Patrimonialisation d’objets de nature : le cas des Terres d’Espérance à Québec

On the occasion of the participatory revision of the Greater Quebec City Area land use planning and development schema this study analyzes the engagement of citizens or activists across institutional and social arenas that not only call for a requalification of cultural and natural goods threatened with destruction in order to ensure their protection and transmission to future generations but also let emerge new values and principles that support more ecological territorial management practices.