Kaqchikel gardens : women, children, and multiple roles of gardens among the Maya of Highland Guatemala
Cultural landscape ; Ethnic community ; Feminism ; Garden ; Guatemala ; Small town ; Town ; Woman
A. seeks to fill a lacuna of kitchen gardens in Latin America by examining the role of women and children within those gardens and the non-material functions their production supports. Material aspects of gardens centered on provision of extra food
and religious/medicinal plants. Nonmaterial effects centered on educating children about cropping and nature. Study is based on fieldwork in three small cities in the Kaqchikel region of Guatemala. - (SLD)
Settlement and mobility among newcomers to GardenCity, Kansas
Culturel ; Etats-Unis ; GardenCity ; Groupe ethnique ; Géographie de l'Amérique ; Géographie urbaine ; High Plains ; Kansas ; Population urbaine ; Société urbaine ; Structure urbaine
This meatpacking city of 24 000 people on the High Plains of North America is 74 % Anglo| 16 % Hispanic| 1 % Black| and 9 % Southeast Asian. Ethnic neighborhoods have not formed here, but still there is not much social interaction among these groups
The original gardencities in Britain and the gardencity ideal in Finland in Issue dedicated by the Geographical Society of Finland to Professor Leo Aario on his 80th birthday, 26th November 1986.
Blacks ; Citizenship ; Community ; Garden ; Inner city ; Neo liberalism ; Social geography ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Urbanization ; Wisconsin
This paper investigates urban community gardens as spaces of citizenship through a case study of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It examines the impacts of community gardens on citizenship practice and the effects of volunteerism on the development
of community gardens. It explores how grassroots community gardens simultaneously contest and reinforce local neoliberal policies. This research contributes empirically and theoretically to scholarship on urban food movements, neoliberal urbanization
Observing guerrillas in the wild : reinterpreting practices of urban guerrilla gardening
Activism ; Built up area ; England ; Gardening ; Project ; Public space ; Social geography ; Social interaction ; Social practice ; United Kingdom ; Urban area ; Urban renewal
Using the example of ‘F Troop’—a group of gardeners operating on a site in an English midland city, this paper focuses on the practices of urban guerrilla gardening. It argues that the social backgrounds and motivations of those involved
in guerrilla gardening and their relationship with other users of the space surrounding the dig site are also important—but largely underacknowledged—aspects of guerrilla gardening.
Les lacs de Bangalore, éléments de lecture de la GardenCity du Sud de l'Inde
Bangalore lakes: reflections of/on the South India GardenCity in a global age
A l'origine de la GardenCity : le réseau des tanks. Les tanks face à la croissance métropolitaine : entre disparition et naturalisation. Les tanks, des espaces verts à l'heure de la gouvernance. L'affaire Sankey Tank (2004) : polarisation d'enjeux
Urban perennials : how diversification has created a sustainable community garden movement in the United States
Community ; Garden ; Gardening ; Kansas ; Motivation ; New York State ; Participation ; Social capital ; Social geography ; Sustainable development ; Texas ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Vegetables
Through the examples of the community gardens in Brooklyn, Manhattan (Kansas) and Austin, this article analyses their current state and how its historical roots shaped its response to current policy concerns. It then examines which populations
comprise today’s community gardeners and what motivates them to participate. It concludes by positing that a greater diversity of gardeners and gardening motivations, accompanied by changing leading views on urban land uses, will lead to such urban gardens
remaining a more lasting feature of city neighborhood landscapes.
Political gardening in a post-disaster city : lessons from New Orleans
Community ; Food ; Garden ; Louisiana ; New Orleans ; Project ; Social geography ; Social justice ; United States of America
injustice in the city may be limited the emergence of urban gardening activities in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The study examines the ways in which various gardening projects in New Orleans exhibit different levels and scopes of political engagement, with a particular focus on how they manifest (sometimes in contradictory ways) in the projects’ missions
and practices. By highlighting the ever-shifting social, economic, and political context of the post-disaster recovery, this article illustrates how urban gardening is inherently political, but cautions that the extent to which gardening can subvert social
Practicing GIS as mixed method : affordances and limitations in an urban gardening study
Gardening ; Geographic research ; Geographical information system ; Indiana ; Neighbourhood ; Positionality ; Research ; Subjectivity ; United States of America
. To illustrate this process, it presents findings from the use of qualitative GIS to study urban gardening in Muncie, Indiana, a postindustrial, Midwestern city.
This article examines the affordances and limitations of GIS practicing as a mixed method in an urban gardening study. It traces how qualitative GIS methods uniquely enable multiple narratives to change the ways in which GIS is practiced
Community Garden- Bewegung in New York City. Basisinitiativen und Stadtteilrevitalisierung
Le mouvement Community Garden à New York. Initiatives de base et rénovation urbaine
Blacks ; Community ; Cooperative movement ; Garden ; Hispanics ; Living standard ; Minority ; New York City ; Poverty ; Slum ; United States of America ; Urban renewal ; Urban society
Communauté ; Etats-Unis ; Hispaniques ; Jardin ; Minorité ; Mouvement coopératif ; New York City ; Niveau de vie ; Noirs ; Pauvreté ; Rénovation urbaine ; Société urbaine ; Taudis
de survivre en cultivant eux-mêmes des légumes. Ils conservent ainsi leur dignité et rompent leur isolement. Ils permettent aussi la rénovation urbaine. Le mouvement Community Garden apparu en 1973 en est un exemple réussi. Il a eu des conséquences