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Credits

Mingyang Sun

Fangyuan Sheng

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University of Pennsylvania
Weitzman School of Design
Department of Landscape Architecture

Fall 2020, LARP 701 Option Studio

Christopher Marcinkoski

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Speculations on the post-neoliberal city: Imagining spaces of future settlement

Source list:

Contemporary Artists:

Gerhard Marx: https://gerhardmarx.co.za/Transparent-Territory 

Jessica Webster: https://www.goodman-gallery.com/store/shop?ref_id=33508

Nicholas Hlobo: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/level-2-gallery-nicholas-hlobo/level-2-gallery-nicholas-hlobo

 

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Traditional Artifacts:

Ndebele Wall Painting: https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/ndebele-wall-painting-much-more-than-meets-the-eye/82549/  

Murals pattern and color: 

http://arthistoryalex.tripod.com/Africa/AfricanHut/Ndebele/ 

Ndebele Jocolo - Married Woman’s Skirt: 

https://vanessavillegas.com/project/ndebele-jocolo-for-sale

Zulu Vessel for Serving Beer:

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/185691/vessel-for-serving-beer-izikhamba

African Zulu Swazi Drum:

https://www.africancraftsmarket.com/products/african-drums/Drum-Zulu.html

Zulu Ilala Palm Baskets/Ukhamba:

https://www.africancraftsmarket.com/products/african-woven-baskets/African-grass-woven-basket.html

https://www.basketsfromafrica.com/items/zulu-ilala-palm-baskets/African-Basket_Ukhamba_73199-detail.htm

IZIQHAZA Earplugs: 

https://www.bruno-mignot.com/galeries/ornements-oreilles/902-disques-d-oreilles-iziqhaza-zoulou-afrique-du-sud-bostwana.html

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Landscape Investigation:

Overview and some interesting topics of Johannesburg (gold mine, township, inequality…): https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.18772/22014107656 

History of Johannesburg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Johannesburg

Geology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witwatersrand 

Gold mine: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/oct/24/theres-a-lot-of-money-down-there-the-deadly-cities-of-gold-beneath-johannesburg 

https://www.greenbiz.com/article/whats-left-wake-south-africas-abandoned-gold-mines 

https://scenariojournal.com/article/gold-mining-exploits/ 

Apartheid: http://www.cndp.fr/crdp-reims/ressources/brochures/blphg/bul28/valleixjohannesburg.htm 


 

Future Projection:

Demographic and population projection: https://population.un.org/wup/Country-Profiles/ https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/maps/gallery/search/2?facets=theme:health&facets=region:africa 

Climate Change: https://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/policies/v.php?id=38589 

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