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Peasant, Patriot, Environmentalist: Sustainable Development Discourse in H avana
Author(s) -
GOLD MARINA
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.12175
Subject(s) - sustainability , peasant , articulation (sociology) , context (archaeology) , state (computer science) , economic shortage , political science , sustainable development , sociology , political economy , politics , geography , law , linguistics , computer science , biology , ecology , philosophy , archaeology , algorithm , government (linguistics)
Private urban agricultural ventures, initially a spontaneous response to food shortages during the S pecial P eriod, soon became a state‐sponsored project, related to global notions of sustainability. This article explores the relationship between sustainability discourse and its local dimensions to reveal the role of sustainability in the reformulation of the R evolution. Urban gardeners engage with international discourses of sustainability and interact with the C uban state's articulation of these discourses. While this process forces urban gardeners to adapt to the changing meanings of growing food, it also provides a different language through which gardeners define themselves, especially in the context of a changing relationship with the state.