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Spontaneous gardens of migrants plants: a banana grove, taro, papaya and sweet potatoes growing along the rail tracks

Migrant gardens, rogue plants and inner city imaginaries in Sydney, Australia

By: Ilaria Vanni May 20 '18 Date: May 20, 2018 Comments: 0

In April we presented Migrant Gardens, a video essay at the Biennal Meeting of The Society for Cultural Anthropology, Displacements. The conference engaged with different kinds of displacements, as it explains on its website: Displacements are in the air: episodes of profound political upheaval, intensified crises of migration and expulsion, the disturbing specter of climatic […]

Reading Italian gardens in Australia transculturally

By: Ilaria Vanni May 02 '18 Date: May 2, 2018 Comments: 0

Last month I presented a paper on gardens and transculturation at the conference Living Transcultural Spaces, organised by Co.As.It in Melbourne. The presentation is available on the conference YouTube channel here, and this is the abstract: Gardens have been identified as significant locations of place-making and environmental negotiation for migrant communities in Australia. Gardens are […]

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