This site documents my work on urban agriculture. It explore this subject through a nexus of food, art and research, from quantitative mapping to creative and cultural responses…
My name is Dr Mikey Tomkins. I work across academic research and art practices within the field of urban agriculture (UA) both as theory and practice. The term…
This website is a collection of works, began in 2004, what together explore the many facets of what is termed urban agriculture (UA), from quantitative mapping to creative…
Title of paper: Cultivating refuge: the role of urban agriculture amongst refugees and forced migrants in the Kurdistan region of Iraq Cultivating refuge: the role of urban agriculture…
September 2020, Conference, Royal Anthropological Institute Conference title: The Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future: Presenting two papers on Edible Maps and the use of maps…
The map gallery features a selection of images, some high resolution, of maps, and other art work associated with the walks and events. if you copy and image…
From the 16th-23rd of May 2015 I exhibited the Edible Map of Newcastle, alongside limited edition plates, and a series of seven-day artist led walks, as part of the…
SHIELDFIELD WHEATFIELD was a project in collaboration with Shieldfield Art Works, begun in 2018, with the aim of growing urban wheat in Shieldfield, Newcastle. The wheat would then…
The Urban Wheat Guardian, is one of two costumes and masks I have been making over 2020, the second is the Fish Spirit Catcher. The Urban Wheat Guardian…
These films made in 2016 and 2017, explores how various aspects of urban agriculture, from home gardens to market gardens help transform the refugee camp and enrich the…
Below is the full description of the Hackney edible walk from the RGS Website. I was interviewed by the RGS who transcribed and edited by commentary as shown…
These costumes below, as well as the wheat costume, were created to help explore questions around the cultural response to urban food production within my imaginary maps. For…
There is a companion page to this post, which explores the quantitative work that was undertaken in Dallas. This post deals with the quantitative mapping, which is an…