Leisurification of nature. A sociological study of transformation based on three parks in Anjou
La loisirification de la nature. Approche sociologique d’une transformation à partir du cas de trois parcs angevins
Abstract
Before becoming park land designed to welcome the public, these places were previously fallow
lands, meadows, riverbanks, or forests. How has the husbandry of public or private institutions
affected them, transforming them into green “parks” dedicated to leisure activities? This article
looks at some of the sociological principles behind this process of transformation, for which we
have coined the term “leisurification” of nature. From a study of three parks with different
ownerships (family business, local town council, multinational corporation), a similar process
emerges of reallocation, division of labour, and marketing of the three sites.
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