ABSTRACT

This paper analyses creation of commons in the urban context from the perspective of alternative food networks. I explore how buying groups produce commons in the urban fabric through their decisions and practices relating to the distribution of organic food. Participatory action research and semi-structured interviews with members of buying groups (GSRs) in Croatia are used to examine the ways in which self-organised citizens manoeuvre through legal entanglements in order to obtain quality food directly from local producers. By collaborative acts of resistance based on solidarity and mutual support, buying groups transform and appropriate public and private spaces into urban commons, in which they regain control over the food they consume. Commoning practices have enabled buying groups (GSRs) to develop resilience and confront the dominant food regime.

摘要

本文从替代食物网络的角度分析了城市背景下的公地创造。我探讨了购买群体如何通过他们与有机食品分配相关的决策和实践在城市结构中生产公地。参与式行动研究和对克罗地亚购买团体 (GSR) 成员的半结构化访谈被用来检查自组织公民如何通过法律纠葛来直接从当地生产商那里获得优质食品。通过基于团结和相互支持的合作抵抗行为，购买团体将公共和私人空间转变为城市公共空间，并重新控制他们消费的食物。