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Searching for the Grand Paris
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 16 hours
  • Course by Sciences Po
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What is the reasoning for the Grand Paris? What does the transformation of the relationship between Paris and its suburbs imply? “Searching for the Grand Paris” is an original MOOC featuring accounts from residents, association representatives, experts, and researchers. It also contains archival footage and documents, as well as a comparative analysis of Brussels, London, and other French cities. The MOOC combines historical and comparative approaches with a discussion of controversial topics. It also reflects upon the notion of scale and questions what is at stake in the implementation of the Grand Paris. It discusses the evolution of Paris and its region, as well as issues such as ethnic and social segregation, economic growth, safety, the environment, housing, transportation, city construction, education, and culture. “Searching for the Grand Paris” is not exclusively directed towards universities. It is free and for the general public. This dynamic, even lively, MOOC was made in collaboration with students from the University of Science Po (Paris Institute of Political Studies), along with many other contributors. TEACHER : Patrick Le Galès (politist and sociologist) PREREQUISITE There is no required prerequisite for this course. PLAN DU COURS Session 1: Metropolization and Economic Growth Session 2: Population and Migration Session 3: Housing and Construction Session 4: Transportation and Mobility Session 5: Law enforcement and Environment Session 6: Culture and Education EVALUATION This MOOC offers a final MCQ. PEDAGOGICAL TEAM Héloïse Thibault, Valentine Quinio, Judith Lienhard, Ninon Beillard, Juliette Guichardet, Odile Gaultier-Voituriez, Miyuki Tsuchiya, Maxime Crépel, Pôle Audiovisuel Sciences Po TERMS OF USE All rights reserved PARTNERS Mairie de Paris | Ecole urbaine de SciencesPo Paris | Grand Public

Modules

Session 1: Metropolization and Economic Growth

    • 3 Videos
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3 Videos

  • GLOBAL INTRODUCTION
  • TEASER METROPOLISATION SESSION
  • METROPOLISATION INTRODUCTION

2 - Historical approach: Paris near the suburbs

    • 5 Videos
    • 3 Readings
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5 Videos

  • ITW - ANNIE FOURCAUT - PART 1
  • ITW - ANNIE FOURCAUT - PART 2
  • PARIS AS IT WILL BE ... - 1959
  • HISTORY OF THE SUBURBS - 1985
  • HISTORY OF NEW CITIES - 1985

3 Readings

  • Paris, a 19th Century Metropolis
  • Paris near the periphery
  • Credits

3 - Scales & contemporary issues: The dynamics of metropolisation

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • WORDS FROM INHABITANTS
  • ITW - FRÉDÉRIC GILLI

1 Readings

  • THE PARISIAN REGION IS THE DRIVING FORCE OF FRENCH ECONOMY

4 - Debates & controversies: What is the use of Paris Metropolis?

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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5 Videos

  • WORDS FROM INHABITANTS
  • INTERVIEW PATRICK OLLIER - PART1 - 2016
  • INTERVIEW DE PATRICK OLLIER - PART2 - 2016
  • ITW - PATRICK LE LIDEC & PHILIPPE SUBRA
  • ITW - FOUAD AWADA

1 Readings

  • THE ORIGINS OF THE GRAND PARIS

5 - Comparative approach: The organization of Lyon, the challenges of London

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • ITW - SÉBASTIEN CHAMBRE
  • ITW - IAN GORDON

6 - Conclusion

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • CONCLUSION

1 Readings

  • Bibliography

1 - Introduction: People and passers-by

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • TEASER SESSION Population and Migration
  • INTRODUCTION Population and Migration

2 - Historical approach: A long-lasting attraction for migrants

    • 4 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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4 Videos

  • ITW - PAUL-ANDRÉ ROSENTAL
  • FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE TO PARIS - 1961
  • IMMIGRATION - 1993
  • CRISPATION AROUND IMMIGRATION - 1990

2 Readings

  • History
  • Credits

3 - Scales & contemporary issues: A relatively young and moderately segregated metropolis

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • WORDS FROM INHABITANTS
  • ITW EDMOND PRÉTECEILLE

1 Readings

  • A relatively young metropolis

4 - Debates & controversies: Still more social and ethnic inequalities?

