Summary
Through a range of case studies—from hunting to African safaris, and from trail running to wildlife-watching hikes—this volume analyses the transformations of nature-based recreational activities, their effects on environments and animals, and practitioners’ relationships with the wild. It questions our relationship with the wild, from the construction of imaginaries to the concrete modalities of coexistence with living beings.
Encounters between humans and wild animals, whether organised or fortuitous, lie at the heart of the contributions collected in this book. The chapters jointly examine changes in values and ways of living together in natural environments, the place of animals within interactions, and the ways in which each actor (human or animal) reshapes the occupation of space. Various approaches to managing human–wildlife interactions with a view to fostering peaceful coexistence are presented.
At the crossroads of the human, social, and environmental sciences, this volume is intended for students and researchers, as well as for managers of natural areas seeking to better understand and engage with the transformations of human–wildlife relations.
Table of contents
General Introduction
Clémence Perrin-Malterre, Laine Chanteloup, Julien Dellier, Mathieu Garel, Anne Loison
PART 1. DESIGNING HUMAN–ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS
Chapter 1. Hunting and Ornithology: Two Compatible Passions? Bourgeois Perceptions of Wildlife in the Camargue at the Beginning of the 20th Century
Isabelle Cellier, Élise Banton, Claude Raynaud
Chapter 2. The Reverse Safari: When Animals Observe Humans
Marc Girard
Chapter 3. Being in the “Right” Place: The Role of Spatial Arrangements in Wildlife-Watching Tourism Practices in Mountain Areas
Louis Defraiteur, Laine Chanteloup, Clémence Perrin-Malterre
Chapter 4. The Contemplative Walk in the Grand Barry Wildlife Reserve (Drôme): Contemplating and Seeing Nothing?
Salomé Dehaut
Chapter 5. When an Ancestral Tradition Becomes a Tourist Attraction: The Case of the Snake Charmers of Jamaa el-Fna Square, Marrakech (Morocco)
Laura Jannot, Salima Salhi, Wafaa Benhsain, Thomas Lahlafi, Abdellah Bouazza
PART 2. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ANIMALS
Chapter 6. Towards the Ecologisation of Recreational Relationships with So-Called “Wild” Animals? A Sociological Perspective
Antoine Doré
Chapter 7. Trail Runners and Animals: Ambivalent Experiences
Nicolas Baptiste
Chapter 8. Between Dog and Wolf: Ethnographies of Landscapes of Fear among Recreational Practitioners in Alpine Environments
Noémie Bailly, Stéphane Marpot
Chapter 9. Mountain Sports and Wildlife: Practitioners’ Value Systems at the Heart of Human–Wildlife Relations
Léna Gruas, Clémence Perrin-Malterre, Anne Loison
PART 3. MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF RECREATIONAL AND TOURISM PRACTICES ON ANIMALS
Chapter 10. Impacts of Recreational Activities on Mountain Galliformes
Marc Montadert, Jérôme Cavailhes
Chapter 11. Impacts and Assessment of Disturbance Induced by Free-Flying Activities in the Bauges Mountains
Adrien Lambert
Chapter 12. Behavioural Responses of Mountain Ungulates to Human Disturbance: A Comparative Analysis of Chamois and Alpine Ibex in the Bauges and Belledonne Massifs
Nicolas Courbin, Marie Eveillard-Buchoux, Pascal Marchand, Thibaut Amblard, Mathieu Beurier, Laine Chanteloup, Julien Dellier, Carole Toïgo, Anne Loison, Mathieu Garel
PART 4. MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE
Chapter 13. The South Pass of Fakarava (French Polynesia): Managing and Protecting a Fragile Environment That Has Become a Scuba Diving “Hotspot”
Frédérique Jossinet
Chapter 14. Recreational Fishers: Marginalised Actors within a Network Shared by Communities of Interest
Florian Lebreton, Christelle Audouit, Hervé Flanquart
Chapter 15. Animal Trajectories, Hunting Trajectories: From Game Wild Boar to Administratively Managed Wild Boar
Carole Marin, Pablo Vajas
Chapter 16. Between Scientific and Vernacular Knowledge: The Quest for Sustainable Coexistence between Hunters and Chamois in Valais
Kylian Henchoz-Manitha, Laine Chanteloup
Chapter 17. Crampons and Talons: Reconciling the Protection of the Bearded Vulture with Ice Climbing in Gran Paradiso National Park (Italy)
Chloé Vial-Pailler
Chapter 18. Wilderness and Rewilding: Frameworks for Rethinking Human–Non-Human Coexistence in Europe
Alexandra Locquet, Stéphane Héritier
General Conclusion
Clémence Perrin-Malterre, Laine Chanteloup, Julien Dellier, Mathieu Garel, Anne Loison
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The Conversation - Le 03 juillet 2025
"Comment le tourisme et les loisirs de plein air ont modifié notre rapport aux animaux sauvages"
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