Tag: Urban Food
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From Space to Place: The Role of Disruptive Food Projects
SPACE VS. PLACE Temporary, disruptive sustainability projects are criticized for its perceived role as a driver of gentrification, and we are interested in exploring the impact and change projects like De Kaskantine and Mediamatic have upon their surrounding areas. In our research on urban transformation, we reflected on both the physical infrastructure (or space), and its…
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Eating from the Trash Can (of Ideology)
As consumption seems virtually impossible to escape in the city, we should look at the ways in which urban residents can defy the taken-for-granted logic of consumerism. Does consuming ‘better’ necessarily (only) involve buying ‘ethically’ produced goods? Or could our consumption patters be more constructive and rather than making less of a negative impact, contribute…
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Alternative Food Networks in Cities
Over the last couple of decades, urban areas are increasingly characterized by new forms of food production and consumption. The organic food industry in Europe has for instance become an attractive and growing segment of the overall food market in cities (Wier & Carverley, 2002). Existing research about organic food production has characterized organic food…