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International audience ; This prospective article suggests ways of developing a critique of the urban from the field ofambiences. Whilst critique does exist in this field, it is aimed at the field of architecture anddesign, which is accused of neglecting the sensory dimensions of space. A critique of the urbanfrom the field of ambiences seeks to demonstrate the need to clarify the societal issues related tothe planned transformation of urban ambiences. What is the role of ambiences in setting upprocesses of normalisation of ordinary urban behaviour that can create vulnerability, antisocialbehaviour or even forms of exclusion? The central argument of the text is to open up the field ofambiences to closer interactions with the question of political, mainly sensory forms of life. It is aquestion of grasping the political in ambiences from concrete situations of investigation andfrom their genealogy, by describing, questioning and appreciating their transformation and theirrole in the development of plural ways of being, and of being affected. ; Cet article programmatique propose des pistes de travail pour élaborer une critique de l'urbaindepuis le champ des ambiances. Si la critique n'est pas absente des travaux de ce champ, ellereste toutefois orientée en direction du champ de la conception auquel il est classiquementreproché de négliger les dimensions sensibles de l'espace. Une critique de l'urbain depuis lechamp des ambiances aurait davantage pour enjeu de clarifier les enjeux sociétaux liés à latransformation programmée des ambiances urbaines. Quelle est la part des ambiances dans lamise en place de processus de normalisation des conduites urbaines ordinaires qui peuvent créerde la vulnérabilité, du trouble dans la civilité, voire des formes d'exclusion ? L'argument centraldu texte consiste à ouvrir le champ des ambiances à des interactions plus étroites avec laquestion du politique, principalement avec celle des formes de vie sensibles. Il s'agit de sequestionner sur la manière de saisir du politique dans les ...

International audience ; This prospective article suggests ways of developing a critique of the urban from the field ofambiences. Whilst critique does exist in this field, it is aimed at the field of architecture anddesign, which is accused of neglecting the sensory dimensions of space. A critique of the urbanfrom the field of ambiences seeks to demonstrate the need to clarify the societal issues related tothe planned transformation of urban ambiences. What is the role of ambiences in setting upprocesses of normalisation of ordinary urban behaviour that can create vulnerability, antisocialbehaviour or even forms of exclusion? The central argument of the text is to open up the field ofambiences to closer interactions with the question of political, mainly sensory forms of life. It is aquestion of grasping the political in ambiences from concrete situations of investigation andfrom their genealogy, by describing, questioning and appreciating their transformation and theirrole in the development of plural ways of being, and of being affected. ; Cet article programmatique propose des pistes de travail pour élaborer une critique de l'urbaindepuis le champ des ambiances. Si la critique n'est pas absente des travaux de ce champ, ellereste toutefois orientée en direction du champ de la conception auquel il est classiquementreproché de négliger les dimensions sensibles de l'espace. Une critique de l'urbain depuis lechamp des ambiances aurait davantage pour enjeu de clarifier les enjeux sociétaux liés à latransformation programmée des ambiances urbaines. Quelle est la part des ambiances dans lamise en place de processus de normalisation des conduites urbaines ordinaires qui peuvent créerde la vulnérabilité, du trouble dans la civilité, voire des formes d'exclusion ? L'argument centraldu texte consiste à ouvrir le champ des ambiances à des interactions plus étroites avec laquestion du politique, principalement avec celle des formes de vie sensibles. Il s'agit de sequestionner sur la manière de saisir du politique dans les ambiances - depuis des situationsconcrètes d'enquête et depuis leur généalogie - en décrivant, en questionnant et en appréciantleur transformation et leur poids dans l'épanouissement de manières d'être et d'être affectéesplurielles

This Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR) aims at questioning the possibility of formulating a critique of the urban - defined in this work as the way the city, as designed and planned, organises the public life forms and environments - from a focus on ambiances and their transformations: what are their effects on the pedestrian's sensory experience, on his ways of proceeding, of perceiving, of being in public? The critique is not missing from works on urban and architectural ambiances. However, it is commonly implicit and solely formulated towards the design and planning fields. We criticise their omission of sensory dimensions of space and their focus on technical and prescriptive dimensions instead. Admittedly, these works have established the interest for the ambiances concept in order to better understand the nature of relationships between man and his environment. However, they have set the societal challenges aside - perhaps political and moral issues as well -, which influence the physical and sensory transformations of our living conditions. This HDR thesis aims at dealing with this question and at proposing research tracks to theoretically build what I call a sensory critique of the urban. It is also a question of transferring the social and political critique to the sensory field. In practical terms, my work is focused on the ambiances' part in the setting up of the standardisation of pedestrian conducts that can disturb the civility mechanisms, enhance the citizen's vulnerability, replicate forms of exclusion. What do the spatial and sensory frames do to the pedestrian's body and senses? What is their contribution to the deployment of urban practices, to the commitment to the living environment, to the possibility of "taking part" in society? How do they participate in the production and duplication of "alienations", indispositions to action, impossibilities of engagement and sharing? ; Le propos de cette habilitation à diriger des recherches est de s'interroger sur la possibilité de formuler une critique à l'égard de l'urbain à partir d'une attention aux ambiances et à leurs transformations : quels sont leurs effets sur l'expérience sensible du piéton, ses manières de faire, de percevoir et d'être en public ?La critique n'est pas absente des travaux sur les ambiances architecturales et urbaines. Mais elle est le plus souvent implicite et exclusivement formulée à l'égard des champs de la conception et de l'aménagement à qui nous reprochons leur négligence des dimensions sensibles de l'espace et leur focalisation sur les dimensions techniques et normatives. Ces travaux ont certes contribué à asseoir l'intérêt de la notion d'ambiance pour mieux comprendre la nature des rapports de l'homme à son environnement. Mais ils ont jusqu'à présent laissé de côté la question des enjeux sociétaux - voire des problèmes politiques et moraux - que posent les transformations physiques et sensibles de nos cadres de vie.L'enjeu de ce mémoire d'habilitation à diriger des recherches est précisément de s'emparer de cette question, en proposant des pistes pour construire théoriquement ce que j'appelle une critique sensible de l'urbain. Il s'agit aussi d'essayer de transporter la critique sociale et politique sur le terrain du sensible. Concrètement, je me questionne sur la part des ambiances dans la mise en place de processus de normalisation des conduites piétonnes qui peuvent créer du trouble dans les mécanismes de la civilité, accentuer la vulnérabilité du citadin, reconduire des formes d'exclusion. Qu'est-ce que les cadres spatiaux et sensibles font aux corps et aux sens du piéton ? Quelle est leur part dans le déploiement des pratiques urbaines, dans un attachement au milieu de vie, dans la possibilité d'un « prendre part » à la société ? De quelles manières contribuent-ils à produire ou à reproduire des « mises à l'écart », des indispositions à l'action, des impossibilités à la mobilisation et au partage ?

This Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR) aims at questioning the possibility of formulating a critique of the urban - defined in this work as the way the city, as designed and planned, organises the public life forms and environments - from a focus on ambiances and their transformations: what are their effects on the pedestrian's sensory experience, on his ways of proceeding, of perceiving, of being in public? The critique is not missing from works on urban and architectural ambiances. However, it is commonly implicit and solely formulated towards the design and planning fields. We criticise their omission of sensory dimensions of space and their focus on technical and prescriptive dimensions instead. Admittedly, these works have established the interest for the ambiances concept in order to better understand the nature of relationships between man and his environment. However, they have set the societal challenges aside - perhaps political and moral issues as well -, which influence the physical and sensory transformations of our living conditions. This HDR thesis aims at dealing with this question and at proposing research tracks to theoretically build what I call a sensory critique of the urban. It is also a question of transferring the social and political critique to the sensory field. In practical terms, my work is focused on the ambiances' part in the setting up of the standardisation of pedestrian conducts that can disturb the civility mechanisms, enhance the citizen's vulnerability, replicate forms of exclusion. What do the spatial and sensory frames do to the pedestrian's body and senses? What is their contribution to the deployment of urban practices, to the commitment to the living environment, to the possibility of "taking part" in society? How do they participate in the production and duplication of "alienations", indispositions to action, impossibilities of engagement and sharing? ; Le propos de cette habilitation à diriger des recherches est de s'interroger sur la possibilité de formuler ...

International audience ; How the politics of pacification developed by the Brazilian government – wich transform the spaces of the mobility and the urban ambiences – put the pedestrian sensibilities and the manners by which city-dwellers share the spaces of movement to the test ? In other words, how does 'being together' occur and reveal itself in complex, urban environments subject to considerable movement but also to rationales driven by standardization, security and aseptisation ? Finally, can a work on ambiences and 'bodily states' allow to improve a critical analysis on contemporary urbanity ?For four years, during a work programme funded by France's National Research Agency (ANR) on 'the sensory enigmas of contemporary urban mobilities' (Thomas et alii, 2014). these questions were examined by French and Brazilian researchers from three fields : urban sociology, architecture and dance.

International audience ; How the politics of pacification developed by the Brazilian government – wich transform the spaces of the mobility and the urban ambiences – put the pedestrian sensibilities and the manners by which city-dwellers share the spaces of movement to the test ? In other words, how does 'being together' occur and reveal itself in complex, urban environments subject to considerable movement but also to rationales driven by standardization, security and aseptisation ? Finally, can a work on ambiences and 'bodily states' allow to improve a critical analysis on contemporary urbanity ?For four years, during a work programme funded by France's National Research Agency (ANR) on 'the sensory enigmas of contemporary urban mobilities' (Thomas et alii, 2014). these questions were examined by French and Brazilian researchers from three fields : urban sociology, architecture and dance.

International audience ; This paper questions the potential criticism offered by the concept of ambiances. By defending three postures of research (to articulate the sensitive and politics, to defend an ethics of the commitment, to translate and share the common), it puts the foundations of a sensitive criticism of the urbanity.