From farm forestry to farm and forestry in south-western France as a result of changes in a ‘house-centred’ social structure |
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Authors: | Anne Sourdril Gaëtan du Bus de Warnaffe Marc Deconchat Gérard Balent Eric de Garine |
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Institution: | (1) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire DYNAFOR Chemin de Borde-Rouge, F- 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France;(2) Laboratoire d’Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative, 21 Allée de l’Université, F- 92023 Nanterre, France |
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Abstract: | The importance of the ecological functions of farm forests in France calls for a better understanding of the social systems
influencing forest management. The traditional ‘house-centred system’ involved a sharing of activities in farm forestry between
fathers and their sons. Retired farmers were traditionally managers of the forests while their sons dealt with farming activities.
The evolution of this relationship since World War 2 has been investigated with an ethnologic approach in two villages in
south-western France where the traditional ‘house-centred system’ constrains the social rules. This system has led to a lifetime
status for fathers as head of the farm and of the household. Before WW2, sons played a secondary role in relation to their
fathers who took strategic decisions. After WW2, sons became more involved in the forest work and decisions which led to a
more frequent use of agricultural methods in forests. This created differences of opinion between fathers and sons, with the
fathers considering their sons’ management too intensive. The social consequence was that the fathers felt that their role
as forest managers and as head of the farm was reduced. In future, farm forest management might become more dependent on agricultural
activities, with the traditional social systems losing importance. |
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Keywords: | intergenerational forest reallocation forester and farmer status evolution of forest management house-centred system France ethnographic methodology |
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