- `Insurgent` Spaces in Durban; An investigation on the proliferation of religious sites for the Nazareth Baptist Church   723 kb by    Mchunu, Koyi | mchunuk@ukzn.ac.za    Short Outline Planning in the context of diversity, temporaneous nature of uses poses numerous challenges. Abstract This paper discusses ` insurgent planning` as relevant approach to planning practice, then applies it to the city of Durban in an attempt to shed light on the proliferation of religious sites of the Nazareth Baptist Church. Arguing that predominant planning theories are inadequate to account for the diversity of urban experiences, the paper explores alternative theoretical frameworks that speak more eloquently to contemporary issues, more especially in contexts that are increasingly marked by diversity, difference, informality, marginality, and `otherness` . These theoretical frameworks foreground these issues as constitutive of being (in the city), and as contributions to the collective reimagining of the city. The paper discusses how such a planning approach could improve theory, pedagogy, and practice of planning. Keywords Case Study presented on the ISOCARP Congress 2013: Frontiers of Planning - Evolving and declining models of city planning practice   Click to open the full paper as pdf document   Click to send an email to the author(s) of this paper