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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: © 2020 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781522596219|ISBN10: 1522596216|EISBN13: 9781522596226
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9621-9.ch056
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Coats, Cala. "The Collective Aestheticization of Farming as Participatory Civic Engagement." Environmental and Agricultural Informatics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 1233-1257. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9621-9.ch056

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Coats, C. (2020). The Collective Aestheticization of Farming as Participatory Civic Engagement. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Environmental and Agricultural Informatics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1233-1257). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9621-9.ch056

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Coats, Cala. "The Collective Aestheticization of Farming as Participatory Civic Engagement." In Environmental and Agricultural Informatics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1233-1257. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9621-9.ch056

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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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