The Prison Garden as Artistic Boundary Object: Fostering Food Sovereignty and Social Citizenship for Indigenous People in British Columbia

Written By Kelsey Timler

Authors: Kelsey Timler & Helen Brown

Publication Date: 16 July 2019

Journal: BC Studies

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PREVIEW: Using a garden program case study, we outline how food production and imperial notions of productive citizenship impact Aboriginal wellbeing within and outside of prison contexts, and how the garden – as an aesthetic and sensory boundary object – allows for discussions of foodways, rights, and sovereignty across colonial Canada.

Kelsey Timler
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