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Along with the rise of Mussolini’s fascist regime, the interwar years in Italy also saw the widespread development of its modernist interior design and furnishing practices. While the regime’s politics were overtly manifest in monumental government architecture, ''Furnishing Fascism'' examines the subtler yet effective role of household goods and decor in the cultivation(...)
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Along with the rise of Mussolini’s fascist regime, the interwar years in Italy also saw the widespread development of its modernist interior design and furnishing practices. While the regime’s politics were overtly manifest in monumental government architecture, ''Furnishing Fascism'' examines the subtler yet effective role of household goods and decor in the cultivation(...)
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Furnishing fascism: Modernist design and politics in Italy
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Along with the rise of Mussolini’s fascist regime, the interwar years in Italy also saw the widespread development of its modernist interior design and furnishing practices. While the regime’s politics were overtly manifest in monumental government architecture, ''Furnishing Fascism'' examines the subtler yet effective role of household goods and decor in the cultivation of Italy’s exclusionary sense of national identity. Presenting a fresh look at the work of various architects and designers, including iconic figures such as Gio Ponti and Carlo Enrico Rava, Ignacio G. Galán explores how seemingly neutral products of everyday life contributed to the propagation of fascist ideology. Through extensive promotion in popular magazines and department stores, on the film sets of Cinecittà Studios, and throughout the country’s colonial territories, Italy’s modernist design practices were part of a larger political project that aimed to produce a totalizing image of cultural hegemony.
Furnishing fascism: Modernist design and politics in Italy
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Along with the rise of Mussolini’s fascist regime, the interwar years in Italy also saw the widespread development of its modernist interior design and furnishing practices. While the regime’s politics were overtly manifest in monumental government architecture, ''Furnishing Fascism'' examines the subtler yet effective role of household goods and decor in the cultivation of Italy’s exclusionary sense of national identity. Presenting a fresh look at the work of various architects and designers, including iconic figures such as Gio Ponti and Carlo Enrico Rava, Ignacio G. Galán explores how seemingly neutral products of everyday life contributed to the propagation of fascist ideology. Through extensive promotion in popular magazines and department stores, on the film sets of Cinecittà Studios, and throughout the country’s colonial territories, Italy’s modernist design practices were part of a larger political project that aimed to produce a totalizing image of cultural hegemony.
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Le logement se fait rare : l'accession à la propriété se complexifie, l'offre de location est de plus en plus contrainte, la demande de logement social n'a jamais été aussi forte. Depuis le début du siècle, la crise du logement est devenue systémique. Cette réalité, relayée par les médias et le débat public, est vécue par des millions de personnes dont le parcours(...)
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Le logement se fait rare : l'accession à la propriété se complexifie, l'offre de location est de plus en plus contrainte, la demande de logement social n'a jamais été aussi forte. Depuis le début du siècle, la crise du logement est devenue systémique. Cette réalité, relayée par les médias et le débat public, est vécue par des millions de personnes dont le parcours(...)
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December 2024
December 2024
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Le logement abordable: Un impératif pour une société plus inclusive
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Le logement se fait rare : l'accession à la propriété se complexifie, l'offre de location est de plus en plus contrainte, la demande de logement social n'a jamais été aussi forte. Depuis le début du siècle, la crise du logement est devenue systémique. Cette réalité, relayée par les médias et le débat public, est vécue par des millions de personnes dont le parcours résidentiel est ralenti. Les plus vulnérables sont les étudiants et les jeunes actifs, les personnes âgées et, bien entendu, les ménages précaires confrontés au mal-logement. Face au défi de procurer un toit abordable à tous, les politiques locales du logement, en lien avec les stratégies nationales, sont en première ligne. L'équation n'est pas simple : il s'agit de développer une pensée fine et adéquate de l'aménagement des territoires et des manières de l'habiter, tout en intégrant une logique de sobriété foncière et de respect de l'environnement. Cela demande inventivité et audace.
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Le logement se fait rare : l'accession à la propriété se complexifie, l'offre de location est de plus en plus contrainte, la demande de logement social n'a jamais été aussi forte. Depuis le début du siècle, la crise du logement est devenue systémique. Cette réalité, relayée par les médias et le débat public, est vécue par des millions de personnes dont le parcours résidentiel est ralenti. Les plus vulnérables sont les étudiants et les jeunes actifs, les personnes âgées et, bien entendu, les ménages précaires confrontés au mal-logement. Face au défi de procurer un toit abordable à tous, les politiques locales du logement, en lien avec les stratégies nationales, sont en première ligne. L'équation n'est pas simple : il s'agit de développer une pensée fine et adéquate de l'aménagement des territoires et des manières de l'habiter, tout en intégrant une logique de sobriété foncière et de respect de l'environnement. Cela demande inventivité et audace.
