Observing Guerrillas in the Wild: Reinterpreting Practices of Urban Guerrilla Gardening

Adams, David and Hardman, M. (2014) Observing Guerrillas in the Wild: Reinterpreting Practices of Urban Guerrilla Gardening. Urban Studies, 51 (6). pp. 1103-1119. ISSN 00420980 (ISSN)

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Abstract

Despite an emerging literature on guerrilla gardening as a political practice in public spaces, with few exceptions, these accounts theorise it as working against many corporate and bureaucratic forms of power. Using the example of 'F Troop'-a group of gardeners operating on a site in an English midland city-this paper focuses on the practices of urban guerrilla gardening in order to illustrate that these are perhaps not as 'resistant' or 'celebratory' as previous accounts have suggested. Rather, this paper draws on ethnographic data to focus attention on the micro politics of garden activism, arguing that the social backgrounds and motivations of those involved in guerrilla gardening and their relationship with other users of the space surrounding the dig site are also important-but largely underacknowledged-aspects of guerrilla gardening. © 2013 Urban Studies Journal Limited.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013497410
Dates:	Date Event May 2014 Published
Uncontrolled Keywords:	built environment, guerrilla gardening, public space, resistance, transgression, building, political development, political participation, public space, urban politics, England, Midlands [England], United Kingdom
Subjects:	CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-01 - architecture CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-02 - building CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-04 - planning (urban, rural and regional)
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Engineering and the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Engineering and the Built Environment > Dept. of Built Environment
Depositing User:	Yasser Nawaz
Date Deposited:	19 Jul 2016 13:49
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2023 12:16
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/1976

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