Intersecting race, space, and place through community gardens
Emily Benton Hite, Dorie Perez, Dalila D’Ingeo, Qasimah Boston, Miaisha M. Mitchell
Annals of Anthropological Practice
Urban Farm DB summary
A study examined the structure and meaning of community gardens in Frenchtown, Tallahassee, Florida's oldest and most cohesive African American community. Using a mixed-methods approach during a five-week NSF-funded ethnographic field school with the Health Equity Alliance of Tallahassee, the study analyzed how residents transform empty spaces into places of engagement and empowerment, resisting systemic racism. Through garden activities, residents transcend race, culture, income, and neighborhood boundaries while promoting health, heritage, place-making, and economic opportunities, positioning community gardens as an expression of social resistance.