Le gendarme de Saint-Astier : les dispositifs spatiaux dédiés au maintien de l’ordre

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the way public forces have designed a dedicated space to simulating maintenance of public order. This research is based on interviews and observations conducted at the National Training Center of the French Gendarmerie forces at Saint-Astier. More specifically, the point is to understand how the anti-riot gendarmes keep under control the bodies during gatherings, protests and “urban riots”. Our analysis focuses on the training area which is a space aside.

Keywords

• city
• Anti-riot gendarmes
• spatial monitoring
• space
• order