SUMMARY
Since 2019, the Parlement de Loire, led by POLAU (Pôle arts & urbanisme), has been exploring the notion of the river recognized as a living entity. The aim is to give the Loire a voice to defend its interests, encourage a shared culture around the river and rethink relations between humans and "other-than-humans".
Through an institutional fiction, the project combines arts, sciences, law and citizen participation to reinvent interactions between inhabitants, territories and natural environments. This parliament is not a traditional body, but a narrative around which debates and experiments are organized in a variety of formats: hearings, Loire Assemblies, immersions, art-science-territory residencies, collectives, etc. This initiative is a veritable cultural and social laboratory.
This initiative constitutes a veritable cultural and territorial laboratory, offering inspiring avenues for communities wishing to innovate in terms of attractiveness, governance of the commons and ecological transition.
" What if the river was finally recognized as a player in our territories, and not just a mere backdrop? " - Excerpt from the Parlement de Loire hearings.
Keywords: attachment, art, commons, culture, citizens, collective, environment, law, water, fiction, river, participative governance, legal, ménagement, mise en récit, narration, parliament, partnership, citizen participation, legal personality, quality of life, narrative, resources, river, sciences, storytelling, transition, Loire.
Illustration: L'assemblée immatérielle - POLAU - Zazü © Jean Cabaret (c)
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