Theorising The Everyday

Ce que les mobilisations environnementalistes font à l’architecture : mises en perspectives internationales et historiques

“…Cette contestation sociale a aussi contribué à essaimer et rendre visible un large spectre d'initiatives locales qui font valoir une nécessaire réappropriation démocratique de l'usage des espaces et des ressources, entre autres les jardins partagés 4 , l'habitat participatif ou les communautés énergétiques citoyennes. Dans leur mise en pratique de l'écologie, ces initiatives procèdent en outre d'une politique de la vie quotidienne qui, héritière d'Henri Lefebvre 5 , est aujourd'hui nourrie de la pensée écoféministe 6 .…”

How Environmentalist Mobilizations Shape Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes

“…5 While putting ecology into practice, these initiatives also proceed from a politics of everyday life which, although originally inherited from Henri Lefebvre, 6 is today nourished by ecofeminist thought. 7 In the US, the form and tenor of environmental action have shifted considerably over the past two decades, moving away from well-funded and mainstream environmental organizations and NGOs towards smaller, more local grassroots community organizations, many of them based within long-neglected inner-city neighborhoods. These organizations draw their inspiration, if not their direct lineage, from the civil rights movement and the important environmental justice activism starting in the 1980s.…”