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December 2024
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In these six essays, Mitch Speed plumbs the ambivalences that at once fuel and plague art. Written over the last fifteen years, in parallel to Speed’s work as an art critic, the essays forward ways of writing, which might be better equipped to trace art’s role in life, from personal intricacies to looming political questions. Each piece proceeds through a specific theme,(...)
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In these six essays, Mitch Speed plumbs the ambivalences that at once fuel and plague art. Written over the last fifteen years, in parallel to Speed’s work as an art critic, the essays forward ways of writing, which might be better equipped to trace art’s role in life, from personal intricacies to looming political questions. Each piece proceeds through a specific theme,(...)
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Closeness eats time: Six essays inside art
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In these six essays, Mitch Speed plumbs the ambivalences that at once fuel and plague art. Written over the last fifteen years, in parallel to Speed’s work as an art critic, the essays forward ways of writing, which might be better equipped to trace art’s role in life, from personal intricacies to looming political questions. Each piece proceeds through a specific theme, for example: the art world’s relationship to socioeconomic injustice, the beguiling return of found objects to contemporary art, the devolution of art criticism into a branch of the communications industry, and how we can better understand art’s meanings, by attending closely to the words of the people who make it.
Closeness eats time: Six essays inside art
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In these six essays, Mitch Speed plumbs the ambivalences that at once fuel and plague art. Written over the last fifteen years, in parallel to Speed’s work as an art critic, the essays forward ways of writing, which might be better equipped to trace art’s role in life, from personal intricacies to looming political questions. Each piece proceeds through a specific theme, for example: the art world’s relationship to socioeconomic injustice, the beguiling return of found objects to contemporary art, the devolution of art criticism into a branch of the communications industry, and how we can better understand art’s meanings, by attending closely to the words of the people who make it.
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March 2025
March 2025
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Art Theory
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The book discusses the ways in which the project can critically contribute to an affirmative biopolitical action of substantial emancipation; it considers space an essential agent, and not only a collective capital, or a support, for adapting our lives to the recent profoundly changed conditions. In all the new research on the future of urban space, the renewed interest(...)
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The book discusses the ways in which the project can critically contribute to an affirmative biopolitical action of substantial emancipation; it considers space an essential agent, and not only a collective capital, or a support, for adapting our lives to the recent profoundly changed conditions. In all the new research on the future of urban space, the renewed interest(...)
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Biopolitical garden: Spaces, lives, transition
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The book discusses the ways in which the project can critically contribute to an affirmative biopolitical action of substantial emancipation; it considers space an essential agent, and not only a collective capital, or a support, for adapting our lives to the recent profoundly changed conditions. In all the new research on the future of urban space, the renewed interest in life, tragically affected by health, ecological and socio-political crises, raises a crucial theoretical and projective question: what role can space play in maintaining and promoting life in the broader sense of bíos? This book is based on the conviction that there is an urgent need to revisit the Foucauldian notion of biopolitics - free, however, from the privilege given to the goal of control - to rethink the project of the city and territory in transition in an affirmative and emancipatory way.
Biopolitical garden: Spaces, lives, transition
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The book discusses the ways in which the project can critically contribute to an affirmative biopolitical action of substantial emancipation; it considers space an essential agent, and not only a collective capital, or a support, for adapting our lives to the recent profoundly changed conditions. In all the new research on the future of urban space, the renewed interest in life, tragically affected by health, ecological and socio-political crises, raises a crucial theoretical and projective question: what role can space play in maintaining and promoting life in the broader sense of bíos? This book is based on the conviction that there is an urgent need to revisit the Foucauldian notion of biopolitics - free, however, from the privilege given to the goal of control - to rethink the project of the city and territory in transition in an affirmative and emancipatory way.
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May 2025
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Landscape Theory
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''Design Against Design'' argues for the urgent necessity of critical engagement and political resistance through graphic practice. It draws on insights from the practice of LOKI, a small graphic design studio committed to working with social movements towards radical political change. With conversational interviews, personal and critical essays, and a wide-ranging(...)
