{"id":6424,"date":"2010-03-28T18:53:03","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T23:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=6424"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:46:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:46:09","slug":"habiter-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/03\/28\/habiter-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Habiter Montr\u00e9al"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mon meilleur ami quitte Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n

Je sais qu’il n’est qu’une goute dans le flot de r\u00e9sidents de cette ville qui s\u2019\u00e9coulera vers les luxuriants paysages d\u2019ailleurs. L\u2019\u00e9cole, le travail, l\u2019amour : ces raisons sont souvent invoqu\u00e9s pour justifier l\u2019abandon de son chez soi. En effet, qui, en ces jours de d\u00e9placements rapides, de communications instantan\u00e9es, du tout-est-possible, voudrait se contraindre \u00e0 un simple lieu?<\/p>\n

Pourtant, moi j’ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d’habiter Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n

C\u2019\u00e9tait inconscient au d\u00e9but, c\u2019\u00e9tait chez moi bien avant que j\u2019aie saisi que le monde s\u2019\u00e9tend au-del\u00e0 de cette \u00eele.<\/p>\n

Puis, comme un ami d’enfance qui \u00e9veille en soi de nouvelles \u00e9motions \u00e0 l’adolescence, j\u2019ai d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 un kick sur Montr\u00e9al. Je me rappelle de mon \u00e9merveillement quand, aboutissant dans le carr\u00e9 Saint-Louis un bel apr\u00e8s-midi de printemps, je suis tomb\u00e9 sur un vieux couple de musiciens qui jouaient chacun sur sa harpe. Qui pouvaient bien \u00eatre ces formidables personnages du paysage Montr\u00e9alais? Pouvais-je vraiment me compter parmi eux?<\/p>\n

Plus \u00e7a allait, plus je tombais amoureuse : la ville me d\u00e9voilait ses faces cach\u00e9es<\/a>, elle m\u2019offrait une libert\u00e9 dans ses espaces ind\u00e9finis<\/a> et, sur chaque coin de rue, elle me faisait la cour avec des rencontres qui semblaient trop parfaites pour \u00eatre du simple hasard…<\/p>\n

Mon int\u00e9r\u00eat pour l’urbanisme \u00e0 vu le jour dans un contexte bien moins romantique, lors de mon Bac en Sciences environnementales. Dans ce contexte, l\u2019am\u00e9nagement \u00e9tait un moyen de r\u00e9duire notre impact environnemental. Pour la premi\u00e8re fois, mon amour de la ville ne me paraissait pas fondamentalement en conflit avec l’objectif de vouloir conserver l\u2019environnement.<\/p>\n

J\u2019ai contempl\u00e9 des \u00e9tudes en urbanisme mais j’ai h\u00e9sit\u00e9 \u00e0 adopter un regard acad\u00e9mique ou professionnel sur ma ville (pourquoi cherche-t\u2019on toujours \u00e0 contr\u00f4ler ce qu’on aime?) J’ai h\u00e9sit\u00e9 et pendant ce temps j\u2019ai cherch\u00e9 \u00e0 comprendre le paysage urbain. J’ai explor\u00e9, pied sur la p\u00e9dale, cam\u00e9ra autour du poignet. Je suis devenue accro des pages de nouvelles locales et, dans la blogosph\u00e8re, j’ai retrouv\u00e9 tout une communaut\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9alais conscientis\u00e9s et passionn\u00e9s de leur ville.<\/p>\n

Et l\u00e0, je viens de d\u00e9poser ma demande d’inscription dans tout une autre domaine, \u00e0 l’UQAM o\u00f9 on retrouve la Chaire en \u00e9ducation relative \u00e0 l\u2019environnement<\/a>. (Et l\u00e0 aussi je vous \u00e9cris en fran\u00e7ais, le langage vernaculaire de cette ville – il \u00e9tait grand temps de m’approprier cette seconde langue comme la mienne)<\/p>\n

On se dit pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s par les enjeux environnementaux, mais je crois qu\u2019on oubli souvent que l’environnement, c’est ici. L\u2019environnement, c\u2019est l\u00e0 o\u00f9 nous sommes. Vivre en harmonie avec l’environnement, n’est-ce pas de red\u00e9couvrir son milieu de vie, de d\u00e9velopper un sentiment d\u2019appartenance, de l’habiter? Habiter un lieu c’est plus que simplement y r\u00e9sider – de poser ses valises ici ou l\u00e0 pendant un moment ou pour sa vie enti\u00e8re. Habiter un lieu c\u2019est de le conna\u00eetre, de l’observer, et de s’y enraciner. C\u2019est une relation intime qui b\u00e9n\u00e9fice finalement autant \u00e0 la personne qu’au lieu (voir: D. Orr, 1992, Ecological Literacy)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Moi, je veux habiter Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n

Je sais que ce ne sera pas le choix de tous. Beaucoup encore seront attir\u00e9s par les opportunit\u00e9s d’ailleurs; d\u2019autres ne sont que de passage, enchant\u00e9s aujourd\u2019hui et repartis demain. Moi aussi, j’ai voyag\u00e9, j’ai flirt\u00e9 avec d’autres lieux pour finalement revenir chez moi.<\/p>\n

Les \u00e9tudes, le travail, l\u2019amour, le chez soi. J’aimerais bien que le lieu fasse partie de cette liste de choix fondamentaux que nous invitons \u00e0 affecter profond\u00e9ment le cours de notre vie.<\/p>\n

Et vous?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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