An ethnography of urban collective gardens in Haute-Garonne: Contribution to the sociology of sensory experiences

Sensitive experiences made in the interaction between gardeners and their gardens have been studied in Occitania, as part of a research thesis in environmental sociology. Entering through situated experiences, we put into perspective a pragmatic reading making it possible to make visible in the gard...

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Main Authors: Wilkens Jules, Francis Chateauraynaud, Camille Dumat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.915097/full
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description Sensitive experiences made in the interaction between gardeners and their gardens have been studied in Occitania, as part of a research thesis in environmental sociology. Entering through situated experiences, we put into perspective a pragmatic reading making it possible to make visible in the gardens sensitive, ordinary, affective and emotional elements; which are discussed with the gardeners to clarify their beliefs, feelings, representations, values, and thus understand their intentions, knowledge, practices and techniques developed in the gardens. More broadly, our research explores how sensory experiences in the garden contribute to the reconfiguration of relationships with the environment on the one hand and with other humans on the other. The research hypothesis tested is as follows: “Through the grips they generate both in the body and the mind, through gestures, the mobilization of the senses, techniques, objects, sensitive experiences into garden strengthen the freedom and creativity of gardeners in their relationship with the environment.” An embedded ethnology in contact with experiences in the gardens is mobilized as a survey device to shed light on the sensitive aspects. The observations and exchanges with the gardeners immersed in the gardens, allow the integral restitution of in situ experiences in connection with things, beings, places and atmospheres.
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spelling doaj.art-f51f086cbf59400c8b60eb9a4c9db4852023-02-09T08:20:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2023-02-01610.3389/fsufs.2022.915097915097An ethnography of urban collective gardens in Haute-Garonne: Contribution to the sociology of sensory experiencesWilkens Jules0Wilkens Jules1Wilkens Jules2Francis Chateauraynaud3Camille Dumat4Camille Dumat5EHSS, Reseau-Agriville Association, Paris, FranceINRAE-DYNAFOR UMR 1201, Toulouse INP, Reseau-Agriville Association, Toulouse, FranceReseau-Agriville Association, Réseau-Agriville, Toulouse, FranceEHSS, Reseau-Agriville Association, Paris, FranceINRAE-DYNAFOR UMR 1201, Toulouse INP, Reseau-Agriville Association, Toulouse, FranceReseau-Agriville Association, Réseau-Agriville, Toulouse, FranceSensitive experiences made in the interaction between gardeners and their gardens have been studied in Occitania, as part of a research thesis in environmental sociology. Entering through situated experiences, we put into perspective a pragmatic reading making it possible to make visible in the gardens sensitive, ordinary, affective and emotional elements; which are discussed with the gardeners to clarify their beliefs, feelings, representations, values, and thus understand their intentions, knowledge, practices and techniques developed in the gardens. More broadly, our research explores how sensory experiences in the garden contribute to the reconfiguration of relationships with the environment on the one hand and with other humans on the other. The research hypothesis tested is as follows: “Through the grips they generate both in the body and the mind, through gestures, the mobilization of the senses, techniques, objects, sensitive experiences into garden strengthen the freedom and creativity of gardeners in their relationship with the environment.” An embedded ethnology in contact with experiences in the gardens is mobilized as a survey device to shed light on the sensitive aspects. The observations and exchanges with the gardeners immersed in the gardens, allow the integral restitution of in situ experiences in connection with things, beings, places and atmospheres.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.915097/fullsensitive experiencesagroecologyurban gardenspragmaticshuman-nature interaction
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An ethnography of urban collective gardens in Haute-Garonne: Contribution to the sociology of sensory experiences
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
sensitive experiences
agroecology
urban gardens
pragmatics
human-nature interaction
title An ethnography of urban collective gardens in Haute-Garonne: Contribution to the sociology of sensory experiences
title_full An ethnography of urban collective gardens in Haute-Garonne: Contribution to the sociology of sensory experiences
title_fullStr An ethnography of urban collective gardens in Haute-Garonne: Contribution to the sociology of sensory experiences
title_full_unstemmed An ethnography of urban collective gardens in Haute-Garonne: Contribution to the sociology of sensory experiences
title_short An ethnography of urban collective gardens in Haute-Garonne: Contribution to the sociology of sensory experiences
title_sort ethnography of urban collective gardens in haute garonne contribution to the sociology of sensory experiences
topic sensitive experiences
agroecology
urban gardens
pragmatics
human-nature interaction
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.915097/full
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