The garden as a site to cultivate queer anti-racist communities

花园作为培养酷儿反种族主义社区的场所

• 批准号: 2909112
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Kingston University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2909112
• 关键词: garden; site; cultivate; queer; anti

This research will engage in the crossover between contemporary art practice and urban ecology to extend the way both contexts are understood and engaged with, and by whom. There is a pressing need, exposed in sharp relief by events during the pandemic, for art and ecology to be relevant to broader sections of society. Interaction with plants - contrasting lived experience and practices by people of colour with received exclusionary Western approaches to engaging with ecology - allows for histories of suppression and marginalisation to come to the fore.The research investigates 'the garden' as a space to cultivate divergent histories, sensibilities and subjectivities and explores how anti-racist communities inform, inspire and sustain themselves in relation to plants and the land. Importantly, this CDA will allow me to conduct this enquiry 'on the ground' - by developing an actual garden at London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD)'s East Manor House where the development of my project will involve the active participation of diverse stakeholders (local communities, staff, archivists, etc.) invested in the site. Creating a garden as a central component of my research in collaboration and exchange with LBBD's communities and supported by the council's team of experts will allow me to significantly contribute to current debates around and developments in community-led artistic gardening practice and explore its ethical dimensions. My approach will be holistic and inclusive, fusing and building on my existing expertise developed as an artist, academic, curator, writer, and gardener. Contributing to LBBD's New Town Culture strategy, my research will seek to develop alternate forms of representation and modes of participation. These will complement LBBD's public engagement strategies at time when the Borough is in the process of developing a more accurate understanding of the diverse and complex make-up of its inhabitants' ethnicities, cultures and identities.

这项研究将涉及当代艺术实践和城市生态学之间的交叉，以扩展两种背景被理解和参与的方式以及由谁参与。疫情期间发生的事件凸显了艺术和生态学与社会更广泛领域相关的迫切需要。与植物的互动——将有色人种的生活经验和实践与西方接受的排斥性生态方法进行对比——使得压抑和边缘化的历史脱颖而出。该研究将“花园”作为培养不同历史的空间进行调查、情感和主观性，并探讨反种族主义社区如何在与植物和土地的关系中告知、激励和维持自己。重要的是，该 CDA 将使我能够“实地”进行这项调查 - 通过在伦敦巴金和达根纳姆自治市 (LBBD) 的东庄园开发一个实际的花园，我的项目的开发将涉及不同群体的积极参与利益相关者（当地社区、工作人员、档案管理员等）对该地点进行了投资。在理事会专家团队的支持下，与 LBBD 社区合作和交流，创建一个花园作为我研究的核心组成部分，将使我能够为当前围绕社区主导的艺术园艺实践的辩论和发展做出重大贡献，并探索其伦理维度。我的方法将是整体性和包容性的，融合并建立在我作为艺术家、学者、策展人、作家和园丁所积累的现有专业知识的基础上。为了促进 LBBD 的新城镇文化战略，我的研究将寻求开发替代的代表形式和参与模式。当该行政区正在更准确地了解其居民种族、文化和身份的多样化和复杂构成时，这些将补充 LBBD 的公众参与策略。