[en] We are surrounded by air since we were born. However, because of its invisibility, it is often associated with emptiness, depriving it of any material dimension. Using a specific case from an ongoing study in the Estaque district of Marseille, this article explores the ways in which air can be given substance through inhabitant experience. The aim is to understand how residents imagine air and how they represent it on paper, with the help of a mediation process designed to think about the element "air" in a sensitive, embodied way. Far from limiting us to this element, air serves as a starting point for thinking about our relationship with the world, and highlights affective and political relationships specific to shared spaces.
Disciplines :
Anthropology
Author, co-author :
Boux, Flo ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Traverses ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département médias, culture et communication > Médiation esthétique et théories de la réception ; EHESS - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales [FR] > Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Politique
Language :
French
Title :
Explorer la matérialité d’un élément discret. Le cas de l'air.
Alternative titles :
[en] Explorations on the Materiality of a Discrete Element: The Case of Air
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