ABSTRACT Universities are expected to contribute towards the development of society through working collaboratively with communities. One of the many ways that the academy allows for community engagement is through the use of creative placemaking to intentionally inspire a raft of transformational changes to the economy, environment and physical and social infrastructure. However, the pursuit of transformational university community engagement is strewn with partnership challenges. Using a qualitative approach, this study engages selected key participants to assess the challenges, forms of power and influence underpinning the participation of different creative placemaking stakeholders and how their partnerships could be improved. Results revealed that partnership challenges include dissimilar management orientations, risk aversion and the reinforcement of unjust systems. The findings of the study suggest that engaged creative placemaking can be made effective through collaborative strategic thinking, strategic planning and the collective implementation of initiatives for it to be genuinely emancipatory, sustainable and scalable.

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从交易性伙伴关系转向协作性大学社区参与：评估夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省创意场所营造的案例研究

摘要 大学应通过与社区的合作为社会发展做出贡献。学院允许社区参与的众多方式之一是通过使用创造性的场所营造来有意激发对经济、环境以及物理和社会基础设施的一系列转型变革。然而，追求变革型大学社区参与充满了伙伴关系挑战。本研究采用定性方法，让选定的关键参与者参与评估支持不同创意场所营造利益相关者参与的挑战、权力形式和影响力，以及如何改善他们的伙伴关系。结果显示，伙伴关系挑战包括不同的管理方向、风险规避和不公正制度的强化。研究结果表明，参与式创意场所营造可以通过协作战略思维、战略规划和举措的集体实施而变得有效，使其真正具有解放性、可持续性和可扩展性。