Youth, food justice and the practice of everyday politics: a case study of agricultural resistance in the Spring Ridge Commons

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dc.contributor.authorMallett, April
dc.contributor.supervisorMagnuson, Douglas
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-17T21:07:54Z
dc.date.available2013-01-17T21:07:54Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2013-01-17
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Child and Youth Care
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study uses the concepts of everyday politics and cultural resistance to explore how young people are experimenting with ‘free spaces’ in which to develop alternative ideas and practices within the food justice movement. Through a case study of the Spring Ridge Commons – a youth-generated free space – this research describes how youth are redefining relationships to place and to people by practicing alternative foodways like urban foraging; creating decommodified food sources; sharing skills and knowledge through peer-to-peer networks; building community through relationships of mutual support; and experimenting with non-hierarchical governance. Such practices have potential implications for child and youth care such as: reconnecting youth and adults through shared practice and meaningful work in “real life” politics and community building, reconceptualizing 'youth' and 'adult' such that both have greater access to acts of cultural production, and creating experiences of democracy in everyday life.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4431
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectfree spaceen_US
dc.subjecturban agricultureen_US
dc.subjectpermacultureen_US
dc.subjectcultural resistanceen_US
dc.subjecteveryday politicsen_US
dc.subjectyouth activismen_US
dc.subjectfood justiceen_US
dc.subjectyouth political participationen_US
dc.subjectCommunity Buildingen_US
dc.subjectParticipatory Democracyen_US
dc.titleYouth, food justice and the practice of everyday politics: a case study of agricultural resistance in the Spring Ridge Commonsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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