{"id":23289,"date":"2013-07-16T21:17:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T01:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=23289"},"modified":"2013-07-16T21:29:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T01:29:30","slug":"marcher-la-region-2013-whats-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2013\/07\/16\/marcher-la-region-2013-whats-in-a-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcher la r\u00e9gion 2013 : \u00ab what\u2019s in a name? \u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23294\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23294\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/Capture-d\u2019e\u0301cran-2013-07-16-a\u0300-21.19.22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23294\" title=\" Les marcheurs dans le Parc-nature de la Pointe-aux-Prairies\" alt=\" Les marcheurs dans le Parc-nature de la Pointe-aux-Prairies\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/Capture-d\u2019e\u0301cran-2013-07-16-a\u0300-21.19.22-600x399.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/Capture-d\u2019e\u0301cran-2013-07-16-a\u0300-21.19.22-600x399.png 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/Capture-d\u2019e\u0301cran-2013-07-16-a\u0300-21.19.22-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/Capture-d\u2019e\u0301cran-2013-07-16-a\u0300-21.19.22.png 885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Les marcheurs dans le Parc-nature de la Pointe-aux-Prairies.<br \/>Cr\u00e9dit photo: Anna Berman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lorsque nous avons demand\u00e9 \u00e0 Dinu Bumbaru (Directeur des politiques d&#8217;H\u00e9ritage Montr\u00e9al et parrain de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcherlaregion.com\">Marcher la r\u00e9gion<\/a>) des suggestions de lieux et de paysages marquants du Grand Montr\u00e9al \u00e0 inclure dans l\u2019itin\u00e9raire de cette ann\u00e9e, il nous a plut\u00f4t enjoint de chercher \u00e0 y int\u00e9grer les sons, les odeurs et autres impressions fortes qui ponctuent le territoire m\u00e9tropolitain.<\/p>\n<p>Quoique nous n\u2019en n\u2019avons pas formellement fait un \u00ab\u00a0th\u00e8me\u00a0\u00bb de l\u2019\u00e9dition 2013 (<a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2013\/05\/04\/marcher-la-region-2013-les-espaces-en-devenir\/\">dont le th\u00e8me officiel \u00e9tait \u00ab\u00a0les espaces en devenir\u00a0\u00bb),<\/a> la dimension corporelle et sensorielle de notre promenade annuelle a pris cette ann\u00e9e une place plus importante\u00a0qu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019habitude. Parmi les impressions et perceptions ayant marqu\u00e9 le parcours de la marche, citons la sensation \u00e9trange de s\u2019enfoncer dans le gazon d\u00e9tremp\u00e9 l\u00e0 o\u00f9 le d\u00e9luge de la veille avait laiss\u00e9 des traces; l\u2019odeur de m\u00e9tal rouill\u00e9 du chemin de fer ou la fragrance d\u2019une fourn\u00e9e de bagels t\u00f4t le matin sur la rue Fairmount; le ronronnement de l\u2019autoroute au beau milieu de la nuit, sous la tente; le sentiment de petitesse qu\u2019inspire le trou b\u00e9ant de la carri\u00e8re Lafarge lorsqu\u2019on l\u2019admire en se tenant \u00e0 quelques pas du bord ou encore le frottement insistant d\u2019une cuisse (et\/ou d\u2019une fesse) contre l\u2019autre, qu\u2019on ne remarque jamais si on ne marche pas plus de 10 ou 15 kilom\u00e8tres \u00e0 la fois.<\/p>\n<p>Je ne peux pas parler au nom de tous, mais j\u2019ai fait cette ann\u00e9e l\u2019effort de sentir et de ressentir le territoire et cela m\u2019a fait r\u00e9aliser que ce qui compte, lorsqu\u2019on marche pour marcher, n\u2019est pas tant la \u00ab\u00a0qualit\u00e9 objective\u00a0\u00bb du lieu o\u00f9 l\u2019on se trouve (c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire, le c\u00f4t\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0pittoresque\u00a0\u00bb ou \u00ab\u00a0grunge\u00a0\u00bb, selon qu\u2019on s\u2019identifie \u00e0 l\u2018une ou l\u2019autre de ces esth\u00e9tiques) , <i>mais plut\u00f4t la qualit\u00e9 de notre pr\u00e9sence en ce lieu<\/i>. Et en ayant cette pens\u00e9e je me suis dit que le nom de Marcher la r\u00e9gion \u00e9tait on ne peut plus appropri\u00e9\u00a0: nous ne marchons pas vraiment \u00ab\u00a0vers\u00a0\u00bb quelque chose, ni \u00ab\u00a0sur\u00a0\u00bb quelque chose ni m\u00eame tout \u00e0 fait \u00ab\u00a0\u00e0 travers\u00a0\u00bb quelque chose. Nous appr\u00e9hendons (au sens ph\u00e9nom\u00e9nologique) la r\u00e9gion directement mais sans autre motif et nous ne le faisons pas qu\u2019avec nos pieds, mais aussi avec le reste de nos membres et avec toutes nos facult\u00e9s de perception. Il est appropri\u00e9 de dire que nous \u00ab\u00a0marchons la r\u00e9gion\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0 parce que nous cherchons justement abolir la distance entre le percevant et le per\u00e7u, ou \u00e0 tout le moins \u00e0 en prendre conscience.