2019
Élise Macaire et al., « De l’usager à l’acteur de projet. L’habitant dans la recherche sur les métiers », HALSHS : archive ouverte en Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société, ID : 10670/1.900093...
Whereas the period of the 1970s was marked by the politicization of projects and urban struggles, the 1990s, which coincided with the creation of the Ramau network, were characterized by the technicalization of projects. Did this context of increasing complexity of urban production divert the network’s initiators and participants from the question of “non-professionals” ? A chronological reading of articles in the Ramau Papers attests to the constant presence of the interest in the “user” over the 20 years of publication as well as an evolution in the approach to this notion. After echoing a vision focussed on anticipating uses to improve the architectural quality of the built environment, the articles in the Papers show the rising legitimacy of the “citizen-inhabitant” in the arenas of urban production. They testify to changes in the working habits of professionals to include residents in architectural and urban projects, as well as the development of professional practices, markets, and even educational programs, in connection with residents’ participation.