ERPI 2018 International Conference Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World Discussion Notes 02 Millevaches powerful alternatives Julien Dupoux 17-18 March 2018 International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, Netherlands Organized jointly by: In collaboration with: Disclaimer: The views expressed here are solely those of the authors in their private capacity and do not in any way represent the views of organizers and funders of the conference. March, 2018 Check regular updates via ERPI website: www.iss.nl/erpi ERPI 2018 International Conference - Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World Millevaches powerful alternatives Julien Dupoux Le bourg 23110 Fontanieres France +033675695927
[email protected] Doctor in geography Thesis: “Production and exercise of power in peasant milieu” (Plateau de Millevaches) Ceramac – University Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand On the Plateau of Millevaches (France) resistance and alternatives are growing together with ecologist or libertarian philosophy. They can explicitly refer to author as Jacques Ellul, Charbonneau or, to be more current, Bernard Friot. I will present how alternatives are building on Millevaches and what, in their form, is original and ambitious. Millevaches, in Massif Central, is a very rural area (less than 10 hab/km²), far from big cities, where we find many associations, a dynamic life and a strong ideological movement which is influent in France. Several books are published from or on Millevaches alternatives. Edition “Repas” is one example, with books on “Ambiance Bois” (a sawmill with 20 workers, without hierarchy, and with equal wages), or “Télé Millevaches” (an associative TV without president). As these books are telling us, we can meet associations or factories which adopt democratic status, without president, with a turn-over in tasks.