Considering temporality for SES analysis with reflections from urban food forests and orchards

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This paper explores how social ecological systems (SES) analyses can better integrate diverse experiences of time and temporality, drawing insights from social sciences and humanities. It discusses conceptual insights related to ongoing research in urban food forests and orchards to illustrate the usefulness of considering temporality. The study proposes questions for explicitly engaging with temporality, focusing on relational change, space and place, and bodies and practice, suggesting a critical temporal focus is vital for SES research.