Date of Award
6-2014
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. Jon Holtzman
Second Advisor
Dr. Laura Spielvogel
Third Advisor
Dr. Bilinda Straight
Keywords
Food sovereignty, local food, urban garden, anthropology, counter hegemony
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Abstract Only
Restricted to Campus until
6-15-2024
Abstract
Food is a means of examining culture, including identity, autonomy and power. It creates relationships and memories between people via shared connections. Through food, I explore local food movements and urban community gardening.
We both ingest and produce garden-grown foods. This movement is often described as simple nostalgia. I suggest that it is a response against heavily processed foods within a system reliant on mass produced food. This desire for ownership pushes community gardens and other counter-hegemonic spaces forward in their goals of using social practice to challenge the established food industry and take control within their own lives.
Recommended Citation
Edwards, Paige A., "Owning Our Food System: Urban Community Gardening and Local Food Movements" (2014). Masters Theses. 503.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/503