https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909620975804 Journal of Asian and African Studies 1–13 © The Author(s) 2020 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/0021909620975804 journals.sagepub.com/home/jas J A A S Monitoring and Evaluation of Transformative Creative Placemaking on University Campuses Innocent Tinashe Mutero and Ivan Gunass Govender Durban University of Technology, South Africa Abstract The study argues that the value of arts-based interventions in peacebuilding and development is yet to be fully realised due to a paucity of effective monitoring and evaluation models. In a context of growing attention to the benefits of university community engagement to social change, this article reports on how social practice creative placemaking embedded in engaged scholarship can be assessed for efficiency and its effectiveness in giving salience to silenced and ‘unusual’ voices in the pursuit of social justice. We propose an effective monitoring and evaluation model that shows the change development processes and can track and attribute causality. Keywords Engaged creative placemaking, campus relations, monitoring and evaluation, arts for social change, community engagement Introduction Over the past few years, universities in South Africa have gradually increased their university- community engagement efforts. The National Research Foundation has gone on to invest gener- ously in university community engagement. This is for a good reason. The collaborative efforts of university students, scientists and community stakeholders are key to realising political, social and economic development, and are closely connected to the wealth, improvement of quality of life and place liveability (Orr, 2016). The diversity of teams from various domains teaming up on university community engagement adds more value to local innovation compared to homogenous players (Chimbari, 2016). Therefore, engaged scholarship has a transformative role in enlarging societal Corresponding author: Innocent Tinashe Mutero, Department of Entrepreneurial Studies and Management, Durban University of Technology, Block C, ML Sultan Campus, Durban, 4001, South Africa. Email: muteroinnocent@gmail.com 975804JAS 0 0 10.1177/0021909620975804Journal of Asian and African StudiesMutero and Govender research-article 2020 Original Article