1 mai 2020
Geraldine Djament, « The Heritagisation of Industry between Entrepreneurial Making and Civic Repurposing: The Case of Plaine Commune (in the Suburbs of Paris) », HAL-SHS : géographie, ID : 10670/1.z0dvvw
This paper analyses the new stage of heritagisation of industry based on the case study of Plaine Commune, an intercommunal structure in the northern suburbs of Paris. It suggests to move beyond the dichotomy between heritagisation by designation and heritagisation by appropriation by evidencing a ‘creative’ form of entrepreneurial appropriation, which is typical of the new phase of capitalism and co-produces gentrification. The discussion also considers alternatives to this type of heritagisation: the activist making of industrial heritage, local mobilisations and civic repurposing operations in the interstices of metropolisation.