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Cultivating Respect For Difference: Exploring The Enactment Of Community At Hope Garden In Parkdale, Toronto, Monica J. Kelly
Cultivating Respect For Difference: Exploring The Enactment Of Community At Hope Garden In Parkdale, Toronto, Monica J. Kelly
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The following MA thesis is based on research I conducted in the summer of 2010 at HOPE community garden, located in the gentrifying neighborhood of Parkdale, Toronto. Drawing on the literature on community gardens in North America, as well as anthropological theorizing on the subject of community, I explore how a sense of collective belonging is built around HOPE garden. Through an ethnographic study that focuses on the activities, interactions, and perceptions of gardeners, volunteers and coordinators involved with HOPE, this thesis shows how the differences and interpersonal conflicts that surface in the day to day working of the garden …