Open Space: Places of prosumption: Community gardens putting the ‘we’ into neighbourhoods

Shaw, D. , Crossan, J. , Cumbers, A. , McMaster, R. , Trebeck, K. and Black, I. (2016) Open Space: Places of prosumption: Community gardens putting the ‘we’ into neighbourhoods. Families, Relationships and Societies, 5(3), pp. 473-479. (doi: 10.1332/204674316X14758523887982)

Abstract

Prosumption encompasses acts of production and consumption, and studies on it have mostly taken a commercial focus, centred on the dominant individualistic narrative of ‘I’. This article seeks to extend debate regarding prosumption by exploring its possibilities for creating a new set of ‘we’ identities based around nature and community. It focuses on community gardens and how these places generate progressive forms of social relations that critique mainstream mass production and environmentally destructive food systems.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: McMaster, Professor Robert and Trebeck, Dr Katherine and Shaw, Professor Deirdre and Crossan, Dr John and Cumbers, Professor Andrew
• Authors: Shaw, D., Crossan, J., Cumbers, A., McMaster, R., Trebeck, K., and Black, I.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Management
• Journal Name: Families, Relationships and Societies
• Publisher: Policy Press
• ISSN: 2046-7435
• ISSN (Online): 2046-7443
• Published Online: 10 October 2016
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2016 Ingenta
• First Published: First published in Families, Relationships and Societies 5(3):473-479
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher