Les dispositifs de médiation dans le passage de l’architecture au cinéma

Le passage comme type architectural du XIXe siècle et le cinématographe comme mode spécifique de représentation du tournant du siècle dernier sont des dispositifs de médiation permettant aux individus d'inscrire leur rapport au monde dans des processus apparentés et complémentaires l'un de l'autre. Notre réflexion portera ici sur les rapports entre ces deux dispositifs qui, quoique hétérogènes à plusieurs égards, participent, chacun à leur façon, à la structuration des individus.The passage (a narrow street lined with shops) as an architectural type of the XIXth century and the cinematograph as a specific mode of representation which appeared at the end of the last century are both apparatuses of mediation which permit individuals to inscribe their relation to the world in interrelated, complementary processes. In this article we will consider the relationships between these two apparatuses, which, though different in many ways, both participate in their own fashion in the structuring of individuals

La consultation publique et la question éthique dans les pratiques d'aménagement urbain paysagé. Éléments théoriques et introduction à l'analyse de cas

With ever-growing concern for democracy, space developers and designers have enlisted public consultation onto their roster of communicational strategies. This strategy coincides with the appearance in our societies of a marked trend towards recognizing individual rights. Among the incidences of consultation may be found that of giving meaning to spaces. Thus these tactics and other practices respond to these strategic efforts that are out of phase with users. What kind of relation with people do these new participatory procedures instate which are based on communicational exchanges of a consultative kind ? In questioning users' "power", it is not so much the political, but rather the ethical question that retains our interest here. Specifically, our objective is to produce creteria enabling the appraisal of the "quality" of programming and designing and that of spatial projects. Our viewpoint is extrapolated results from our research in Les pratiques d'espaces libres urbains à Montréal (FCAR EQ-3013)

Economic Analysis of Knowledge: The History of Thought and the Central Themes

Following the development of knowledge economies, there has been a rapid expansion of economic analysis of knowledge, both in the context of technological knowledge in particular and the decision theory in general. This paper surveys this literature by identifying the main themes and contributions and outlines the future prospects of the discipline. The wide scope of knowledge related questions in terms of applicability and alternative approaches has led to the fragmentation of research. Nevertheless, one can identify a continuing tradition which analyses various aspects of the generation, dissemination and use of knowledge in the economy

Du réel et de l'imaginaire dans les pratiques d'espaces

All the while postulating that the meaning of space lies within the uses of said space, Charles Perraton raises the question of the context of said uses. For what is the use of space if not the totality of the practices by which the user creates and appropriates space in particular contexts ? It is within such a perspective that the pragmatic relationship between the practices of the producer and those of the user of space are studied.Au moment de postuler que le sens des espaces est du côté des usages qui en sont faits, Charles Perraton soulève la question des contextes d'usage. Car qu'est-ce que l'usage de l'espace sinon l'ensemble des pratiques par lesquelles l'usager réalise et s'approprie l'espace dans des contextes particuliers ? C'est dans cette perspective qu'est étudié le rapport pragmatique entre les pratiques d'espaces des producteurs et celles des usagers de l'espace.Al postular que el sentido del espacio descansa en el uso que se da de dicho espacio, Charles Perraton interroga el contexto de tales usos. Qué es el uso del espacio si no el conjunto de prácticas en las que el usuario crea y se apropia del espacio en contextos particulares ? Dentro de esta perspectiva se estudia la relación pragmática entre las prácticas del productor y del usuario del espacio.Perraton Charles. Du réel et de l'imaginaire dans les pratiques d'espaces. In: Communication. Information Médias Théories, volume 6 n°2-3,1984. Les représentations. pp. 346-356

Daniel Kieffer : A derivà — Au gré de l’événement, sous la gouverne du sensible

Daniel Kieffer's photographs constantly transport the viewer from one side of the lens to the other. With his camera at the service of sensation rather than the "beautiful image," Kieffer returns us to the essence of an art that teaches us about "the unconscious view" (Walter Benjamin). Seeing and experiencing sensation seem to be the conditions of artistic expression. The living soul is capable of anything. What can be expressed is made possible only under the guidance of sensation. Knowing things (learning) is not the only purpose of the art of seeing; this art also allows us to understand things and thus interpret the world better (become the other at the moment one encounters it). Through his witnessing, the photographer enables us to see the world from the outside (distance), but, through his involvement, he participates in what he witnesses (proximity); the result is a pragmatic, disturbing effect on our position with regard to the world and its representation. Excerpt of a text by Charles Perrato