Becoming a “Space Defector” or when Inequalities Meet Social Justice in Architectural Education. The Case of the Nantes School of Architecture
Résumé
This survey of architecture graduates of Nantes School of Architecture (ENSA Nantes) from 2015 to 2018 offers an analysis of their career paths, from access to studies to professional integration, in the light of their social origins. In fact, the recruitment process for architecture schools favors the admission of students from middle and upper socio-professional categories, who seem to benefit from a combination of cultural, economic and social capital, compared to the minority of underprivileged students admitted. Once these students have successfully entered the school, what strategies do they implement to succeed? To help us understand what happens before, during and after studies in terms of reproduction and distinction, we looked at the figure of the "defector", as a way of exploring what individuals and institutions "can" do to counter determinism. The analysis of their educational trajectories shows that these defectors are able to compensate for their socio-cultural gaps by multiplying their professional experience during their studies and by being coopted by teachers. Lastly, although the defectors succeed in finding employment in the short term, they nevertheless find themselves in a position of reproducing the canonical practice of architecture in the form of salaried employment, taking on few responsibilities.
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