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Growing the community of community gardens: research contributions
Author/Creator
Cameron, Jenny;  Manhood, Craig;  Pomfrett, Jamie
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science & Information Technology, School of Environmental and Life Sciences
Description
This paper discusses a community-based research project that is a joint initiative between the University of Newcastle and Fig Tree Community Garden, Newcastle (and the project is partly funded by the University of Newcastle and a Newcastle City Council Community Grant). The overarching aim of the project is to contribute to a community garden network in the Newcastle area (and beyond). To do this we have used an interactive workshop-bus trip as the research ‘method’ and we are currently developing a website based on stories from the two-day bus trip. In this paper we discuss the performative approach to research that underpins the project, and we contrast this research-as-creation approach to the more familiar research-as-understanding approach. We discuss the decisions made about how to conduct the workshop-bus trip so that the research process itself might help create the reality of a community garden network. We also discuss the outcomes, to date, and characterise these as the knowledge creation, material outcomes and connections forged.
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Community Garden Conference: Promoting Sustainability, Health and Inclusion in the City. Proceedings of the Community Garden Conference: Promoting Sustainability, Health and Inclusion in the City (Canberra 7-8 October, 2010) p. 116-129
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http://www.figtree.org.au/papers
Date
2010
Publisher
University of Canberra
Keyword(s)
community gardens;  University of Newcastle;  Newcastle City Council;  Fig Tree Community Garden;  gardening
Resource Type
conference paper
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/936070
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ISBN:9781740883184
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