Reclaiming broken places subnature, community gardens, and civic ecology Duke University Food Working Group 3 September, 2014

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1 Reclaiming broken places subnature, community gardens, and civic ecology Duke University Food Working Group 3 September, 2014 Marianne E Krasny Cornell University Civic Ecology Lab

2 Subnature as: 1. Boundary Object 2. Community Gardens 3. Civic Ecology Practices

3 1. Subnature as Boundary Object Setting the transdisciplinary research context

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11 Boundary Object plastic enough to adapt to needs and constraints of multiple parties employing them, yet robust enough to maintain a common identity across sites. (Star & Griesemer 1989)

12 Trading Zone interdisciplinary partnership in which two or more perspectives are combined and a new, shared language develops (Collins et al. 2007)

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14 By wicked, scholars refer not to the evil nature of problems, but to their complexity, intractability, and severity. (Ludwig 2001) e.g., global climate change, food security

15 By wicked, scholars refer not to the evil nature of problems, but to their complexity, intractability, and severity. Unlike tame problems such as determining the chemical composition of a substance, wicked problems do not lend themselves to solutions using recognized scientific methods. e.g., global climate change, food security (Ludwig 2001)

16 Multidisciplinary Transdisciplinary

17 Actions to address wicked problems rely on realistic judgment, the capability to appraise exotic ideas, and the amount of trust and credibility that lead to the conclusion: OK let s try that. Rittel & Webber 1973

18 Actions to address wicked problems rely on realistic judgment, the capability to appraise exotic ideas, and the amount of trust and credibility that lead to the conclusion: OK let s try that. T Parker Duke Subnature Smokehouse

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21 Trading Zone Boundary Object (subnature)

22 Innovation Trading Zone Boundary Object (subnature)

23 Innovation Trading Zone Boundary Object (subnature)

24 2. Subnature as Community Gardens Connecting subnature with reclaiming broken places

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26 Peterson Garden Project

27 Alex MacLean, Landslides

28 a food security movement

29 L Sadlivar R Doyle transdisciplinary

30 altergroup.com

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36 Defiant Gardens

37 Defiant Gardens

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39 Defiant Gardens 2014 Victory Garden Peterson Garden Project, Chicago

40 Liberty Community Garden, Raleigh NC nccgp.org/images/uploads/photo_gallery/_lightbox/100_2961.jpg

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42 repurposing subnature reclaiming broken places greening defiance growing food reconciliation

43 Boundary object

44 3. Subnature as Civic Ecology Practices A broader context for community gardening

45 Civic Ecology Practice local environmental stewardship actions taken to enhance green infrastructure and community well-being A Kudryavstev Photo: A Kudryavtsev

46 A Kudryavtsev motherjones.com/files/images/chicago5_630.jpg

47 motherjones.com/files/images/chicago5_630.jpg Civic Ecology: Reclaiming Broken Places Instructor: ME Krasny Cornell EdX MOOC (spring 2015) A Kudryavtsev

48 Greening of Detroit Greening of Detroit Photo: K G Tidball, Civic Ecology Lab

49 Z Golshani

50 A Kudryavtsev

51 B DuBois

52 Urban Paradise Guild

53 wetland restoration oyster gardening friends of parks litter cleanup community tree care community gardening trail stewardship dune restoration bioswale gardening

54 Marginalized food Marginalized places

55 Marginalized food Repurposing Subnature Marginalized places Reclaiming Broken Places

56 Marginalized food Repurposing Subnature Marginalized places Reclaiming Broken Places Subnature smokehouse T Parker Community garden

57 Marginalized food Repurposing Subnature Marginalized places Reclaiming Broken Places T Parker Subnature smokehouse Community garden OK. Let s try that! exotic ideas transdisciplinary imagination

58 Marginalized food Repurposing Subnature Marginalized places Reclaiming Broken Places T Parker Subnature smokehouse Community garden OK. Let s try that! exotic ideas transdisciplinary imagination

59 Tom Parker Keith Tidball Civic Ecology Lab Thank you! civicecology.org T Parker

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