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Spatial Stories of Sustainability: The Women Building Philadelphia’s Green Spaces
Riedman, Elizabeth
Riedman, Elizabeth
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2022
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Geography, Environment and Urban Studies
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https://doi.org/10.34944/r1gj-f903
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In urban greening scholarship, many have focused on the role of public institutions and professional leaders when looking at urban greening patterns (Boone et al., 2009; Eisenman, 2013; Lawson, 2005). However, a few scholars have begun to shed light on the lesser known work that other identities, such as women, who have historically contributed to the development of urban green spaces (Deutsch, 2000; Dümpelmann, 2015; Flanagan, 2002; Sewell, 2011; Spain, 2001). This project builds on feminist historical methods to consider the often-invisible role of women in the creation and maintenance of green spaces. I refer to Philadelphia’s long history of urban greening efforts (Rosan and Pearsall, 2017) to show examples of how women have historically contributed to the development of green spaces, and how current day urban greening initiatives reflect the legacies of this labor. Using archival research, oral histories and storymapping techniques, this project seeks to challenge historical accounts that overlook over the contributions of women, and center gender as a key category within the ‘spatial stories’ of Philadelphia’s green spaces.
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This report was submitted to the Office of Sustainability at the conclusion of the 2022-2023 Graduate Research Award Sustainability Program (GRASP) award period. GRASP advances Temple University’s goal of expanding sustainability research by providing funding to a graduate student research project focused on sustainability.
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Available at: https://sustainability.temple.edu/academics-research/research/graduate-research-award-sustainability-program
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