La constitution d’un cadre routinier au prisme du « pouvoir » : l’exemple du métro à Montréal

Abstract

Based on a survey conducted in the archives of the Montreal Transportation Company, this article aims to examine the daily production of the specific order of the organization of the Montreal Metro. The regulation of this specific space appears inseparable from the desire to fit out the various social activities that take place within it. The specific social order of this space thus appears in its ability to adapt itself to activities which, at first, don’t fall under the functionality of the metro, that is to ensure unimpeded daily mobility.

Keywords

• non-place
• power
• daily routine
• metro
• regulation
• appropriation