L’Espace animalier dans les maisons rurales en Algérie, territorialité vernaculaire, résurgence informelle et controverses institutionnelles

Abstract

This article attempts to restore a reflection resulting from an empirical observation of animal space in rural houses in Algeria, by considering the processes involved in their vernacular consolidation and those involved in their contemporary redefinition.Animal space and its relationship to domestic space will thus be examined so as to raise questions surrounding the problem of rural habitat identity. This is done through the persistence, transformation and recomposition of domestic spatialities in the housing of official rural housing programs in Algeria.The relationship of human-animal cohabitation is explored from a socio-cultural approach, and confronted with institutional perspectives. The subject developed aims to draw up an observation of national trends, to establish and orient new perspectives for research on housing architecture.

Keywords

• Animal Space
• Rurality
• Domestic Spatiality
• Domestic Territoriality
• Rural Housing
• Animal-Human Cohabitation