Ukrainian urban vernacular garden
Reconsideration in the conditions of full-scale war
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22217648 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yevheniia Butsykina (0000-0002-4350-6103, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Issue | 2 (11) |
| Pages | 8-12 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | UKRAINIAN CULTURAL STUDIES (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2616-9967 • E-ISSN: 2616-9975 |
| Publisher | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (PUBLISHER • UA) |
| DOI | 10.17721/ucs.2022.2(11).02 |
| OpenAlex | W4393243720 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
The paper contents a cultural analysis of the vernacular garden as a phenomenon of popular urban culture, as well as the transformation (politicization) of its role and perception in the conditions of martial law. The garden analysed at different levels: individual (gardening is an individual practice of a citizen), local (features of the local community, its values, lifestyle, common practices, problems, etc.), as well as at the level of tradition and culture. Structural analysis of the garden as a multifunctional space allows us to identify individual functions of this phenomenon. After all, by creating a home-made garden, a city dweller satisfies his needs in this way, and not only needs for products, but most often those of a social and cultural nature. The main characteristics of the vernacular garden were revealed: structure, non-utilitarianism, procedure. The main functions of the garden are socio-political, humanitarian, food, aesthetic, educational, unifying, educational, and entertaining. Ukrainian vernacular gardening is compared with other formats of urban gardening, which have a combination of different goals and corresponding functions: "community garden", Victory gardens and guerrilla gardening. In contrast to guerrilla gardening, vernacular gardening does not initially have political intentions – to fight against the state of neglected urban areas, to draw the attention of local citizens to the problems of the district. It was determined that the individual vernacular garden acquires a new meaning in the conditions of martial law: it becomes one of grassroots initiatives, practices of resistance, stability and steadfastness. Vernacular horticulture as an individual grassroots practice is a bright and promising mediator of important social and political processes that Ukrainian society is going through in times of full-scale war. The political aspects of urban vernacular gardening also touch on feminist issues. Usually, women are gardeners, and this fact is worth a separate study, because it is women who implement these practices and, accordingly, changes in the urban landscape, according to their botanical and aesthetic preferences, favourite plants and cultures
Art · Cartography · Geography · Linguistics · Literature · Ukrainian · Vernacular · History · Philosophy · Sustainable Urban and Rural Development · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Urban Green Space and Health
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |