I recently joined this forum and have very much appreciated the opportunities, resources and insights everyone has shared so far. 

I'm a first year PhD student in Architecture at the University of Sheffield. I'm  researching the knowledge, imagination and meanings that inform spatial appropriation of open, vacant and public spaces in West African cities (Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria). I previously worked on street and market vending, and I intend to think quite expansively - so to include activities such as the temporary occupation of streets for funerals and naming ceremonies, even appropriation of vacant buildings of plots by youth for football games, or usage of empty buildings for community gatherings, performances, meetings, etc. 

I have a request - I am at a moment where I am trying to read as much as possible about different relational approaches and understandings of space, place and public space (Henri Lefebvre, Yi-Fu Tuan, Doreen Massey, for example). I wanted to ask if anyone could share theorists, researchers, writers conceptualizing space from the global south? Anything from more historical conceptualizations of space, place and public space to more contemporary understandings would be incredibly appreciated. 

Thank you!!

Best,

Victoria