Under the over infrastructure for the spectacle of the everyday

Research report submitted to the school of architecture and planning in fulfillment of the requirements of the Masters of architecture (PROF) 2016"Thresholds are often the most dynamic places in ecosystems. The cusp, both spatially and temporally, is the zone of maximum activity, exchange, hybridization and instability." (Kullmann, 2012) Threshold spaces, previously abandoned or unoccupied, have been infiltrated by various communities - the homeless occupy the undersides of bridges, traders fill pavements and foreign and rural migrants live in derelict buildings. People have created, through their bodies, areas of communication, encounter, and areas of commoning, through which the public 'square' or 'park' in Johannesburg can be reimagined, neither as public space nor as non-place, but rather as common space. It is here that architecture can engage with both the city and its user, space and experience. It is within public space, that architecture can both enhance and celebrate the spectacle everyday. This project investigates all of these aspects within the city of Johannesburg and more specifically along the threshold of the M1 Underpass (Henry Nxumalo Street), focusing on the Newtown Precinct. Programmatically a promenade and market is used to experience this spectacle.MT 201

Embedded Librarianship Seminar

Librarianship is changing, and has to change. Librarians need to master new technologies for managing and delivering information; engage with knowledge and information and moving beyond one-shot instruction. It is essential to establish new relationships with information users and the community in which we practice. The name given to this change is ‘Embedded librarianship’ (Shumaker, 2012). In order to investigate the Embedded Librarianship model at the University of Pretoria Library Services (UPLS), a one day seminar was organised. This seminar consisted of vibrant, 10-minute Show & Tell sessions, provides excellent opportunites for a number of librarians to share their best practices, experience and ideas on this thrilling topic. The programme addressed embedded librarianship in context of the following focus areas: information literacy; embedded projects and research support.Papers presented at the Embedded Librarianship seminar, Auditorium, Merensky Library, University of Pretoria, 31 October 2012mn2013cp201