[Colloque international] “Breaking New Grounds. Democratising Gardens and Gardening in Great Britain,19th-20th centuries” – Université Paul-Valéry à Montpellier – 27 et 28 septembre 2024

Le colloque international “Breaking New Grounds. Democratising Gardens and Gardening in Great Britain,19th-20th centuries” aura lieu à l’Université Paul-Valéry à Montpellier les 27 et 28 septembre 2024.

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Organisateurs

A two-day conference organised by Clémence Laburthe-Tolra (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, EMMA) and Aurélien Wasilewski (Law & Humanities, CERSA, UMR 7106, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas).

Présentation

This conference stems from a reflection on the social and political dimensions of gardens and gardening in Great Britain ranging from the Victorian and Edwardian eras to the post-war period. Pondering on “People’s Gardens,” Vita Sackville-West claimed that “we have been called a nation of shopkeepers; we might with equal justice be called a nation of gardeners” (Sackville-West 1939). Her assertion insists on a sense of community, portraying gardening as an inclusive affair spreading across the country to amateurs along professionals who undertook training in botany and horticulture. Yet, such inclusivity needs to be qualified and addressed, taking into consideration class and gender: how was gardening dependent on class in Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries? How did class condition gardening practices? How did men and women’s experiences of gardening or access to gardens differ?

Contribution membre UMR AUSser

Julien Bastoen (membre IPRAUS/AUSser, énsa de Paris-Belleville) : The Feminisation of Horticulture in England as seen from France at the Turn of the 20th Century

La communication portera sur l’enjeu de la féminisation de l’enseignement de l’horticulture et de la profession de jardinier en France, en observant la manière dont la presse féminine et la presse spécialisée ont relayé les débats et initiatives britanniques entre la fin du XIXe siècle et la Première Guerre mondiale.

Programme

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