From the Ground Up: Community Gardens in New York City and the Politics of Spatial Transformation. Efrat Eizenberg

ISBN-13: 9781138261457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 218 str.

Efrat Eizenberg

Opis

Some 650 community gardens dot the city of New York. These gardens are attended by some of the least advantaged residents of the city. Urban residents use these spaces for horticulture, recreation, social gatherings, and artistic and cultural events. This book shows how, in the process of attempting to protect these highly contested spaces, residents developed as community leaders and urban activists. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to follow the political development of urban residents, the book examines how everyday spatial practices, social interactions, the production of alternative urban space, and the generation of new urban knowledge render community gardeners into important social actors in the urban scene.

Recenzje

'The strength of this book lies [...] in its scholarship about the historical development of community gardens... Recommended.' Choice 'From the Ground Up is a well-researched investigation of a topic that, until now, has received mostly article-length treatment: the politics of community gardens in New York City. This in-depth study provides much more detail into the personal, communal, and urban politics of the community garden movement in New York than has previously been available, and is therefore a welcome addition to scholarly knowledge on the subject. ... The book is a useful resource for teaching on urban politics, and for researchers interested in the various politics of community gardens.' Journal of Regional Science 'From the Ground Up is a rich book full of illustrative insights into the world of community gardening in New York City'. Geography Research Forum ’From the Ground Up makes an important contribution to our understanding of the reasons for, and the importance of; the community gardening movement in New York City ... and the valuable role the movement plays in promoting citizen participation and political development in a diverse metropolitan area. It is recommended reading for scholars interested in both community gardening and community development'. Marie Howland,University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 A Garden in the City; Part I Cultivating a New Individual; Chapter 2 A Place in their Image; Chapter 3 Determining Space, Creating Opportunities; Part II The Spring of the Commons; Chapter 4 The Formation of the Collective; Chapter 5 Actually Existing Commons; Part III Reaped Politicization; Chapter 6 Rooting Politics; Chapter 7 Setting the Ground for “Organic Residents”; Chapter 101 Conclusion;

O autorze

Eizenberg, Efrat