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a posteriori stabilized sixth-order finite volume scheme for one-dimensional steady-state hyperbolic equations
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The two "ages" of modernisation of allotments ::changing moral and aesthetic models
This chapter sheds light on the principle transformations to allotments taking place in Western Switzerland since the middle of the twentieth century. Based on a methodology combining an analysis of both written and spoken sources, it focuses on two periods (1950â1960 and 2000â2010) characterised by notable regulatory changes, demonstrating the extent to which the action taken by âreformersâ of these green spaces is grounded in different moral and aesthetic models, the nature of which mutates over time. Firstly, faced with the spectre of the rural wasteland in an urban setting, this chapter documents the transition, in the mid-twentieth century, of the traditional allotment into a clean, tidy familial pleasure garden. Secondly, we see how, throughout the 2000s, these reforms are undertaken with a view to rethinking the spectacle of the formal garden (in favour of a much more fluid style), and its use (âless privatisedâ) in a context where new forms of urban gardening (community gardens), âtaking up less spaceâ and âmore integrated into the urban fabricâ, continue to thrive. Finally, the chapter seeks to understand how the social history of these two âagesâ of modernisation of allotments can be interpreted as a long process of dual construction based, on the one hand, on a succession of off-putting images produced by the ideological and moral configuration dominant from one historic context to another and, on the other hand, on a process of social regulation and normalisation applied to communities perceived as marginal to or unaffected by mainstream concerns