Gardening in an urban farm: A way to reconnect citizens with the soil |
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| Institution: | 1. National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (Inrae), Unit Research: Innovation and Development in agriculture and food, 2 place Viala, 34000 Montpellier, France;2. L''institut Agro | Montpellier SupAgro, Unit Research: Innovation and Development in agriculture and food, 2 place Viala, 34000 Montpellier, France;1. Victoria University, Institute for Health and Sport, Melbourne, Australia;2. Deakin University, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Geelong, Australia,;1. Institute of Management & Innovation, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 1C6;2. Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 1C6 |
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| Abstract: | Simultaneously perceived as places of agriculture, of nature, and of social ties, urban collective gardens and farms enable city dwellers to immerse themselves in gardening, to recover forgotten skills, to learn from nature and the environment. They reinstate the soil as a feature of the city by making it visible to the urban population, to whom it is often unknown. In this article, we focus on urban gardeners’ representations of the soil in a city of south of France. These representations were analyzed through the lens of the relationships that gardeners develop with the soil as an element of nature. Our results highlight relations where the care ethic is central. They suggest that the practice and the extension of agroecological urban gardening, by placing city dwellers in physical, skilled contact with the soil, promise a reconfiguration of citizens’ relationship with soil. |
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| Keywords: | Representations Soil Permaculture Care Urban gardening |
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