Database research record2016·Global
Places of prosumption: Community gardens putting the ‘we’ into neighbourhoods
Deirdre Shaw, John Crossan, Andrew Cumbers, Robert McMaster, Katherine Trebeck, Iain Black
Families Relationships and Societies
Urban Farm DB summary
This article explores the possibilities of prosumption, encompassing production and consumption, for creating new "we" identities based on nature and community. It focuses on community gardens as places that generate progressive social relations. These relations critique mainstream mass production and environmentally destructive food systems.