Makerspaces
Politics and communities of innovation in contemporary China (2016-2019)The research project is built around an ethnography of three makerspaces in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen as well as their respective annual maker faires. These hybrid and dynamic communities exhibit unique technical, commercial and social characteristics. The « bottom-up » study of these spaces (…)
Memory and the city
Assessing tools for interdisciplinary research and teaching (2016-2018)The project aims to assess and experiment research tools for the study of the relationship between collective memory, urban space, and design in contemporary cities. It stems from previous empirical and collaborative experiences between PoliTo and EPFL in the study of urban collective memories. By scrutinizing the two (…)
Mapping controversial memories in the historic urban landscape
A multidisciplinary study of Beijing, Mexico City and Rome (2015-2017)The research aims to produce a comparative, multidisciplinary study on the impact of UNESCOâs Recommendation on the historic urban landscape (RHUL â 2011), which seeks to integrate conservation and development in urban policies. The research addresses three questions in Beijing, Mexico City and Rome:Which memorial references (…)
Chinese New TOwns
Negotiating citizenship and physical form â CeNTO (2015-2017)The project looks at the construction of the âthird-generationâ of Chinese New Towns that will host another 300 million rural Chinese migrating to urban areas over the next 20 years. Conditioned by certain new key-words promoted by the Chinese government â such as âinnovationâ, âsustainabilityâ, âinclusive growthâ â (…)
Urban planning and the heterogeneous city
A study of the technical, social and political controversies around the 2014-2034 Mumbai Development Plan (2015-2017)This project analyses the Mumbai Development Plan 2014-2034 (MDP 2034) revision and its temporary withdrawal due to an unprecedented public outcry and strong criticism by both, experts and civil society. This event is highly representative of the tensions and conflicts (…)
Innovative Research on Urban Dimension
Containers for housing and re-urbanization of slums, camps & other human settlements in post-disasters contexts: India, Lebanon and Indonesia (2015-2016)Source of financing: ENAC, Seed Money â Incentive for innovative urban researchResearch team: Alain Nussbaumer (ICOM), Yves Pedrazzini (LASUR), Florence Graezer Bideau and Christine Lutringer (IAGS)Recent report: âRapport de recherche sur la dimension socio-culturelle: lâĂ©tude de (…)
La mise en Ćuvre de la Convention pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatĂ©riel en Suisse
Une ethnographie de lâadministration culturelle dans un contexte fĂ©dĂ©raliste (2009-2012)Cette recherche entend Ă©tudier lâimplĂ©mentation de la Convention pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatĂ©riel (UNESCO 2003) en Suisse Ă laquelle la ConfĂ©dĂ©ration adhĂšre en 2008.Ce projet identifie les mĂ©canismes de la mise en Ćuvre du premier inventaire des traditions vivantes â oxymore choisie par les (…)
La politique culturelle de la Chine au XXe siĂšcle (1995-2005)
La politique culturelle dans la Chine du XXe siĂšcle constitue le point de dĂ©part dâune sĂ©rie de rĂ©flexions et de projets menĂ©s dans le cadre de ce groupe de recherche sur les processus de patrimonialisation.Les liens entre la culture et la politique sont apprĂ©hendĂ©s dans un premier temps dans le cadre dâune thĂšse de doctorat (…)
Multiculturalisme, cosmopolitisme et fabrication du patrimoine en Malaisie
Une perspective depuis le DĂ©troit de Malacca (2006â2016)Ce projet de recherche, menĂ© en collaboration avec Mondher Kilani de lâUniversitĂ© de Lausanne, sâinscrit dans une rĂ©flexion autour du multiculturalisme et du cosmopolitisme en Malaisie.Ces rĂ©flexions sâarticulent autour de la perception et de la reprĂ©sentation du patrimoine culturel matĂ©riel et immatĂ©riel des trois principales communautĂ©s de la (…)