Зеленият кампус през перспективата на студентски инициативи за повторно усвояване на зелени площи в Софийския университет
The green campus through the perspective of student initiatives for reclaiming green spaces at Sofia University

Summary/Abstract: The study examines the concept of a green campus through the experiences of two student initiatives for the renewal and upkeep of green spaces on the campuses of Sofia University since 2010. The paper focuses on the ways in which students appropriate and transform university outdoor spaces. Through an ethnographic approach—field observations and interviews with students involved in the initiatives—the research traces how student collectives construct notions of a ‘green campus’ and how these notions fit into wider cultural and political discourses of sustainable development, the relationship between university and society, and the right to the city. The key questions addressed in this paper are: what are students’ desires for the green spaces around university buildings, what are the ways in which they can intervene, and how can students’ actions be understood through broader themes such as sustainability and the right to the city. The two selected student initiatives are a volunteer action to restore the park behind the Faculties of Philosophy and Economics and the work of the student club S.K.O.R.E.C. to improve the conditions for biodiversity in the green areas of the Faculty of Biology.

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