Considering the ecohealth approach
Shaping Haitian women's participation in urban agricultural projects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3887301 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Vansteenkiste (0000-0001-5840-6394, Cavan General Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 18-29 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2014.867307 |
| OpenAlex | W2026566576 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
This paper examines the social and gender politics of a women's urban garden project supported by the International Organisation of Migration, in Cap Haitien, Haiti. My study highlights how the development process created an unmonitored symbolic space where society's normalised gender processes reproduced broader social inequalities, which, in turn, prevented the project from meeting the women's practical and strategic goals. Then, I discuss how the ecohealth approach, as an alternative design framework, could make symbolic space visible to be critically engaged and analysed by participants, to account for gender process, and create an emancipatory activity
Agriculture · Economic growth · Economics · Gender equality · Geography · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Social inequality · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Gender Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |