Sepulveda Marquez, Ruth;
(2021)
Urban agriculture projects under the constraints of Neoliberalism: networks, discourses and story-lines in Santiago, Chile.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
Urban agriculture in Santiago emerged as a collaborative civil society initiative to raise awareness of the city's different social and environmental problems. However, it is unclear how Chile's neoliberal economic, political, and social scenario, which promotes corporatism, allowed the participation of actors in projects when they were constantly excluded from sustainability and urban planning decisions. Despite their disadvantaged position, community actors use urban agriculture as a fighting symbol to communicate their ideas about the environment and society. The analysis of the Santiago case is used to understand the connections formed between actors related to urban agriculture projects and to unravel their discourses and story-lines about society, the environment and traditions that have been taken for granted in the context of neoliberalism. Anchored in the Governance Networks and Discourse Analysis approaches, this research examines the networks, discourses and story-lines resulting from the emergence of urban agriculture projects in Santiago, Chile, linking social and environmental ideas with the neoliberal transformation driven by the development of new partnerships among actors. The findings suggest a strong relationship between civil society actors, as they see urban agriculture as a form of social connection rather than food production. The social aspect emphasises the circulation of knowledge and experiences between actors and the population outside the urban agriculture groups and modifies the perception and purpose of space and territory. Instead, there is a weak and sometimes broken connection between civil society and the state and private sector. The groups perceive those other actors use sustainability as a business for their economic benefits and are heavily influenced by capitalism and lack environmental awareness.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | Urban agriculture projects under the constraints of Neoliberalism: networks, discourses and story-lines in Santiago, Chile |
| Event: | UCL (University College London) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2021. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10134971 |
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