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How to Intelligently Question Heritage in a Covid-19 Crisis Context?

Brahim Benyoucef

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In times of covid19, all paradigms are shaken. Spaces and societies must be reviewed, according to the order of confinement, social distancing and isolation. Technology is in full swing by making possible the substitution of a virtual life for physical life. How does man react, how to question heritage? How to review the order of things to prepare for the aftermath of the crisis?


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These theoretical stages are confirmed by the reactions and attitudes, almost all similar, observed throughout the world. At first it was the refusal to seriously believe in the danger of the virus. Massive, repetitive and growing cases of death had to make the headlines in the world, for officials to decree everywhere, closing the borders and confinement. Since then, governance has hinged on the means and actions to be taken to deal with the crisis. These actions are drawn from old reflexes, and subject to improvement as and when.

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Henri Lefebvre in his work: 'The urban revolution' borrows this metaphor from a nuclear physical phenomenon, to qualify the urban phenomenon, starting at the beginning with concentrations around the mining basins, and explosion once the discovery of steam and the railroad lifted the location constraint. In my turn, to use this metaphor, to qualify the inward withdrawal observed by societies and nations, during this crisis, after an order dictated by the explosion in the outer space.

• H. Lefebvre. Révolution urbaine. Paris: Gallimard; 1970.

In Quebec, pool orders increased by 40% in April compared to the previous year, see article by Isabelle Dubé: Les ventes de piscines explosent. La Presse. 18/4/2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/economie/202004/17/01-5269899-les-ventes-de-piscines-explosent.php. [Accessed April 18, 2020].

• In France, a large part of the population preferred to move beyond confinement to the countryside, see the testimonies in the article by Marianne Lecach: Échapper au virus: ils ont quitté la ville pour se confiner à la campagne. In Marie Claire. 17/3/2020. https://www.marieclaire.fr/confinement-campagne-temoignages,1341367.asp [Accessed March 17, 2020].

In reference to the work of Ebenezer Howard, on garden cities: H. Ebenezer. Les cités-jardins de demain. Paris: Eyrolles; 1969.

Famous cities for their oasis-style town planning, ensuring a perfect harmony between culture and nature, see my work on the M’zab. B. Benyoucef. Le M'zab, regards d'urbanisme et de sociologie. Québec: Observatoire Espace et Société; 2019.

See in this regard, the work of François Choay, on the Athens Charter and modern urbanism, in his work: F. Choay. Urbanisme, utopies et réalités. Paris: Seuil; 1979.

On this subject, see the works which deal with large housing developments, as a new model of housing which occurred with the modern post-war movement: F. Dufaux, A. Fourcaut. Le monde des grands ensembles. Creaphis editions; 2004.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/.v3i1.655

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