Les pratiques de récupération en Velay

Abstract

Reflection upon re-use practices naturally implies the one about the future-being of buildings between Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Invariably, the question remains the same: in what ways and for which reasons do these re-use practices set up? The studied space, the Velay, reveals ambivalent attitudes which complexify the systematic study of re-use practices. Indeed they seam to oscillate between, on the one hand, ideological motives, and on the other hand prosaic reasons of raw materials management. Between memory and oblivion the goal was to consider these materials as products and benefits.