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In the seventh chapter the cultural aspects of the development of self-built structures in community gardens receive special attention with the analysis of the context of community gardening, shared urban land use and culture. This discussion focusses on the example of the small shelter structure called “casita” that is part of Puerto Rican culture as well as of community gardens the South Bronx in addition to other self-built community garden structures.
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The offer made by Nos Quedamos to help the gardeners of Rincon Criollo to buy the land for their new garden lot and turn it into a land trust was not followed through.
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In 2011, the exhibition “Las Casitas: An Urban Alternative” was displayed at Syracuse University’s opening of the cultural center “La Casita”, and then again in 2015 at Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture in the South Bronx.
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Mees, C. (2017). Community Gardens and Self-Built Structures as a Form of Cultural Expression. In: Participatory Design and Self-building in Shared Urban Open Spaces. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75514-4_7
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