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''Design Against Design'' argues for the urgent necessity of critical engagement and political resistance through graphic practice. It draws on insights from the practice of LOKI, a small graphic design studio committed to working with social movements towards radical political change. With conversational interviews, personal and critical essays, and a wide-ranging(...)
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Design against design: Cause and consequence of a dissident graphic practice
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''Design Against Design'' argues for the urgent necessity of critical engagement and political resistance through graphic practice. It draws on insights from the practice of LOKI, a small graphic design studio committed to working with social movements towards radical political change. With conversational interviews, personal and critical essays, and a wide-ranging selection of graphic works, this book unravels the real-world relationships, motivations and contradictions involved in a socially engaged design practice.
Design against design: Cause and consequence of a dissident graphic practice
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''Design Against Design'' argues for the urgent necessity of critical engagement and political resistance through graphic practice. It draws on insights from the practice of LOKI, a small graphic design studio committed to working with social movements towards radical political change. With conversational interviews, personal and critical essays, and a wide-ranging selection of graphic works, this book unravels the real-world relationships, motivations and contradictions involved in a socially engaged design practice.
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January 2025
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Surrealism was not only an international artistic movement, but also a political one. Its members denounced European colonial policy, opposed fascist regimes, fought for the Spanish Republic, were persecuted, went into exile, and died in war. They wrote poetry, deconstructed the language of a supposedly rational world, worked on paintings, collective drawings, took(...)
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Surrealism was not only an international artistic movement, but also a political one. Its members denounced European colonial policy, opposed fascist regimes, fought for the Spanish Republic, were persecuted, went into exile, and died in war. They wrote poetry, deconstructed the language of a supposedly rational world, worked on paintings, collective drawings, took(...)
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Surrealism and anti-fascism: An anthology
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Surrealism was not only an international artistic movement, but also a political one. Its members denounced European colonial policy, opposed fascist regimes, fought for the Spanish Republic, were persecuted, went into exile, and died in war. They wrote poetry, deconstructed the language of a supposedly rational world, worked on paintings, collective drawings, took photographs, and made collages. Surrealism was associated with later emancipatory concerns not as a style, but as a method, and was taken up by the student protests of the 1960s and the Black Liberation Movement. This catalogue is published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Lenbachhaus Munich. In the form of an anthology, it presents pivotal texts and manifestoes of political Surrealism from its beginnings to current references in art and politics. It thus offers a valuable contribution to revising the still narrowly defined Surrealist canon.
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Surrealism was not only an international artistic movement, but also a political one. Its members denounced European colonial policy, opposed fascist regimes, fought for the Spanish Republic, were persecuted, went into exile, and died in war. They wrote poetry, deconstructed the language of a supposedly rational world, worked on paintings, collective drawings, took photographs, and made collages. Surrealism was associated with later emancipatory concerns not as a style, but as a method, and was taken up by the student protests of the 1960s and the Black Liberation Movement. This catalogue is published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Lenbachhaus Munich. In the form of an anthology, it presents pivotal texts and manifestoes of political Surrealism from its beginnings to current references in art and politics. It thus offers a valuable contribution to revising the still narrowly defined Surrealist canon.
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June 2025
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The goal of this collaborative, enthusiastic textbook on design history is to create a resource offering a diverse, inclusive view of graphic design history, specifically articulated through the student voice. Design History Reader was led by Kristen Coogan, Associate Professor of Art and Graphic Design at Boston University, who applies the department’s pluralistic(...)
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The goal of this collaborative, enthusiastic textbook on design history is to create a resource offering a diverse, inclusive view of graphic design history, specifically articulated through the student voice. Design History Reader was led by Kristen Coogan, Associate Professor of Art and Graphic Design at Boston University, who applies the department’s pluralistic(...)
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Design history reader: An emerging vision for a new narrative
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The goal of this collaborative, enthusiastic textbook on design history is to create a resource offering a diverse, inclusive view of graphic design history, specifically articulated through the student voice. Design History Reader was led by Kristen Coogan, Associate Professor of Art and Graphic Design at Boston University, who applies the department’s pluralistic approach to the topic. The case studies featured in this book are real-life examples from her students that demonstrate the practical, ubiquitous applications of design theory. They began as a curricular revision and evolved into a new form of design history pedagogy. Already a part of Boston University’s graphic design curriculum, this student-focused reader is an excellent choice for course adoption, or for the bookshelf of an independent aspiring designer.
