Cultivating Community An Ethography of Orange Blossom Community Garden

Date of Award

2010

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Dean, Erin

Keywords

Community, Community Garden, Space, Access, Newtown, Sarasota, Local Government, Sustainability, Food, Gardening, Local Food, Urban Gardening

Area of Concentration

Anthropology

Abstract

This thesis explores community gardens as constructed and contested space. The case study is an ethnography of the Orange Blossom Community Garden and the surrounding community of Sarasota, Florida. Through the use of participant observation and interviews with both members of the Orange Blossom Community Garden and people from the surrounding area, I look at issues of access in regards to community garden space. I explore the physical as well as metaphorical relationships between the garden space and social practices and systems. Through examining community gardens as sites where people have a hand in shaping public space, constructing place out of space, I look at possibilities for coalition building and neighborhood revitalization. I hope to provide insight into the process of entering a community and creating a new community within it.

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