The great cultural project at the service of the (pre)figuration of the territory Cover Image

Nous en mieux. Le grand projet culturel au service de la (pré)figuration du territoire
The great cultural project at the service of the (pre)figuration of the territory

Author(s): Emilie Garcia Guillen
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Human Geography, Library operations and management, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: library; territory; project; temporality;

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to show how a project for a major public cultural facility, in this case a large library, is used by the territorial collectivity implementing the project to "produce the territory". How to create a territory, and more precisely to create this specific kind of territorial collectivity called in French “métropole” through culture? After a brief presentation of the project and the context of the research, I will analyze the notion of "territory", as the study of the design of the large library makes it possible to grasp. I will then explore the way in which the cultural project is mobilized to construct the territory. Finally, I will deal more particularly with the links between cultural project, territory and temporality: how does the large media library act as a link in a territorial history?

  • Issue Year: 48/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-39
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: French