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4 Videos

  • WORDS FROM INHABITANTS
  • ITW - MARCO OBERTI ET LOUIS MAURIN
  • ITW - NAJIB EL AROUNI
  • ITW - ERIC PLIEZ

5 - Comparative approach: Brussels and Paris

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1 Videos

  • ITW - ANDREA REA

6 - Conclusion

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • CONCLUSION

1 Readings

  • Bibliography

1 - Introduction: Paris against the housing crisis

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • TEASER Housing
  • INTRODUCTION Housing

2 - Historical approach: Mobilization for housing and urban growth

    • 16 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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16 Videos

  • ITW EMMANUEL BELLANGER - PART1
  • ITW - EMMANUEL BELLANGER - PART2
  • ITW - EMMANUEL BELLANGER - PART3
  • ITW - DANIÈLE VOLDMAN - PART1
  • ITW - DANIÈLE VOLDMAN - PART2
  • PROPERTY HERITAGE - 1947
  • A NEW TYPE OF HOUSING IN THE HEIGHTS - 1966
  • HOUSING IN BOBIGNY - 1977
  • REHABILITATION OF 3000 MODERATE RENT HOUSES - 1989
  • ACCOMMODATION REPORT MERLIN - 1983
  • SOCIAL ACCOMMODATION REPORT ROCARD - 1989
  • PROTEST FOR DECENT HOUSING - 1994
  • LIMITATION OF RENT INCREASE - 1990
  • EVACUATION OF SQUATS - 1983
  • UNHEALTHY ACCOMODATIONS - PART1 - 2017
  • UNHEALTHY ACCOMODATIONS - PART2 - 2017

2 Readings

  • History
  • Credits

3 - Scales & contemporary issues: Price pressure and lack of accessible housing

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • WORDS FROM INHABITANTS
  • ITW JEAN-CLAUDE DRIANT - PART1
  • ITW JEAN-CLAUDE DRIANT - PART2

1 Readings

  • Paris beltway: lack of accessible housing

4 - Debates & Controversies: Where to lodge the modest classes?

    • 6 Videos
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6 Videos

  • WORDS FROM INHABITANTS
  • ITW RENAUD EPSTEIN
  • ITW NICOLAS FERRAND
  • ITW JEAN-BAPTISTE EYRAUD
  • ITW CARINE ROBERT
  • ITW PIERRE VELTZ

5 - Comparative Approach: The Housing Strategy of the Mayor of London after Thatcher's storm

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • ITW - TIM BUTLER

6 - Conclusion

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • CONCLUSION

1 Readings

  • Ressources

1 - Introduction: From transport to mobility

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • TEASER SESSION Transportation and Mobility
  • INTRODUCTION SESSION Transportation and Mobility

2 - Historical approach: Cars and public transport

    • 9 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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9 Videos

  • ITW - MATHIEU FLONNEAU - PART1
  • ITW - MATHIEU FLONNEAU - PART2
  • ITW - MATHIEU FLONNEAU - PART3
  • HALF A CENTURY WITH THE METRO IN PARIS - 1950
  • INAUGURATION OF RER A - 1969
  • RER ON STRIKE - 1985
  • AGAINST POLLUTANT VEHICLES - 2016
  • EXTENSION OF THE "TRAM" - 2012
  • "VELIB" LAUNCH - 2007

2 Readings

  • Cars and collective transports
  • Credits

3 - Scales & contemporary issues: Mobilities and policies beyond the road

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • WORDS FROM INHABITANTS
  • ITW - CHARLOTTE HALPERN - PART1
  • ITW - CHARLOTTE HALPERN - PART2

1 Readings

  • Mobility and policies beyond the road

4 - Debates & controversies: Grand Paris Express: decisive investment or expensive illusion?

