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Follmann, Alexander ORCID: 0000-0002-4727-4346 and Viehoff, Valerie (2015). A green garden on red clay: creating a new urban common as a form of political gardening in Cologne, Germany. Local Environ., 20 (10). S. 1148 - 1175. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1469-6711

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Abstract

In March 2012, a brownfield site in Cologne was transformed into a green garden on red clay, when a community garden called NeuLand (new land) was created. This paper investigates in how far NeuLand is typical for a new form of political engagement 2.0, focused on local problems at people's doorstep rather than global critiques of political systems, which finds its expression in direct actions typical for the networked society, e.g. green flash mobs. Its potential to provide a blueprint for imagining and enacting alternative futures and new ways for citizens to claim their right to the city is being assessed. NeuLand provides an experiment with new forms of (urban) commons and possibly a (re) turn to the liveable city to replace the current neoliberal ideal of the entrepreneurial city [Harvey, D., 1989. From manageralism to entrepreneuralism: the transformation of urban governance in late capitalism. Geografiska Annaler, Series B, Human Geography, 71 (1), 3-17], developing new solutions to problems of urban management and city development that extend beyond the voluntary engagement of citizens within the logic of the neoliberal big society. Extending the scope beyond the analysis of urban gardening projects as examples of sustainable food production, or as vehicles for fostering community cohesion, integration or social capital, the NeuLand experiment is linked to wider debates of alternative and more sustainable socio-ecological futures than those currently practised in the newly neoliberalizing cities of Germany.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Follmann, Alexander UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4727-4346 UNSPECIFIED Viehoff, Valerie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-419339
DOI:	10.1080/13549839.2014.894966
Journal or Publication Title:	Local Environ.
Volume:	20
Number:	10
Page Range:	S. 1148 - 1175
Date:	2015
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1469-6711
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language COMMUNITY GARDENS; NEW-YORK; SPACE; GOVERNANCE; SCALE; CITY; PARTICIPATION; AGRICULTURE; CITIZENSHIP; DEMOCRACY Multiple languages Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Studies; Geography; Regional & Urban Planning; Urban Studies Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/41933