See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/252524588 Engagement and reconstruction in critical research: Negotiating urban practice, policy and theory in South Africa Article in Social & Cultural Geography · June 2004 DOI: 10.1080/14649360410001690268 CITATIONS 16 READS 41 3 authors, including: Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Consuming Urban Poverty (Governing Food Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Secondary Cities in Africa) View project Sophie Oldfield University of Cape Town 31 PUBLICATIONS 313 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Susan Parnell University of Cape Town 80 PUBLICATIONS 1,391 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE All content following this page was uploaded by Sophie Oldfield on 17 April 2015. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. All in-text references underlined in blue are added to the original document and are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you access and read them immediately.