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The Collective Aestheticization of Farming as Participatory Civic Engagement

The Collective Aestheticization of Farming as Participatory Civic Engagement

Cala Coats
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781522516651|ISBN10: 1522516654|EISBN13: 9781522516668
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1665-1.ch011
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Coats, Cala. "The Collective Aestheticization of Farming as Participatory Civic Engagement." Convergence of Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Global Civic Engagement, edited by Ryan Shin, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 185-209. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1665-1.ch011

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Coats, C. (2017). The Collective Aestheticization of Farming as Participatory Civic Engagement. In R. Shin (Ed.), Convergence of Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Global Civic Engagement (pp. 185-209). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1665-1.ch011

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Coats, Cala. "The Collective Aestheticization of Farming as Participatory Civic Engagement." In Convergence of Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Global Civic Engagement, edited by Ryan Shin, 185-209. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1665-1.ch011

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Abstract

This chapter is a case study that traces the life of a young artist farmer who developed a community-based educational farm. The case study illuminates networked connections between small-scale farming, a revitalized interest in handmade production, and a burgeoning desire for a living ethics rooted in direct engagements. This chapter reveals the breadth of the handmade revolution, tracing a singular example to investigate the desire to become a small-scale farmer; the network of apprenticing makers, farmers, and artists; the necessary participatory aestheticization of the farm as a marketing strategy and mode of cultural consumption; and the ethical complexity of sustaining the life of a young farmer in the current organic and locally-grown marketplace.

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