Vincent Bittoun

THESIS PROJECT

Zone de faible Emission - mobilité (ZFE-m) as a public health policy tool in Occitanie: a socio-political approach in the light of the Anthropocene.

The ZFE-m is a system that can be adapted to each territory, consisting of a gradual ban on the most polluting vehicles (private and commercial) in the city centers of metropolises with more than 150,000 inhabitants. The aim is to reduce air pollution in densely populated urban centers. In Occitanie, the cities of Montpellier and Toulouse are concerned by this European initiative.

In addition to providing a contextual and historical contrast of the implementation of this policy, the political and ethnological viewpoint allows us to project a better understanding of the dynamic processes between the different actors and non-human agents (community employees, regulatory body technicians, legislators, laws, administrations, users...) that take place, as well as a finer apprehension of the canvas woven through the various rhetoric and decisions. Whether in terms of individual and social motivations or the mechanical implementation of an environmental health policy, the whole question of the Anthropocene casts its shadow in form and content. It will therefore be important to observe the socio-political object through an anthropological prism.

Thesis supervisor: Pr. Laurent VISIER