Living on an ever-changing coast: French Guiana populations facing coastal mobility

Autor: Marianne Palisse, Gérard Collomb, Dennis Lamaison, Valérie Morel, Philippe Cuny, Morgane Jolivet, Marquisar Jean-Jacques, Bettie Laplanche, Antoine Gardel
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire Ecologie, Evolution, Interactions des Systèmes amazoniens (LEEISA), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Guyane (UG), Institut interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain (IIAC), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAF), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de recherche Discontinuités (DISCONTINUITES), Université d'Artois (UA), Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Études des Structures, des Processus d’Adaptation et des Changements de l’Espace (ESPACE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 (UJML), Université de Lyon, This work was supported by the Mission for Interdisciplinarity of the CNRS and in particular the 'Pépinière Interdisciplinaire de Guyane (PIG)'. This work is a contribution of the French GDR LiGA researcher network.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: GeoJournal
GeoJournal, 2022, ⟨10.1007/s10708-022-10694-5⟩
Geojournal (0343-2521) (Springer Science and Business Media LLC), 2023-04, Vol. 88, N. 2, P. 1515-1533
ISSN: 0343-2521
1572-9893
Popis: International audience; This article examines how the populations of French Guiana have, since the colonization period until today, inhabited the coast, in particular the cheniers close to the coast, whereas these spaces are subject to intense changes - colonization and destruction of the mangrove ecosystem, erosion, modification of the estuaries - which have significant consequences for living conditions and access to natural resources. The interdisciplinary approach brought together historians, geographers, geomorphologists, ecologists and anthropologists. Three contrasted areas were studied: Awala-Yalimapo, a Kali'na Amerindian village located at the Maroni estuary, the savannas region, between Sinnamary and Iracoubo where the Creole peasantry flourished, and finally, the particular case of the city of Kourou, built from the 1960s by the sea to house the engineers and technicians of the Guiana Space Center. This paper aims to propose a reflection on mobility and adaptability of the traditional habitat of the Amerindian and Creole populations, based on the collective appropriation of the land, and what could be described as a light approach to development. On the contrary, Kourou was built with a relationship to the sea largely imported from metropolitan France at a time when private property became the norm in French Guiana. The city is now facing serious erosion problems. As we question how to inhabit the coastline at a time when global change is likely to bring rapid transformations, knowing this history can be a valuable source of reflection for future coastal management strategies.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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