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https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.52.3.2
Urban Gardens in Zagreb – Investment and Exposure, Initiatives and Prospects
Ozren Biti
; Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Marina Blagaić Bergman
; Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
This paper analyzes the phenomenon of urban gardening in Zagreb, focusing on two different
types of gardens: firstly, unauthorized gardens planted on city-owned land squatted by individual
initiatives in a bottom-up way, and secondly, community gardens, which are largely
a result of non-governmental organization initiatives, whose institutionalization nevertheless
makes them a product of top-down policies. The former type of gardens have been a staple
of various Zagreb locations for decades while the latter have been established only recently
– in early 2013, or are still in the process of being established. Therefore, several research
methods were used in the study. In addition to ethnographic fieldwork (conducted in the
Jarun neighborhood, using observation of the gardens and semi-structured interviews with
participants) and gathering additional information by consulting archival materials, particular
attention was given to recent coverage of the phenomenon in the newspapers and on web
portals devoted to ecology.
Given that the research of urban gardening lies at the intersection of humanities and various
social sciences such as the ethnology of everyday life, the anthropology of banality, urban
sociology, human geography etc., this paper is based on a variety of theoretical perspectives,
at the same time trying to offer a new framework for the treatment of this topic which has
been arousing interest of the scholarly community and the general public alike. Hence the
two-pronged approach, focusing on the various aspects of investment in urban gardens, and
on the importance of exposure of gardens. These two characteristics permeate one another,
and are inextricably linked with the gardening initiatives, the communities concerned, as well
as the future prospects of the gardens themselves.
Ključne riječi
urban gardens; community gardens; ethnology of everyday life; urban anthropology; public space; Zagreb
Hrčak ID:
128779
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Datum izdavanja:
20.10.2014.
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