Aspects to the Understanding of the Social Dynamics of Organic Food through the Example of a Community Garden in Budapest
Aspects to the Understanding of the Social Dynamics of Organic Food through the Example of a Community Garden in Budapest
Author(s): Gergő HajbaSubject(s): Anthropology, Agriculture, Health and medicine and law, Human Ecology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: organic food; community gardening; community research; participant observation; urban anthropology; social dynamics;
Summary/Abstract: Due to the results of my recent anthropological analysis conducted in a community garden in Budapest my aim is to highlight the keypoints, dynamics, and community demand on the organic food production. In this paper I present the main discourse topics, acts and behaviours that surrounds crop cultivation and defines what the community members consider as organic. Organic is a social construct, and as such, thinking about this issue is multifarious. While contributing to this issue with specific considerations, at the same time I try to measure the importance of organic food in urban context.
Journal: Acta Ethnographica Hungarica
- Issue Year: 62/2017
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 297-312
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
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