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Article Dans Une Revue Articulo - Journal of Urban Research Année : 2024

Conformist singularities. Standardized discourses on the local specificities of urban projects

Matthieu Adam

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This article addresses a paradox: whereas urban projects are meant to have a specific local (historical, geographical, and cultural) color, the projects themselves and the discourse about them are highly standardized. Collected through semi-structured interviews, the discourses of the designers (architects, urban planners, landscape architects, promoters, and project managers) of two urban projects in France are scrutinized using discourse analysis (textual statistics) and content analysis (qualitative approach). First, the study reveals the uniformity of these actors’ discourse: textual statistics show a striking similarity in discourse across the two sites even if the differences among professions are more apparent. Second, it highlights the role of local specificities within this uniformity: the qualitative analysis shows that the discourse remains standardized despite its purpose to highlight singularities. Finally, the paper reveals how the actors themselves perceive this paradox and maintain a critical distance regarding the dominant trends in the production of contemporary cities.

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Géographie

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hal-04569059 , version 1 (06-05-2024)

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Paternité - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification

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Matthieu Adam. Conformist singularities. Standardized discourses on the local specificities of urban projects. Articulo - Journal of Urban Research, 2024, 24, ⟨10.4000/articulo.5695⟩. ⟨hal-04569059⟩
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