Nexus of urban gardening and social sustainability in European postsocialist cities

Istenič, Saša Poljak; Hribar, Mateja Šmid; Kozina, Jani

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“…npr. Vodopivec, 2007Vodopivec, , 2021Gulin Zrnić, 2009;Kozorog, 2009Kozorog, , 2011Kozorog, , 2012Kozorog, , 2013Rubić, Gulin Zrnić, 2015;Poljak Istenič, 2015, 2018, 2019a, 2019bGulin Zrnić, Škrbić Alempijević, Zanki, 2016;Hrobat Virloget idr., 2016;Rubić, 2017;Čapo, Kelemen, 2018;Gulin Zrnić, Škrbić Alempijević, 2019;Kozina idr., 2019;Poljak Istenič, Kozina, 2020;Hrobat Virloget, 2020, 2021Poljak Istenič, Šmid Hribar, Kozina, 2023). 3 Raziskovalni projekt o urbanih prihodnostih, katerega rezultat so članki tega tematskega sklopa, izhaja iz obeh nacionalnih urbanih etnologij/kulturnih antropologij in predstavlja nadaljnji korak v njihovem razvoju v kritično znanost o urbanih prihodnostih.…”

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Urbane prihodnosti: Od vizij slovenskih mest do utišanih mestnih prebivalcev

Istenič¹

2023

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Prizadevanja za boljšo prihodnost niso vezana na določene lokacije, a so najopaznejša prav v mestih kot osrednjih žariščih moči. Ta si prizadevajo, da bi zadovoljila potrebe (rastočega) prebivalstva z načrtovanjem razvoja infrastrukture in dejavnosti, ki vplivajo na kakovost življenja. Prispevek izpostavlja teme, ki so se v izbranih slovenskih mestih pokazale kot osrednje za njihovo prihodnost. Take raziskave zapolnjujejo vrzel v urbanih študijah, ki se navadno posvečajo velikim in vplivnim mestom.

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Urbane prihodnosti: Od vizij slovenskih mest do utišanih mestnih prebivalcev

Istenič¹

2023

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“…On the other hand, urban gardening was itself a motor of social change and a laboratory for testing the new ways of urban living, civic engagement, empowerment, and community building (von Hassell 2002;Nettle 2014). It took the form of centrally planned large-scale schemes such as Dig for Victory (UK, Australia), Victory Gardens (USA, Canada), school gardens, or working-class allotments governed by local authorities, associations, or factories (Ward and Crouch 1988;Bellows 2004;Keshavarz and Bell 2016;Poljak Istenič, Šmid Hribar and Kozina 2023). But urban gardening was also carried out on abandoned vacant lots, informally and spontaneously, often in the form of guerrilla gardening, with the goal of political resistance to the state's oppressive power and the market.…”

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“…Not only does it serve many purposes, but it also offers solutions to many problems linked to late modernity (cf. Poljak Istenič, Šmid Hribar and Kozina 2023). It is situated between society and nature and poses the question of how the two relate in urban settings.…”

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Horolets,

Poljak Istenič,

Schwell

2023

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Urban gardening plays a major role in how sustainable futures are imagined and envisaged, but the focus on its innovative potential tends to obscure the diverging logics at play. We draw upon ethnographic fieldwork at the community garden Onkraj gradbišča in Ljubljana, which was conceptualized primarily as a social and cultural innovation. Yet, it continuously called for maintenance and care practices in which the organizers and the gardeners had to engage to make it last. We argue that maintenance labor is crucial for sustainable urban future-making practices.

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“…Developed, industrialized countries are experiencing an increasing interest in urban horticulture, resulting in increases in the number of locations for food-growing purposes, their diversity and the number of participants enrolling in waiting lists to join a garden-as in Paris, Montreal and New York [10]. Although urban gardening practices and possibilities for food growing in urban conditions in countries of Southeast Europe have been studied in recent years [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27], research on urban horticultural practices and spaces suitable for this form of food production in the Republic of Serbia is still limited. Djokić et al [28] studied the character and history of urban gardens and gardening practices in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, questioning the further development of the investigated urban spaces from aspects of regulation, legislation and design improvement.…”

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Landscaping with Fruits: Citizens’ Perceptions toward Urban Horticulture and Design of Urban Gardens

Narandžić,

Ružičić,

Grubač

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Urban horticulture represents a sustainable way of dealing with the challenges of modern cities, including urbanization processes, population growth tendencies, a lack of green areas, environmental pollution and food insecurity. This study aimed to (1) investigate the perceptions of citizens of Novi Sad municipality, Republic of Serbia, toward urban horticulture and (2) assess plant materials appropriate for cultivation in urban gardens and suggest urban spaces completely designed with the use of various forms of edible fruit species, including roses. The same questionnaire was administered with a four-year time gap, in 2019 and again in 2023, before and after the coronavirus pandemic. To investigate plant materials suitable for urban gardening, relevant articles in Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science platforms were searched. The questionnaires’ results showed significant differences between the two years concerning respondents’ attitudes toward urban horticulture’s impact on food safety, socialization and personal health and development, which could have been influenced by the pandemic. Vegetables were grown by most respondents, commonly in household yards and gardens. The main motivations for participating in community urban gardens were to grow food for their own consumption and to make charitable contributions, followed by the motivation ‘to socialize and relax’. Exemplary designs of an urban pocket, kindergarten yard and atrium courtyard are presented, providing insights into numerous possibilities for landscaping with fruits.

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Nexus of urban gardening and social sustainability in European postsocialist cities

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Urbane prihodnosti: Od vizij slovenskih mest do utišanih mestnih prebivalcev

Urbane prihodnosti: Od vizij slovenskih mest do utišanih mestnih prebivalcev

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Landscaping with Fruits: Citizens’ Perceptions toward Urban Horticulture and Design of Urban Gardens

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