of, 7–8, 21, 27, 132–135, 142; beginning of, 26; characters of, 5–7; contradictions of, 60; end of, 58, 77–79; leadership of, 74; ordinary words, 139–144; practices of, 21–24, 117–118; rhythms of, 44, 56–59, 136–138, 143–144; value of, 3–5, 9, 14–18, 20–21, 25, 144–146
peer-review process, 117
photographs: of Agste Laan, 43, 112–115; of businesses, 54–55; of Gerty and Sophie, 147; of minstrels, 48–49; of partners, 28–29; on posters, 109–111; of posters event, 133; of researchers, 82–83, 89; of Sewende Laan, 40–41; taking of, 87–88, 90, 91; of Valhalla Park, 12–13
Pieterse, Edgar, 11
police, 39, 57–58, 66, 68, 93
politicians, 126
politics, 11, 53, 58–59, 79, 84, 91, 94–95, 117–119, 137
Politics of Exile, The (Dauphinee), 19
posters, 42, 51, 81, 107–112, 133–134
postgraduate students and teaching, 81, 91–92, 131–132
Pratt, G., 17
preparatory work for projects, 62, 86
projects, 15–16, 26, 56–58, 77–78; research, on Civic, 16, 44–47. See also Agste Laan; backyarders project; businesses; minstrels; Sewende Laan
publications, 16, 97–101, 107–108, 132–135, 139–140, 142; book chapters and journal articles, 116–119; weekly journals, 91–96. See also books, short; field notes; maps; posters; reports; Yellow Pages
public housing, 30, 37, 44, 131
public housing project, planned, 16, 39, 58, 76
public participation. See participatory practice
“questioning what we know,” 19, 89–95
racial stereotypes, 130
refiguring, 17
refusals and invitations, 61, 79
relationships, 36, 57, 90, 140
rental housing, 30–31, 36–37, 44, 131
reports, 36, 98–99, 101–106, 132–133
research: approaches to, 15–16, 21, 90, 135; outcomes, 142; “questioning what we know,” 91–95; rhythm of, 56–57; “spin off,” 130–132; “staying, not running,” 10–11; value of, 31
researchers, 10, 71, 82–83, 112–113, 118
research parties. See parties
research projects. See projects
research publications. See publications
review process, academic, 117–119
rhythms of partnership, 56–58, 136, 143–144
Richardson, L., 20
Rogerson, C. M., 100
roles, multiple and shifting, 6–7, 68, 71, 75, 89, 140–141
Rosenberg, George, 30, 46, 116, 127
Salo, E., 20
Sandercock, Leonie, 20
scholarly writing. See academic writing
Seekings, J., 46
Selmeczi, A., 20
sensitivity, 90
services, provision of, 26, 37, 39, 43; access to water, 68–70, 111
Sewende Laan, 38–42, 71, 113, 123, 126–130, 134, 136
Sewende Laan Committee, 71
“shacks,” 31, 95–96. See also backyarders project
Sheppard, Eric, 116
shops. See businesses
short books. See books, short
Sitas, Ari, 11
small businesses. See businesses
social welfare grants, 72, 102, 130
Somali traders, 71, 72–74, 122
South African Constitutional Bill of Rights, 37
South African Police. See police
“southern theory,” 24
“spin off” research, 130–132
Square, Gertrude (Gerty): Agste Laan project, 43; backyarders project, 35; businesses research project, 73, 119; Civic, research project on, 44; dedication to, 147; leadership of, 61–67, 127, 147; meets author, 27, 30; minstrels project, 50, 52, 66–68, 122, 126; partnership with, 5–6, 8, 14–15, 25, 56–57, 74–75, 86–88, 132, 143–144; photograph of, 147; Sewende Laan project, 26, 34, 127; water, access to, 69–70
Stanfield, Colin, 76
state-built housing. See public housing
state failures, 46
“staying, not running,” 10–14, 25, 27, 144–145
Stokke, Kristian, 14, 116–117
storytelling, 21–23, 97, 100, 136–138. See also narrative writing
street trading, 53. See also businesses
students: assessment of, 101–106; contradictions, 60; first project with, 35–37; orientation routine, 80–88; partners and, 50, 56–57, 69–71, 101–106, 140; partnership, 6–7; posters, 108–109; “questioning what we know,” 91–94; research literature, 95–96; “spin off” research, 130–132
Swarr, Amanda, 17
“taking another look,” 102–103
teaching, 8–9, 25, 56–57, 80–84, 106, 118, 140–142
tensions, 43, 52–53, 57, 60–65, 69–76, 79
“Territorialization in Cities of the South,” 116
theorizing, 24–25, 84, 100–101, 143–146
tik (methamphetamine) addiction, 77, 126
Top Copy printers, 122
“township revolt,” 46
trompoppies, 123
trust, 18, 56–57, 67, 74, 140, 143
“truth-telling,” 138
Tuck, E., 61
unemployment, 16, 53. See also employment
United Front Civic Organisation. See Civic
university context, 3, 10–18, 25, 27, 60, 80–84, 89, 106, 137–138, 143–146. See also academic practices
Urban Futures Conference (2000), 14
urban theorizing, 24–25, 84, 100–101, 143–146
Valhalla Community Entertainers, The, 52, 107, 122–126, 130, 134
Valhalla Park: history of, 31; introduction to, 12–13; map of, 85
Valhalla Park minstrel troupe, 47–52, 66, 122–126
Valhalla Park United Front Civic Organisation. See Civic
violence, 52, 57–58, 60–61, 71–77, 102, 119, 122, 139
vocabulary (ordinary words), 23–25, 138–144
water, access to, 68–70, 111. See also services, provision of
“we,” 22
Wendy houses, 31, 36. See also backyarders project
Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign, 14–15, 27, 30, 116
women in minstrel troupes, 51
writing, academic. See academic writing
writing practices, 16, 97–101, 107–108, 132–135, 139–140, 142; book chapters and journal articles, 116–119; weekly journals, 91–96. See also books, short; field notes; maps; posters; reports; Yellow Pages
xenophobia, 52–53, 56, 71–74, 119, 122
Yellow Pages, 56, 108, 119–122, 133–134
Zaaida, 6, 51, 68, 70, 78, 133, 140
“zoo,” 87