Design history reader: An emerging vision for a new narrative
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The goal of this collaborative, enthusiastic textbook on design history is to create a resource offering a diverse, inclusive view of graphic design history, specifically articulated through the student voice. Design History Reader was led by Kristen Coogan, Associate Professor of Art and Graphic Design at Boston University, who applies the department’s pluralistic approach to the topic. The case studies featured in this book are real-life examples from her students that demonstrate the practical, ubiquitous applications of design theory. They began as a curricular revision and evolved into a new form of design history pedagogy. Already a part of Boston University’s graphic design curriculum, this student-focused reader is an excellent choice for course adoption, or for the bookshelf of an independent aspiring designer.
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June 2025
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Using an infamous deception about a fake mountain range in British Columbia as her jumping-off point, Katie Ives, the well-known editor of Alpinist, explores the lure of blank spaces on the map and the value of the imagination. In "Imaginary peaks" she details the cartographical mystery of the Riesenstein Hoax within the larger context of climbing history and the(...)
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Using an infamous deception about a fake mountain range in British Columbia as her jumping-off point, Katie Ives, the well-known editor of Alpinist, explores the lure of blank spaces on the map and the value of the imagination. In "Imaginary peaks" she details the cartographical mystery of the Riesenstein Hoax within the larger context of climbing history and the(...)
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Imaginary peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams
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Using an infamous deception about a fake mountain range in British Columbia as her jumping-off point, Katie Ives, the well-known editor of Alpinist, explores the lure of blank spaces on the map and the value of the imagination. In "Imaginary peaks" she details the cartographical mystery of the Riesenstein Hoax within the larger context of climbing history and the seemingly endless quest for newly discovered peaks and claims of first ascents. "Imaginary peaks" is an evocative, thought-provoking tale, immersed in the literature of exploration, study of maps, and basic human desire.
Imaginary peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams
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Using an infamous deception about a fake mountain range in British Columbia as her jumping-off point, Katie Ives, the well-known editor of Alpinist, explores the lure of blank spaces on the map and the value of the imagination. In "Imaginary peaks" she details the cartographical mystery of the Riesenstein Hoax within the larger context of climbing history and the seemingly endless quest for newly discovered peaks and claims of first ascents. "Imaginary peaks" is an evocative, thought-provoking tale, immersed in the literature of exploration, study of maps, and basic human desire.
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October 2021
October 2021
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Nos villes sont peuplées d’une étrange espèce, hybride, à cheval entre le réel et le virtuel, mi-homme, mi-smartphone?: les smombies. Le smombie, c’est ce mot-valise entre « zombie » et « smartphone » inventé pour décrire les piétons si absorbés par leur écran qu’ils ne remarquent plus ce qui les entoure. Une réalité quotidienne à laquelle nous sommes tous confrontés.(...)
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Nos villes sont peuplées d’une étrange espèce, hybride, à cheval entre le réel et le virtuel, mi-homme, mi-smartphone?: les smombies. Le smombie, c’est ce mot-valise entre « zombie » et « smartphone » inventé pour décrire les piétons si absorbés par leur écran qu’ils ne remarquent plus ce qui les entoure. Une réalité quotidienne à laquelle nous sommes tous confrontés.(...)
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Smombies. La ville à l'épreuve des écrans
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Nos villes sont peuplées d’une étrange espèce, hybride, à cheval entre le réel et le virtuel, mi-homme, mi-smartphone?: les smombies. Le smombie, c’est ce mot-valise entre « zombie » et « smartphone » inventé pour décrire les piétons si absorbés par leur écran qu’ils ne remarquent plus ce qui les entoure. Une réalité quotidienne à laquelle nous sommes tous confrontés. Dans le métro, dans la rue, dans une salle d’attente, etc. Avec ses collègues, ses amis, ses parents, ses enfants, nous-mêmes – surtout avec nous-mêmes. Le smombie est partout. Du zombie il a gardé la démarche hésitante, trébuchante, maladroite. Il lui a aussi pris la propagation. Car à mesure que les yeux se baissent, que le monde se tait, que la vie se déverse sur les écrans, la tentation de sortir son propre smartphone grandit… La déambulation de millions de personnes captivées par leur écran chaque jour influence, sans qu’on s’en rende compte, la manière dont les villes sont construites et vécues. C’est ce à quoi cet essai nous invite à réfléchir – en mettant notre smartphone sur mode avion.
