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    Published: 2021-12-20
    Vol. 19 (2021)

    The right to a garden. Gardeners in urban space

    Dr Renata Hołda
    Journal of Urban Ethnology
    Section: Articles
    DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/JUE19.2021.009

    Abstract

    The aim of my article is to present the activities of urban gardeners – a decentralized, grassroots movement that implements various forms of plant cultivation in the city. It is an intersection of a hobby interest in the cultivation of flowers, vegetables and herbs with various forms of urban activism, as well as ecological trends and an interest in the protection of the Earth and in the rational use of its resources. I treat urban gardening as one of the urban movements, and its activities as a kind of infra-politics. However, I point out that it cannot be treated only in terms of resistance, but that its analyses should take into account the reaction of the adversaries; a reaction which takes over the signs of social insubordination and turns it to its own advantage.

    Keywords:

    urban gardening, urban movements, resistance, urban anthropology

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    Hołda, R. (2021). The right to a garden. Gardeners in urban space. Journal of Urban Ethnology, 19, 147–162. https://doi.org/10.23858/JUE19.2021.009

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