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Growing in place: the interplay of urban agriculture and place sentiment

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Pages 397-414 | Received 01 Apr 2013, Accepted 01 Nov 2013, Published online: 30 Apr 2014
 

Abstract

In this investigation, we drew from social constructivist understandings of place to explore both the meanings participants of an urban garden project in Austin, Texas, ascribed to place and the sentiment they attached to those meanings. Specifically, we asked participants to articulate the ways in which their participation was shaped by and/or had subsequently affected their feelings toward a given garden plot, neighbourhood, city, and/or the region of Central Texas. Our findings illustrate that participation in the gardening project shaped their place meanings and sentiment through two principal processes: (1) a sense of connection to the different garden plots through the resulting produce and the physical transformation of the site, and (2) a sense of connection to and identification with the community at large via links to other individuals who are involved in Urban Patchwork activities.

Avec l`aide d`une approche constructiviste, nous avons exploré la signification des sentiments qui rattache la participation à un projet de jardin urbain à Austin, au Texas. Plus précisément, nous avons demandé aux participants d’exprimer la façon dont leur participation a été façonnée envers une parcelle d’un jardin communautaire dans un certain quartier de la ville dans cette région centrale du Texas. Nos résultats montrent que la participation au projet de jardinage communautaire est attribuée à la signification de place et leurs sentiments à travers de deux processus principaux: (1) un sentiment de connexion avec les parcelles de jardin différentes, leurs transformations physiques et la production de légumes; et (2) une identification communautaire lié à d’autres individus qui sont aussi impliqués dans ces activités.

Notes

1. All participant names are pseudonyms.

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