{"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":"
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\u00a0Agrarianism<\/a>\u00a0article\u00a0as my starting point:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 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 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: HeadMap Manifesto<\/a>\u00a0and Ambient Commons<\/a>) who understand urbanity and are interested in mapping and tagging the places where they live.<\/p>\n Urban foodscaping trends have influenced artists such as Fritz Haieg (Edible Estates<\/a>) and Stroom<\/a> Gallery’s 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 Fallen Fruit<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Future 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