Transformar a partir dos interstícios: hortas urbanas comunitárias face à crise ecossocial
Sara Sama Acedo, David Berná Serna, Patricia Homs Ramírez de la Piscina
Scientific Repository of Open Access of Portugal (RCAAP)
Urban Farm DB summary
A study analyzed the challenge faced by community urban gardens in Madrid, Spain, in remaining transformative spaces amidst an ecossocial crisis. These gardens are initiatives situated between community and public institutional management, with their expansion and institutionalization involving practices and relationships among diverse agents. The study points out the difficulty for these gardens to maintain their transformative role—updating community ties, reciprocity, and mutual care, and reformulating relationships with "nature" in the city and food supply—without being absorbed by market logics or marginalized into welfare or community volunteering spaces.