DO RESIDENTIAL AREAS DISPLAY FORMS OF CONVIVIALITY?
DO RESIDENTIAL AREAS DISPLAY FORMS OF CONVIVIALITY?

Summary/Abstract: In suburban complexes, sociability is often understood through social minimalism and individualism. In reverse of this vision, based on various research conducting in the regions Burgundy-Franche-Comté and Grand Est, this article shows that residential life can give rise to a real conviviality built on dense and sensitive social relationships. Starting from different residential initiatives such as partial self-building, the setting up of shared gardens or the construction of a collective local memory, it is ultimately a matter of emphasizing that sociability and conviviality contribute to the well-being of life and to the exit from indifference by unifying the inhabitants, creating an identity of place and a feeling of belonging.

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