A Lefebvrean Analysis of the Lived Experiences of the On-Campus Students at the University of Zululand

Abstract

Henri Lefebvre’s spatial triad is used to investigate the lived experiences of on-campus students at the University of Zululand. The study argues that campus students appropriated and disrupted campus spaces to create new ones. This is reflected, among other things, in relationships, living arrangements and campus cultures. This is a qualitative study in which data were gathered through semi-structured interviews. According to the study, campus students’ daily activities have played a role in rearranging and building relationships, but the students themselves are impotent and unable to influence the change in campus living conditions, making campus residences spaces of power and powerlessness.