Abstract
The study examines contemporary practices of urban food cultivation as acts of “doing” emotionally loaded cultural heritage making through familial practices. Widespread urban practices of food growing are examined in terms of the affective and connective charges that they illuminate in relation to family and heritage. Invocations of emotions are not mere individual/personal phenomena but can be interpreted by the social field and social interactions. The paper therefore explores understandings of why the idea of food growing in a highly dense urban environment (where vegetables can be easily purchased) is continued, valued and supported. Arguing that contemporary urban food cultivation practices are part of a Korean sensibility towards not only food itself but also towards food cultivation through urban farming, the article explores the meanings that urban dwellers attach to edible plant growing in Seoul.
Presenters
Natalia GerodettiSenior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Doing Family, Tradition, Urban Agriculture, Food Memories, Solastalgia
