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The fantasy village: its meaning, its interpretation and its reuse.

How has the notion of the village evolved from its original definition to an idealised place in the collective imagination?
This dissertation presents the village, its evolution and how it can be interpreted and reused, influenced by social, economic and cultural factors.
Through examples of different kinds, exploring individual desires to strike a balance between city and countryside, highlighting the contemporary need to regain a sense of community and improve our lifestyles, I demonstrate that the term “village” can become an integral notion in non-traditional contexts, influencing urban development and creating a dissonance between historical reality and idealised aspirations.

Teachers

Mayalène Guelton

Keywords

« J’aimerais qu’il existe des lieux stables, immobiles, intangibles, intouchés et presque intouchables, immuables, enracinés; des lieux qui seraient des références, des points de départ, des sources. »

Georges Perec – Espèces d’espaces

a. Village de Gordes, NODET (photographe), 1921 © Ministère de la Culture, Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie, dist. RMN-GP. b. Paris au XVIIIe siècle dit plan de Turgot, 1734. © Bibliothèque nationale de France. c. Réhabilitation de l’îlot Saint-Paul à Paris, © Ville de Paris. d. « Dire que nous v’là Parisiens !… », caricature annexion de Paris, DAUMIER, Le Charivari, 1860.

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