Cultivating Immigrant Communities and Plants in Los Angeles Urban Gardens
The gardens of Los Angeles are vast and diverse, and for several years now, I have been immersed in them. These include public parks, private residential gardens, an elite botanical garden and urban community gardens. I’m trying to discern what it means to go into these gardens, to labor in them, an...
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| description | The gardens of Los Angeles are vast and diverse, and for several years now, I have been immersed in them. These include public parks, private residential gardens, an elite botanical garden and urban community gardens. I’m trying to discern what it means to go into these gardens, to labor in them, and to be associated with them in both imagination and practice. As a sociologist, my point of departure is that gardens are not isolated oases, but serve as windows that reveal the changing social and cultural landscape of Los Angeles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa5117beb8454940ae06f9cb8f7889ab2022-12-21T18:28:04Zengprofessionaldreamerslo Squaderno1973-91412011-06-01620192423Cultivating Immigrant Communities and Plants in Los Angeles Urban GardensPierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo0University of Southern CaliforniaThe gardens of Los Angeles are vast and diverse, and for several years now, I have been immersed in them. These include public parks, private residential gardens, an elite botanical garden and urban community gardens. I’m trying to discern what it means to go into these gardens, to labor in them, and to be associated with them in both imagination and practice. As a sociologist, my point of departure is that gardens are not isolated oases, but serve as windows that reveal the changing social and cultural landscape of Los Angeles.http://www.losquaderno.professionaldreamers.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/losquaderno20.pdf#page=19 Gardening / In giardinolo Squaderno No. 20 |
| spellingShingle | Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo Cultivating Immigrant Communities and Plants in Los Angeles Urban Gardens lo Squaderno Gardening / In giardino lo Squaderno No. 20 |
| title | Cultivating Immigrant
Communities and Plants in Los Angeles Urban Gardens |
| title_full | Cultivating Immigrant
Communities and Plants in Los Angeles Urban Gardens |
| title_fullStr | Cultivating Immigrant
Communities and Plants in Los Angeles Urban Gardens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultivating Immigrant
Communities and Plants in Los Angeles Urban Gardens |
| title_short | Cultivating Immigrant
Communities and Plants in Los Angeles Urban Gardens |
| title_sort | cultivating immigrant communities and plants in los angeles urban gardens |
| topic | Gardening / In giardino lo Squaderno No. 20 |
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