Still surprises in store. Revisiting the ordinary in rural geography

Keith Halfacree

doi:10.5565/rev/dag.1036

Encara hi ha coses per descobrir: revisitant allò que és ordinari en la geografia rural

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Keith Halfacree

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Des de, com a mínim, a principis de la dècada de 1990, una de les àrees de recerca més interessants i productives de la geografia rural, especialment a la Gran Bretanya però també en altres llocs, ha estat la constituïda per les «geografies rurals oblidades». Aquesta recerca, influïda especialment pel postmodernisme i el «gir cultural», procura apropar-se a la diversitat i a la varietat de vides i experiències que avui en dia trobem a les àrees rurals. El present article, proper a aquests tipus de treballs, defensa que no cal menystenir el que és ordinari de la vida rural o, el que és el mateix, allò que Chris Philo (1992) ha anomenat irònicament «Mr Average». Encara que les vides i les experiències de Mr Average poden semblar mundanes a primer cop d’ull, segons l’esperit del compromís crític d’Henri Lefebvre amb allò que és quotidià, podem trobar sovint, dins d’aquesta ordinarietat, compromisos i veritats fins i tot extraordinaris. L’article desenvolupa aquest argument a favor de l’estudi de la geografies rurals ordinàries examinant allò que és ordinari, allò que és extraordinari i allò que és extraordinàriament ordinari dins el context de la contraurbanització. Tanmateix, i tal com l’autor reitera a les conclusions, es defensa la recerca de l’extraordinari dins del que és ordinari a través de les possibilitats que ofereix la geografia rural.

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quotidià, geografia rural, ordinari, contraurbanització, Lefebvre

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