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Acknowledgements

I want to acknowledge the financial support of my family; the postdoctoral fellowship that I held for 2016–18 through the Wits City Institute, as part of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Programme in Critical Architecture and Urbanism, funded by the Foundation’s prestigious international Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities Initiative; and the Wits School of the Arts Merit Award and PhD Completion Grants (2014–15).

The Wits City Institute’s Director and Chair in Critical Architecture and Urbanism Noëleen Murray created a stimulating and supportive space for writing. Professors Gerrit Olivier and David Bunn at the University of the Witwatersrand provided the intellectual direction for the project, initially as doctoral supervisors, then later as readers and interlocutors in the making of this book.

Sao Mendes from the Wits School of Arts, Suzette Jansen van Rensburg and Janie Johnson from the University of Witwatersrand libraries, and Clive Kirkwood from the University of Cape Town’s Special Collections made it possible for me to work in all corners of the world. Roshan Cader from Wits University Press and project manager Lisa Compton and editor Alison Lockhart made this book possible. Zen Marie helped me to see the lawn with fresh eyes at the Zoo Lake Bowling Club, and André Prado read, edited, proofed, sacrificed and supported my writing for too many years.