Adams, D, Adams, M and Hardman, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4282-0766
2021,
'Chapitre 4. Guérilla jardinière, résistance et espace public
(Chapter 4. Guerrilla gardening, resistance and public space)'
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Militantismes et potagers (Activists and vegetable gardens)
, Environnement et société
, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion.
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Abstract
There is a small but emerging area of research that explores the impact of ‘guerrilla gardening’, an activity which involves actors occupying land, often in the public realm, without permission. Whilst several recent studies have charted the impact of guerrilla gardening, a theme running through some of this work relates to how the activity is represented as being an exciting and largely positive way for (almost exclusively young) organized groups to explore, inhabit and rescue certain neglected or under-used sites from those dominant forces that control certain urban spaces. Encouraged by other recent studies that explore transgressive urban practices in public spaces, this paper begins by arguing that the overly-resistant representation of guerrilla gardening is founded on an abstracted interpretation of the activity removed from the micro-politics of guerrilla gardening activity. To partially address this position, therefore, this ethnographic data is drawn from a group of UK guerrilla gardeners (F Troop) to highlight the motivations, social interactions of the guerrillas, and the relationship guerrilla gardeners have with the different ‘guardians’ of an area being transformed through gardening activity. This data is then used to demonstrate how guerrilla gardening clashes with, but also conforms to, ‘authoritarian’ forms of power. Ultimately, the paper suggests that paying attention to the micro-politics of guerrilla gardening connects to ongoing work in parts of the social sciences that calls for fresh insights into how different individuals and groups inscribe particular urban spaces with meaning in ways that escape traditional forms of representation.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Editors: | Granchamp, L and Glatron, S |
Schools: | Schools > School of Environment and Life Sciences > Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre |
Journal or Publication Title: | Environnement et société |
Publisher: | Presses Universitaires du Septentrion |
Series Name: | Environnement et société |
ISBN: | 9782757435137 (paperback); 9782757435250 (ebook) |
ISSN: | 1771-6152 |
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Depositing User: | M Hardman |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jul 2021 15:08 |
Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2022 17:22 |
URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/61174 |
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