Terre (1/2)
Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.01.2023
Although the 'cantography' of the Earth is not very abundant, it is sufficiently diverse to offer food for thought. Each song develops its own point of view on what it means by Earth. In this section, we have selected those that consider, sometimes implicitly, sometimes more directly, the relationship between the notions of planet, earth and world... A question of inhabiting, always with the theme of humanity as a final horizon! [...]
Bruno Latour. 2021. Où suis-je ? Leçons du confinement à l’usage des terrestres. Paris : La Découverte.
Olivier Lazzarotti | 28.09.2021
Reading the book “Where am I?” by Bruno Latour convinces that, at least as much as the ecological stake of the planet, it is indeed, in its fullness, the question of inhabiting it which is posed. Can ecological considerations, in particular the apocalyptic announcement of the end, be the exclusive inputs to this issue for all of humanity, that is, each and every one of its members, and well beyond? [...]
Émotions des usagers et usagères de drogue.
Roxane Scavo et Mélina Germes | 14.09.2021
The aim of this paper is to show how marginalized drug users who frequent low threshold drug facilities inhabit urban spaces in two cities, Bordeaux and Berlin. With a social geography approach informed with sociology of emotions and critical cartography methods, we led emotional mapping interviews and produced cartographic collages from the results. We present the inhabiting topography of each city, the constant production and movement of makeshift homes, as well as the relationships with others from the perspective [...]
Frédéric Vinot | 17.07.2020
In response to the formula of “mal-habiter” proposed by O. Lazzarotti, X. Bernier and J. Levy (2020), the author puts forward the hypothesis of “malaise dans l’habiter”, with particular reference to theories of Freud and Lacan. Where “mal-habiter” indicates dissatisfaction on the part of the inhabitant with regard to external and social conditions, “malaise dans l’habiter” indicates a dissatisfaction inherent in the very fact of dwelling, a trace of an uninhabitable in the heart of dwelling. The different possibilities [...]