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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4 Videos

  • WORDS FROM INHABITANTS
  • ITW - CATHERINE BARBÉ AND JEAN-PIERRE ORFEUIL
  • ITW - ALAIN KRAKOVITCH
  • ITW MARC PÉLISSIER

1 Readings

  • To understand

5 - Comparative approach: London catching up

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • ITW IRÈNE MBOUMOUA

1 Readings

  • London catching up

6 - Conclusion

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • CONCLUSION

1 Readings

  • Bibliography

1 - Introduction: Uncertainties in the metropolis: risks, police and environment

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • TEASER SESSION Law enforcement and Environment
  • INTRODUCTION SESSION Law enforcement and Environment

2 - Historical approach: The visible and invisible risks in the metropolis

    • 7 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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7 Videos

  • ITW OLIVIER BORRAZ
  • POLICE AT THE ERA OF ELECTRONICS - PART1 - 1970
  • POLICE AT THE ERA OF ELECTRONICS - PART2 - 1970
  • POLICE AT THE ERA OF ELECTRONICS - PART3 - 1970
  • THE GENDARMERIE'S IMPLANTATION IN CRÉTEIL - 1968
  • POLLUTION WITHIN PARIS - 1996
  • SEINE FLOOD - 2016

2 Readings

  • Visible and invisible risks
  • Credits

3 - Scales & contemporary issues: Energy and security

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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3 Videos

  • ITW JACQUES MAILLARD - PART1
  • ITW JACQUES MAILLARD - PART2
  • ITW JACQUES MAILLARD - PART3

2 Readings

  • THE ORGANIZATION OF THE POLICE FORCE IN THE PARISIAN REGION
  • ELECTRICAL ENERGY IN THE GRAND PARIS

4 - Debates & controversies: All listed for our security?

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5 Videos

  • WORDS FROM INHABITANTS
  • ITW BILEL BENBOUZID
  • ITW DOMINIQUE BOULLIER
  • ITW FÉLIX TRÉGUER
  • ITW MATHIEU ZAGRODZKI

5 - Comparative approach: Governing risks and the informal in Madrid

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  • ITW THOMAS AGUILERA

6 - Conclusion

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  • CONCLUSION

1 - Introduction: The thousand forms of culture and school competition

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  • TEASER SESSION Culture and education
  • INTRODUCTION Culture and Education

2 - Historical approach: The heritage of the capital, innovation of the suburbs; bourgeois Paris and the red belt

    • 14 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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14 Videos

  • ITW - PASCALE GOETSCHEL - PART1
  • ITW - PASCALE GOETSCHEL - PART2
  • ITW - PASCALE GOETSCHEL - PART3
  • ITW - PASCALE GOETSCHEL - PART4
  • UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION - 1983
  • PARIS AND ITS MUSEUMS - PART1 - 1967
  • PARIS AND ITS MUSEUMS - PART2 - 1967
  • LOUVRE'S HISTORY - 1993
  • BEAUBOURG INAUGURATION - 1977
  • TOURISM IN SAINT DENIS - 1993
  • MC93 (THEATER) IN BOBIGNY - 2017
  • THE SUBURBANITES - PART1 - 1970
  • THE SUBURBANITES - PART2 - 1970
  • THE SUBURBANITES - PART3 - 1970

2 Readings

  • History
  • Credits

3 - Scales & contemporary challenges: The Paris of Culture has already started

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • WORDS FROM INHABITANTS
  • ITW - PHILIPPE COULANGEON

1 Readings

  • Grand Paris Express

4 - Debates & controversies: School map and culture; the suburbs against Paris?

    • 4 Videos
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4 Videos

  • WORDS FROM INHABITANTS
  • ITW - MARCO OBERTI ET PHILIPPE COULANGEON
  • SCHOOL INEQUALITIES - 2016
  • ITW - JEAN-DENIS FRATER

5 - Comparative approach: Culture in Lille - education in London, the law of the market

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • ITW - OLIVIER CÉLARIÉ
  • ITW - TIM BUTLER

6 - Conclusion

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • CONCLUSION

1 Readings

  • Ressources

Test

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Evaluation

1 Readings

  • Evaluation conditions

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"Searching for the Grand Paris" explores the transformation of Paris and its suburbs, delving into topics like ethnic segregation, economic growth, and urban development. Taught by Patrick Le Galès, this free, dynamic MOOC features insights from residents, experts, and archival footage, offering a comparative analysis with cities like Brussels and London. Spanning six sessions, it covers metropolization, migration, housing, transportation, law enforcement, and culture. Ideal for the general public, the course doesn't require prerequisites and includes a final MCQ. Available on Coursera with Starter and Professional subscription options.

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