Deux associations face au désenclavement : Une lecture concurrentielle de la justice mobilitaire

This article analyses the controversy around the “disenclavement of the Chablais”, a
local mobilisation over a motorway project in the frontier zone north of Haute-Savoie,
drawing upon the notion of mobility justice proposed by Mimi Sheller. Interviews with
competing civil society organisations, both at odds with the regional planning
authorities, show the polysemic and malleable nature of this concept. The focus on the
backgrounds of the activists highlights the role of indigenous resources and
socialisation to mobility in their struggle to impose a territorial vision that is consonant
with their lifestyles. To this end, the organisations seek to develop a definition of
“enclavement” that will (de)credibilise the local need for a new motorway. An
examination of the spatial dimensions of the movement reveals an engagement by and
for the local territory founded on a transport infrastructure. All in all, this article sets
out the social and spatial conditions under which “fair” mobility can be legitimised.