Habiter le temps et l’espace : du phénomène « NIMBY » au « Not In My Presence ». L’étude du cas albigeois

Abstract

The developing tourism research of urban centers shows the conflicts of use of public space and more largely the “museumization” of these neighbourhoods. However, our own research conducted in Albi, reveals that the relationships between the users can be pacified. As soon as accessibility is endangered, more and more voices speak up against the heritage policies and “museumization”, but without designating the visitors. In other words, the inhabitants we interviewed dissociate the policies of attractiveness from the presence of visitors, whom they try to avoid and eventually render the local managers accountable for their difficulties. We explain that by a partial, intermittent, and localized investment of public space.

Keywords

• tourism
• use of public space
• heritage
• museumization
• avoidance
• presence in time and space