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Gardening Relationships with the World

Rasmussen, Anna Sofie Hald Wilbour LU (2024) SIMZ21 20241
Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender
Abstract
This thesis explores the intertwinement between the commoning practices of an urban permaculture community garden and more-than-human relations through multispecies ethnography in Copenhagen, Denmark. By centering the lived experiences and practices of gardeners, this study learns from and illuminates real-life practices and perspectives on what it means to be entangled in the ecosystems. Through a theoretical framework of the commons combined with a critical phenomenological approach, I deploy an analytical focus on affect to unfold the more-than-human encounters in the garden. Moreover, I draw on eco-feminist conceptualizations of reproductive labor to examine the political and economical structures of power that the garden is embedded... (More)
This thesis explores the intertwinement between the commoning practices of an urban permaculture community garden and more-than-human relations through multispecies ethnography in Copenhagen, Denmark. By centering the lived experiences and practices of gardeners, this study learns from and illuminates real-life practices and perspectives on what it means to be entangled in the ecosystems. Through a theoretical framework of the commons combined with a critical phenomenological approach, I deploy an analytical focus on affect to unfold the more-than-human encounters in the garden. Moreover, I draw on eco-feminist conceptualizations of reproductive labor to examine the political and economical structures of power that the garden is embedded in. I argue that the relationship between gardeners and garden is characterized by reciprocal regeneration, and I show that particular conditions of the garden nurture this relationship. Moreover, I shed light on neoliberal enclosures and devaluation of reproductive labor that create barriers for humans’ participation in the practices of commoning and earthcare labor. (Less)
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author
Rasmussen, Anna Sofie Hald Wilbour LU
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organization
course
SIMZ21 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
more-than-human studies, eco-feminism, urban gardening, multispecies ethnography, social anthropology
language
English
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** Automatic update: Record was moved from International Office (LURS00001) to Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender (LURS00003) at 2026-02-09 11:34:22
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9175784
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2024-10-04 10:41:39
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2026-02-09 11:34:22
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  abstract     = {{This thesis explores the intertwinement between the commoning practices of an urban permaculture community garden and more-than-human relations through multispecies ethnography in Copenhagen, Denmark. By centering the lived experiences and practices of gardeners, this study learns from and illuminates real-life practices and perspectives on what it means to be entangled in the ecosystems. Through a theoretical framework of the commons combined with a critical phenomenological approach, I deploy an analytical focus on affect to unfold the more-than-human encounters in the garden. Moreover, I draw on eco-feminist conceptualizations of reproductive labor to examine the political and economical structures of power that the garden is embedded in. I argue that the relationship between gardeners and garden is characterized by reciprocal regeneration, and I show that particular conditions of the garden nurture this relationship. Moreover, I shed light on neoliberal enclosures and devaluation of reproductive labor that create barriers for humans’ participation in the practices of commoning and earthcare labor.}},
  author       = {{Rasmussen, Anna Sofie Hald Wilbour}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Gardening Relationships with the World}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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