<\/p>\n<p>Le choix\u00a0\u00ab Marcher la r\u00e9gion\u00a0\u00bb peut sembler s\u2019expliquer de lui-m\u00eame, mais nombreux sont ceux qui croient que \u00ab\u00a0Marcher la r\u00e9gion\u00a0\u00bb est une b\u00eate traduction de l\u2019anglais \u00ab\u00a0Walk the r\u00e9gion\u00a0\u00bb, un calque sans \u00e9l\u00e9gance (les 15 premi\u00e8res secondes du <a href=\"http:\/\/walktheregion.tumblr.com\/#!\/post\/54065994691\/entrevue-avec-alexandre-courteau-a-lemission\">reportage sur l\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement diffus\u00e9 sur les ondes la Premi\u00e8re Cha\u00eene<\/a> le 27 juin t\u00e9moignent \u00e9loquemment de cela), et ils sont plusieurs\u00a0(semble-t-il) <em>\u00e0 fixer le regard sur le doigt sans daigner voir la lune qu\u2019il essaie de pointer\u00a0<\/em>(c&#8217;est-\u00e0-dire, \u00e0 s&#8217;enfarger dans le nom sans se demander s&#8217;il peut avoir une signification propre quelconque). Ironiquement, l\u2019emploi transitif du verbe \u00ab\u00a0marcher\u00a0\u00bb est tout ce qu\u2019il y a de plus fran\u00e7ais (<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.ca\/books?id=5HwULAu8aSgC&amp;lpg=PA290&amp;ots=5nOvAXDuhz&amp;dq=%22marcher%20la%22%20transitif&amp;hl=fr&amp;pg=PA290#v=onepage&amp;q=%22marcher%20la%22%20transitif&amp;f=false\">malgr\u00e9 qu\u2019il ne soit plus utilis\u00e9 en France depuis le d\u00e9but du 18<sup>\u00e8me<\/sup> si\u00e8cle<\/a>). D\u2019ailleurs, on recense des centaines de milliers d\u2019occurrence du verbe marcher utilis\u00e9 de mani\u00e8re transitive sur le web. Si on peut \u00ab\u00a0marcher la terre\u00a0\u00bb (45 700 occurrences), \u00ab\u00a0marcher son chemin\u00a0\u00bb (189 000 occurrences) et \u00ab\u00a0marcher la ville\u00a0\u00bb (59 000 occurrences), pourquoi ne pourrait-on pas \u00ab marcher la r\u00e9gion\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0?<\/p>\n<p>Pour la petite histoire\u00a0: certains d\u2019entre vous se souviendront que Marcher la r\u00e9gion s&#8217;appelait \u00ab\u00a0Ville, banlieue, campagne\u00a0\u00bb \u00e0 ses d\u00e9buts en 2011; le nom original n\u2019\u00e9tait donc pas un calque de quoi que ce soit. Mais apr\u00e8s de longues d\u00e9lib\u00e9rations (durant lesquelles les noms \u00ab\u00a0Les promeneurs m\u00e9tropolitains\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0La travers\u00e9e m\u00e9tropolitaine\u00a0\u00bb et \u00ab\u00a0Coureurs de villes\u00a0\u00bb ont \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9voqu\u00e9s), nous avons opt\u00e9 pour \u00ab\u00a0Marcher la r\u00e9gion\u00a0\u00bb, un nom qui rend simplement et assez exactement ce que nous faisons pendant trois jours.<\/p>\n<p>Il va sans dire, la ressemblance des deux noms (anglais et en fran\u00e7ais) est un atout ind\u00e9niable, mais ce qui compte d\u2019avantage c\u2019est que le nom soit \u00e9vocateur, qu\u2019il fasse r\u00e9sonner quelque chose en la personne qui le prononce et qu\u2019il n\u2019ait pas besoin d\u2019\u00eatre expliqu\u00e9. Pour ma part, apr\u00e8s avoir travers\u00e9, parcouru, humect\u00e9, pi\u00e9tin\u00e9 et senti Repentigny, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montr\u00e9al-Est, Anjou, St-L\u00e9onard, La Petite Patrie, la Main, St-Lambert, Greenfield Park et Brossard, je peux dire sans h\u00e9sitation que je n&#8217;ai pas fait que <em>passer par l\u00e0<\/em>. N&#8217;en d\u00e9plaise aux pr\u00eatres de l&#8217;orthodoxie linguistique, j&#8217;ai bel et bien <em>march\u00e9 chacun des ces lieux.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Si l\u2019exp\u00e9rience de marcher transitivement vous int\u00e9resse, \u00e9crivez-vous \u00e0 <a href=\"mailto:walktheregion@gmail.com\">walktheregion@gmail.com<\/a> ou \u00e0 <a href=\"mailto:marcherlaregion@gmail.com\">marcherlaregion@gmail.com<\/a> pour vous qu&#8217;on vous tienne au courant des pr\u00e9paratifs de l&#8217;\u00e9dition 2014. D&#8217;autres billets suivront concernant l&#8217;\u00e9dition 2013 et ce que nous avons appris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorsque nous avons demand\u00e9 \u00e0 Dinu Bumbaru (Directeur des politiques d&#8217;H\u00e9ritage Montr\u00e9al et parrain de Marcher la r\u00e9gion) des suggestions de lieux et de paysages marquants du Grand Montr\u00e9al \u00e0 inclure dans l\u2019itin\u00e9raire de cette ann\u00e9e, il nous a plut\u00f4t enjoint de chercher \u00e0 y int\u00e9grer les sons, les odeurs et autres impressions fortes qui<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2013\/07\/16\/marcher-la-region-2013-whats-in-a-name\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Marcher la r\u00e9gion 2013 : \u00ab what\u2019s in a name? \u00bb&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5046,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[102,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spacing","category-walking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Marcher la r\u00e9gion 2013 : \u00ab what\u2019s in a name? 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