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The ‘Storying the landscape’ project is an RDP funded 3-year pilot-project, focused on initiating research into:
a) the implications of 'Afrocentricity' for local landscape architecture praxis and products, and
b) the potential for contributing to more contemporary and culturally inclusive resources for South African landscape architecture.
Research activities include building research networks; and the qualitative collection and analysis of relevant stories, observations and other material that can give insight into answering the research questions.
Knowing urban nature differently: undervalued nature relationships linked to community parks in the City of Tshwane
Dayle Shand & Christina (Ida) Breed
International Planning Studies
Vol. 30| Published: 2025
The above paper is an overlap between findings from a PhD Study (Nature-based park making : interpreting nearby nature narratives to promote environmental justice in City of Tshwane parks) that preempted this study, and the progress on the current 'Storying the landscape' project.
The above paper is an overlap between findings from a PhD Study (Nature-based park making : interpreting nearby nature narratives to promote environmental justice in City of Tshwane parks) that preempted this study, and the progress on the current 'Storying the landscape' project.
Emthonjeni urban park: utilising landscape narratives as an informant for decolonized landscape design approaches
Siphiwe Mabaso (Supervised by: Dayle Shand)
MLArch Masters Thesis project
2024
The study above was completed by Siphiwe Mabaso, a Masters of Landscape Architecture student working on the research project. The research and design reports can be accessed to an indication of the type of research and speculative design explorations linked to the Storying the landscape project.
RFS 701: Honours Research Project: Storying the landscape
Research project supervisor: Dayle Shand, Student work: Colin Brenchley
RFS 701 Research Project
2024
The student work above showcases the ongoing research investigations linked to this research project, which are also integrated into teaching and research praxis.
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