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Alice Giulia DAL BORGO & Giuseppe GAMBAZZA

From Abandoned Village to Ecovillage: a Sustainable Tourism Experience by the Community of Torri Superiore

(69 (2017/2) Balancing Heritage and Innovation : Pathways towards the Sustainability of Rural Systems)
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Résumé

Résumé

Le phénomène multi-facettes du tourisme contemporain incarne plusieurs caractéristiques, parfois inconciliables. Ces caractéristiques se traduisent, par exemple, dans les attentes diversifiées des touristes par rapport aux destinations, aux infrastructures, aux expériences, etc. Il s’agit de perspectives, capables parfois d’être contradictoires ou bien de cohabiter en paix et de tracer des géographies changeantes et ouvertes aux itinéraires culturels divers. Pourquoi donc une petite communauté décide-t-elle de repeupler un village abandonné au cœur des Alpes Ligures ? Quel est le projet culturel poursuivi par la communauté ? A travers quelles voies et innovations le repeuplement d’un village abandonné peut-il supporter des processus de développement et tourisme durable ? Pour répondre à ces questions, nous considérerons en particulier le cas de l'éco-village Torri Superiore, qui adhère aux réseaux du Global Ecovillage et de l’Italian Ecovillage et respecte aussi les principes liés au mouvement de la permaculture.

Index de mots-clés : abandon de territoire, communauté, consensus, Mots-clés, permaculture, rétablissement, sens du lieu, tourisme durable, valorisation

Abstract

Abstract

The multi-faceted phenomenon of contemporary tourism reflects multiple and sometimes incompatible features, which lead, for instance, to the traveler’s diversified expectations about the vacation destination, tourism infrastructure, tourism experience, etc. These perspectives – that sometimes happen to be contradictory, while at other times co-exist peacefully – draw ever-changing geographies along cultural itineraries. Why does a small community decide to repopulate an abandoned village located in the heart of the Ligurian Alps? Which is the leading cultural project that guided this community? In which innovative ways could the reinhabitation of an abandoned village be implemented by practices of sustainable tourism, capable of involving the community in local sustainable development processes? To find answers to these research questions, we will consider, in particular, the case of “Torri Superiore Ecovillage”, a village which is involved in the GEN (Global Ecovillage Network), in the RIVE (Italian Ecovillage Network), and in the permaculture movement.

Index by keyword : community, consensus, Keywords, permaculture, recovery, sense of place, sustainable tourism, territorial abandonment, valorization

To cite this article

Alice Giulia DAL BORGO & Giuseppe GAMBAZZA, «From Abandoned Village to Ecovillage: a Sustainable Tourism Experience by the Community of Torri Superiore», Bulletin de la Société Géographique de Liège [En ligne], 69 (2017/2) Balancing Heritage and Innovation : Pathways towards the Sustainability of Rural Systems, URL : https://popups.ulg.ac.be/0770-7576/index.php?id=4687.

About: Alice Giulia DAL BORGO

Università degli Studi di Milano

Dipartimento di Beni Culturali e Ambientali

Via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122, Milano, Italia

alice.dalborgo@unimi.it

About: Giuseppe GAMBAZZA

Università degli Studi di Milano

Dipartimento di Beni Culturali e Ambientali

Via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122, Milano, Italia

giuseppe.gambazza@unimi.it

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