Urban Rituals as Tools for Socio-Territorial Belonging:The case of Grand Genève

Diplôme Master Urban Rituals as Tools for Socio-Territorial Belonging:The case of Grand Genève eng 2023-01-23 author Olson Brittany N 975289 director Cattacin Sandro 0000-0002-7685-2037 27172 Service enseignement, recherche, administratif et technique (SdS) (SCSPS) 53 The territory of Grand Genève, shared between two French départements and two Swiss cantons, struggles to develop a unified identity shared by inhabitants. It is also a region with high levels of diversity where newcomers struggle to find belonging. Sociologists Sandro Cattacin and Fiorenza Gamba describe urban rituals as important tools for creating meaning, inclusion, and a sense of belonging to a territory. In this work, I seek to understand the needs of this territory and its populations. Through my internship at the Bureau de l’intégration des étrangers (BIE) of the Canton of Geneva, I conducted focus groups and interviews amongst migrant populations in the Canton. Based on my findings, I here propose a ritual which corresponds to the observed needs. My proposed ritual is followed by an action plan which details the practical steps needed in order to implement the ritual. I conclude that only through a multi-pronged approach incorporating social initiatives like rituals, political initiatives combatting territorial inequality, and information-based initiatives promoting shared understanding can we hope to create a unified territory: a Grand Genève with which its inhabitants identify and where all people feel they belong. Urbanisme Sociologie urbaine Ville ouverte Integration Dewey 301 MIHDS Master in Innovation, Human Development and Sustainability 197 Institut de recherches sociologiques TG false be2fd222-f9d3-41a9-8cf0-10e312b96dd2 Master thesis Public Thesis_final version.pdf 1423200 application/pdf fbb4b57da87323b08905a81bbb843032b55a88ef983faa1ad7e097ff0c8e1fcf openAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Institut de recherches sociologiques

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