Doung Jahangeer - seeing cities

As part of a conference and exhibition on responsible tourism in cities that I helped produce recently, we included an optional excursion which was a walk through the centre of the city of Durban guided by architect, artist and iconoclast, Doung Jahangeer. He has remarkable insights into cities, and particularly the spaces in-between the structures that we usually associate with places. If you want to learn (or be reminded) how to not just look but to see the spaces and places around you in a city - or in any community - you'd be hard pressed to find a better teacher than Doung.



Here, large segments of the walk were filmed by Iain Harris of Coffeebeans Routes. Highly recommended viewing.




Be sure to view the full set of segments:

• Segment 1 (as embedded above): "Seeing with your heart"
• Segment 2: "If you come here, you are mad..."
• Segment 3: "You've got guns, go and shoot them"
• Segment 4: "Meaning in meaningless matter"
• Segment 5: "Andy Warhol pissing in his grave"
• Segment 6: "The cheapest and the best food here"
• Segment 7: "The story of the tomato"

The walk took place in the following part of Durban:


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The route began on Canongate Road and went via Acorn Road, Wills, Douglas, Acorn, across the M4 to Market Street and into the markets, exiting on Bertha Mkhize Street.

Doung Jahangeer - seeing cities