Smombies. La ville à l'épreuve des écrans
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Nos villes sont peuplées d’une étrange espèce, hybride, à cheval entre le réel et le virtuel, mi-homme, mi-smartphone?: les smombies. Le smombie, c’est ce mot-valise entre « zombie » et « smartphone » inventé pour décrire les piétons si absorbés par leur écran qu’ils ne remarquent plus ce qui les entoure. Une réalité quotidienne à laquelle nous sommes tous confrontés. Dans le métro, dans la rue, dans une salle d’attente, etc. Avec ses collègues, ses amis, ses parents, ses enfants, nous-mêmes – surtout avec nous-mêmes. Le smombie est partout. Du zombie il a gardé la démarche hésitante, trébuchante, maladroite. Il lui a aussi pris la propagation. Car à mesure que les yeux se baissent, que le monde se tait, que la vie se déverse sur les écrans, la tentation de sortir son propre smartphone grandit… La déambulation de millions de personnes captivées par leur écran chaque jour influence, sans qu’on s’en rende compte, la manière dont les villes sont construites et vécues. C’est ce à quoi cet essai nous invite à réfléchir – en mettant notre smartphone sur mode avion.
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May 2025
May 2025
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Le goût de la ville
Le goût de la ville
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«?Pour nous, de toujours, la ville est source d’enthousiasme. Petite, moyenne ou grande, nous l’aimons. Nous avons d’ailleurs consacré la majeure partie de nos vies à la bâtir. Et puis quelque chose a déraillé, amplifié à l’occasion du confinement, voyant la ville subitement raillée, critiquée, rejetée même par ceux qui l’habitent. D’où vient ce ''mal de ville" que(...)
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«?Pour nous, de toujours, la ville est source d’enthousiasme. Petite, moyenne ou grande, nous l’aimons. Nous avons d’ailleurs consacré la majeure partie de nos vies à la bâtir. Et puis quelque chose a déraillé, amplifié à l’occasion du confinement, voyant la ville subitement raillée, critiquée, rejetée même par ceux qui l’habitent. D’où vient ce ''mal de ville" que(...)
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Le goût de la ville
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«?Pour nous, de toujours, la ville est source d’enthousiasme. Petite, moyenne ou grande, nous l’aimons. Nous avons d’ailleurs consacré la majeure partie de nos vies à la bâtir. Et puis quelque chose a déraillé, amplifié à l’occasion du confinement, voyant la ville subitement raillée, critiquée, rejetée même par ceux qui l’habitent. D’où vient ce ''mal de ville" que ressentent nos concitoyens?? La densité est-elle vraiment un problème ou ne sert-elle que de prétexte?? Les maires bâtisseurs d’hier sont-ils condamnés à devenir décroissants pour demain?? Pas de doutes, à nos yeux, la ville demeure un levier d’humanité, d’altérité et d’émancipation. La ville et la démocratie ont même partie liée, la première comme espace de commun physique, la seconde comme espace de commun symbolique. Dès lors, répondre à la crise urbaine ne serait-il pas le plus sûr moyen de commencer à répondre à notre crise démocratique?? »
Le goût de la ville
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«?Pour nous, de toujours, la ville est source d’enthousiasme. Petite, moyenne ou grande, nous l’aimons. Nous avons d’ailleurs consacré la majeure partie de nos vies à la bâtir. Et puis quelque chose a déraillé, amplifié à l’occasion du confinement, voyant la ville subitement raillée, critiquée, rejetée même par ceux qui l’habitent. D’où vient ce ''mal de ville" que ressentent nos concitoyens?? La densité est-elle vraiment un problème ou ne sert-elle que de prétexte?? Les maires bâtisseurs d’hier sont-ils condamnés à devenir décroissants pour demain?? Pas de doutes, à nos yeux, la ville demeure un levier d’humanité, d’altérité et d’émancipation. La ville et la démocratie ont même partie liée, la première comme espace de commun physique, la seconde comme espace de commun symbolique. Dès lors, répondre à la crise urbaine ne serait-il pas le plus sûr moyen de commencer à répondre à notre crise démocratique?? »
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May 2025
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