The Third Clan: Ecocriticism and Topocriticism of Minority Echoes
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According to British journalist David Goodhart, there are two clans in the world today: the white-collar workers who are "from everywhere" and impose their views on those who, desperately "from somewhere", take a back seat and sometimes rebel, donning their yellow vests or red hats. There may well be a third clan: a group of minority societies which, from university conferences to cultural events, recognise each other. Brittany is looking to the Pacific and its minorities: Māori were featured at the Douarnenez Film Festival in 2001, Inuit and Aboriginal art were the subject of an exhibition at Daoulas Abbey in 2010, while L’École des Filles in Huelgoat has on several occasions taken an interest in Victor Segalen’s travels. As Bretons, we are free to see in each of these manifestations some illustration of our own situation and to recognise in others the same desire for cultural recognition and linguistic freedom. But is this not all just an intellectual and somewhat artificial construct? The aim of this article is to help us understand and hear these minority echoes outside of the salons and museums. If they are audible, it is undoubtedly in a particular