{"id":2213,"date":"2013-08-27T15:12:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T15:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genomicgastronomy.com\/?p=2213"},"modified":"2013-08-27T15:32:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T15:32:52","slug":"cyberagrarianism-tagging-the-foodscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genomicgastronomy.com\/blog\/cyberagrarianism-tagging-the-foodscape\/","title":{"rendered":"CyberAgrarianism: Tagging the FoodScape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed that no one had written a Wikipedia entry for CyberAgrarianism (or FoodScaping for that matter!). Here is my first attempt at defining this tricky space. Used the introduction to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agrarian\">Agrarianism<\/a>\u00a0article\u00a0as my starting point:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/genomicgastronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/snowflake-mod-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2220\" alt=\"snowflake-mod-21\" src=\"https:\/\/genomicgastronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/snowflake-mod-21.jpg\" width=\"1228\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genomicgastronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/snowflake-mod-21.jpg 1228w, https:\/\/genomicgastronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/snowflake-mod-21-700x463.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1228px) 100vw, 1228px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CyberAgrarianism has two common meanings. The first meaning refers to a social philosophy or political philosophy which values urban foodscaping over non-edible landscaping, commons-based-peer-production over industrial models, and sees urban foraging as a cultural practice that can shape and transform social values. It stresses the potential of networked and locative technologies to facilitate non-fiscal transactions and overcome the tragedy of the commons.<\/p>\n<p>The philosophical roots of CyberAgrarianism include green urbanists who believe in increasing food security by promoting local food and short supply chains, and advocates for a sharing economy facilitated by emerging networked technologies (free cycle, car sharing services, etc.). Early practitioners of CyberAgrarianism include urban foodscaping advocates and geolocative geeks (see: <a href=\"http:\/\/technoccult.net\/technoccult-library\/headmap\/\">HeadMap Manifesto<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/ambient-commons\">Ambient Commons<\/a>) who understand urbanity and are interested in mapping and tagging the places where they live.<\/p>\n<p>Urban foodscaping trends have influenced artists such as Fritz Haieg (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fritzhaeg.com\/garden\/initiatives\/edibleestates\/main.html\">Edible Estates<\/a>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stroom.nl\/activiteiten\/manifestatie.php?m_id=4645496\">Stroom<\/a> Gallery&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/stroom.typepad.com\/\">FoodPrint<\/a> activities who implement Urban FoodScaping projects under the banner of artistic production. The 21st century school of digital food mappers include groups such as <a href=\"http:\/\/fallenfruit.org\/\">Fallen Fruit<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gardenregistry.org\/\">Future Farmers<\/a> who create mapping and tagging tools for foraging edibles or urban farming that exist within the urban and peri-urban landscape. More Urban Foodscapes along with the tools to map and tag these locations form the basis of a CyberAgrarian movement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/genomicgastronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/FallenFruit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2215\" alt=\"FallenFruit\" src=\"https:\/\/genomicgastronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/FallenFruit.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genomicgastronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/FallenFruit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/genomicgastronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/FallenFruit-700x357.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, there is a need to create continuity in this movement. There is a crisis of institutionalization. What began as a bottom-up movement can easily burn out as artists move on to their next project, websites go dead or databases are not updated or filtered.<\/p>\n<p>Will CyberAgrarianism become the transit oriented development of the 2020s? Would that be a bad thing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed that no one had written a Wikipedia entry for CyberAgrarianism (or FoodScaping for that matter!). 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