1. L'AMBIVALENCE DE L'IMAGINAIRE DU SOUTERRAIN URBAIN: COMMENT COMPENSER UNE EXPÉRIENCE ANGOISSANTE ?
- Author
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REVOL, Claire, WUNENBURGER, Jean-Jacques, and MOHEBI, Faezeh
- Abstract
Underground spaces raise anxieties and fears that are linked to a highly unfavorable imagination. Our contribution aims to establish the major cardinals points of the imaginary of the deep-underground based on the French anthropology of the imaginaire (Gaston Bachelard, Gilbert Durand). It states that the imagination nurtures a human emotional and affective relationship with space which structures the experience of a world. In the imagination, the qualities of underground spaces take on an ambivalent character. From a literary bibliography of the great stories that condense the various components of the imaginary underground into coherent sets of images, we identify five topical cardinal points of the imaginary of the underground. Firstly, depth is the most pregnant and has given rise to many stories, especially those devoted to the underworld, whose imagination still remains widespread today. Other features are the closure of space; the absence of landmarks; hollow space and the space below with respect to the space above. The imaginaire of the underground largely marked by anxiety also leaves room for other themes such as deep rest, the initiation quest, the desire to excel, fun exploration and creative subversion. The ambivalence of these qualities contributes to the richness of our experience and allows us to nurture leads towards the development of existing urban underground spaces combined in diverse strategies. The aim is to integrate underground spaces into the experience of a world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2019