Date of Award
6-12-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology and University Honors
Department
Sociology
First Advisor
Julius McGee
Subjects
Community gardens -- Oregon -- Portland, Gentrification -- Oregon -- Portland, Urban minorities, Grounded theory -- Case studies
DOI
10.15760/honors.786
Abstract
This paper analyzes structural, social and cultural barriers to community gardening in Portland, Oregon. Both the majority of Portland’s demographics and the majority of its community gardeners are white, with much of the minority populations being progressively gentrified and displaced outside of the urban center. Exasperating this displacement is Portland’s uneven investment in sustainable and green infrastructure in a process currently being studied as eco-gentrification. In tandem with the eco-gentrification literature, there is growing evidence that urban agriculture and community gardens disproportionately benefit white middle-class individuals through exclusionary spaces that omit minority participation. Portland’s community garden participation of black and African immigrant residence is less than 2%. The focus of this paper is to understand Portland’s low black and African immigrant garden participation by analyzing barriers to community gardening. To do so, Grounded Theory is employed to analyze the transcripts of 17 semi-structured in-depth interviews collected from black and African immigrant Portland gardeners.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/29075
Recommended Citation
Schrup, Jullian Michael, "Barriers to Community Gardening in Portland, OR" (2019). University Honors Theses. Paper 768.
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/honorstheses/768
10.15760/honors.786