La pratique de l'espace urbain des populations marginales : l'exemple des « binners » de Vancouver

Abstract

Drop out Populations' practical Experience : the Example of «Binners» in Vancouver. This article explores the experience of urban space by the scavengers of Vancouver (Canada). These «binners» - as they are called colloquially - are marginal people who collect bottles, cans and other used items from garbage bins. This activity contributes to their being confined to a marginal position. Most of them live in Downtown Eastside, the city's poorest neighbourhood. By "binning", individuals develop some skills ; they render a service to the city ; social relationships develop between the rich and the poor.

Scavenging: Between precariousness, marginality and access to the city. The case of Roma people in Turin and Marseille

“…The Roma who live in Lungo Stura can use the area surrounding their settlement to store different materials, whereas in Marseille, living in a flat or squat restricts storage to material that can be passed on rapidly. As shown in the literature for other urban waste pickers (Gutberlet, 2008;Medina, 2007;Raoulx, 1999), this way of working yields lower gains.…”

“…Research by Raoulx (1999) and Tremblay et al (2010) on the binners 8 of Vancouver shows how, in cities where waste management is more controlled and less open to noninstitutional players, one can also find, to a different extent, a waste-picking activity that plays a role not only in waste regulation policies but also in improving the conditions of people living in economically and socially marginal situations (Tremblay et al, 2010). 9 Finally, in European cities, where the waste picker seemed to have become a rare or inconspicuous figure, the arrival of groups of immigrants, or the impoverishment of certain socioeconomic groups seeking to survive through odd jobs such as selling second-hand goods or recycled material, "has once again revealed poverty that was thought to be marginal and regulated" (Milliot, 2010: 18;Scheinberg et al, 2016).…”

L’institutionnalisation des marchés informels à Paris : une situation d’entre-deux dans le gouvernement des espaces publics

“…Les mouvements de récupérateurs qui émergent au Nordbiffins à Paris, binners ou « fouilleurs de poubelles » au Canada (Raoulx, 1999(Raoulx, , 2006) -s'inscrivent dans un cadre politique de promotion d'un gouvernement urbain alternatif, fondé sur le local et la participation. Ils relaient les mobilisations défendant au Sud la reconnaissance des formes d'auto-organisation élaborées en réponse aux situations de crise, et leur inclusion dans une gestion urbaine plus participative.…”