[ Activité de poterie et tourisme dans le village de tanou-sakassou (Centre de la Côte d’Ivoire): Entre pérennisation d’un savoir-faire ancestral, modernisme et préservation de l’environnement ]
N’Goran Kouamé Fulgence1
1 Maître-Assistant, Département de Géographie, Université Alassane Ouattara-Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
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Present in traditional African societies and essentially focused on satisfying family needs, pottery is experiencing a craze at the pace of the evolution of contemporary societies. In Côte d’Ivoire, the center and north of the country are experiencing a dynamism in the pottery sector, closely linked to the dynamism of human interactions and the growth of tourism. In Tanou-Sakassou, a village located in the commune of Bouaké, in the center of Côte d’Ivoire, pottery occupies an important place in the socio-economic activities of the said village. As an integral part of its identity, pottery stimulates the tourist attractiveness of the village of Tanou-Sakassou, while de facto guaranteeing the sustainability of the practice of pottery activity within this village. However, the dynamism of this activity, thanks in particular to the adhesion of a new generation inclined towards modernism, has negative impacts on the natural environment. Based on this, this article aims to analyze the changes in the practice of pottery activity due to tourism as well as its impacts on the natural environment in the village of Tanou-Sakassou. To achieve this, we opted for a methodological approach composed of a bibliographical research and a field survey.
Author Keywords: Ivory Coast, Tanou-Sakassou (Bouaké), cultural tourism, pottery, nature preservation.
N’Goran Kouamé Fulgence1
1 Maître-Assistant, Département de Géographie, Université Alassane Ouattara-Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Present in traditional African societies and essentially focused on satisfying family needs, pottery is experiencing a craze at the pace of the evolution of contemporary societies. In Côte d’Ivoire, the center and north of the country are experiencing a dynamism in the pottery sector, closely linked to the dynamism of human interactions and the growth of tourism. In Tanou-Sakassou, a village located in the commune of Bouaké, in the center of Côte d’Ivoire, pottery occupies an important place in the socio-economic activities of the said village. As an integral part of its identity, pottery stimulates the tourist attractiveness of the village of Tanou-Sakassou, while de facto guaranteeing the sustainability of the practice of pottery activity within this village. However, the dynamism of this activity, thanks in particular to the adhesion of a new generation inclined towards modernism, has negative impacts on the natural environment. Based on this, this article aims to analyze the changes in the practice of pottery activity due to tourism as well as its impacts on the natural environment in the village of Tanou-Sakassou. To achieve this, we opted for a methodological approach composed of a bibliographical research and a field survey.
Author Keywords: Ivory Coast, Tanou-Sakassou (Bouaké), cultural tourism, pottery, nature preservation.
Abstract: (french)
Présente dans les sociétés traditionnelles africaines et essentiellement tournée vers la satisfaction des besoins familiaux, la poterie connait un engouement au rythme de l’évolution des sociétés contemporaines. En Côte d’Ivoire, le centre et le nord du pays enregistre un dynamisme du secteur de la poterie, étroitement lié au dynamise des interactions humaines et à l’essor du tourisme. À Tanou-Sakassou, village situé dans la commune de Bouaké, au centre de la Côte d’Ivoire, la poterie occupe une place importante dans les activités socioéconomiques dudit village. Faisant partie intégrante de son identité, la poterie stimule l’attractivité touristique du village de Tanou-Sakassou, tout en garantissant de facto, la pérennité de la pratique de l’activité de poterie au sein de ce village. Cependant, le dynamisme que connait cette activité, grâce notamment à l’adhésion d’une nouvelle génération encline de modernisme, a des incidences négatives sur l’environnement naturel. Partant de cela, il est question dans cet article d’analyser les mutations dans la pratique de l’activité de poterie dues au tourisme ainsi que ses impacts sur le milieu naturel dans le village de Tanou-Sakassou. Pour y parvenir, nous avons opté pour une démarche méthodologique composée d’une recherche bibliographique et d’une enquête de terrain.
Author Keywords: Côte d’Ivoire, Tanou-Sakassou (Bouaké), tourisme culturel, poterie, préservation de la nature.
