İstanbul’da Kent Tarımının Çelişkili Yörüngesi

Year 2023, Volume: 10 Issue: 1 - Food Cultures, 30 - 47, 19.07.2023

Candan Türkkan

https://doi.org/10.17572/mj2023.1.3047

Abstract

Bu makale, gıda hareketinin İstanbul'daki kent tarımı uygulamalarıyla dolambaçlı ilişkisini Yedikule Bostanları ve Kuzguncuk Bostanı örnekleri üzerinden incelemektedir. Makalede, kentsel tarım girişimleri olan bu iki örneğin farklı paydaşları bir araya getirerek topluluk oluşturmak ve kentte gıda üretimini teşvik etmek gibi iki kritik işlevi olduğu ortaya konmaktadır. Bununla beraber, oluşturulan topluluklar birbirinden oldukça farklı odaklara ve amaçlara sahiptir. Dahası, örneklerde hayata geçirilen kent tarımı uygulamaları, kent alanları için alternatif kullanımlar önerseler de gıda hareketinin altını çizdiği yapısal sorunlara çözüm olacak nitelik taşımamaktadırlar

Keywords

Istanbul, urban gardens, community gardens, urban agriculture, the food movement

Urban Gardens vs. Community Gardens: Tensions and Trajectories for Urban Agriculture in Istanbul

Abstract

Through a discussion of ongoing urban gardening practices in Yedikule Bostanlari and Kuzguncuk Bostani, this paper analyzes the food movement’s convoluted relationship with urban agriculture in Istanbul. The paper argues that as urban agriculture initiatives both are significant for generating community and proposing alternative uses for urban space by fostering food production in the city. Yet, the kind of community they generate and the type of urban agriculture they espouse to conserve are different. More importantly, as urban food production spaces, they do relatively little to mitigate the effects of structural problems that the food movement has underlined. As such, even though they are examples of urban agriculture in practicum, their aspirations do not readily associate with those of the food movement.

Keywords

Istanbul, urban gardens, community gardens, urban agriculture, the food movement

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