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Abstract
This article addresses the organizational and discursive dynamics of a green urban movement in Austin, Texas, and how one community found its voice and translated a significant current of opinion into an effective cultural and political force. Of particular interest is the production and deployment of assorted texts and cultural capital by environmental activists in full engagement with a no less determined multinational corporation. The objects and artifacts, as we observe them during a flânerie or “walkabout” of the town’s symbolic center, provide a rich interpretive source for understanding the culture and community which produced them.
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Cet article examine les dynamiques organisationnelles du mouvement écologiste urbain à Austin, Texas, et la manière dont une communauté particulière a pu se faire entendre et générer un courant d’opinion significatif qui s’est traduit en une réelle force politique et culturelle. Il est d’un intérêt particulier d’examiner la production et l’usage de textes thématiques et de capital culturel par les activistes environnementaux dans leur engagement plein et entier à l’encontre d’une entreprise multinationale aussi déterminée qu’eux. Les objets et artefacts que nous pouvons observer au cours d’une « flânerie » dans le centre symbolique de la ville nous procurent une source d’interprétation très riche pour la compréhension de la culture et de la communauté qui les a produits.
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