This explorative paper is an attempt to improve understanding of the material infrastructure and subjective affective investments into it. Building on the concept of “fetish”, it proposes a theoretical framework to analyse the entanglement of the functional, sensitive and social symbolic dimensions of Brussels’ “modern roads” to reinforce and stabilise a social imaginary of fast mobility. Examining technical reports, political discourses, press articles and cultural productions such as movies, TV broadcasts and photographs relating to the infrastructuring process, the paper reveals – beyond the case study – the aesthetic dimension of the modernisation of roads, which relates to symbolic investments in cars. The theoretical framework involves heuristic values when regarded beyond this specific Belgian context. It opens new possibilities for broader interpretations of the mobility infrastructure.

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迷恋布鲁塞尔的道路景观

这篇探索性论文试图提高对物质基础设施和主观情感投资的理解。基于“恋物癖”的概念，它提出了一个理论框架来分析布鲁塞尔“现代道路”的功能、敏感和社会象征维度的纠缠，以加强和稳定快速流动的社会想象。通过检查与基础设施建设过程相关的技术报告、政治话语、新闻文章和文化作品，例如电影、电视广播和照片，本文揭示了——在案例研究之外——道路现代化的美学维度，这与对道路的象征性投资有关。汽车。超出这一特定比利时背景时，理论框架涉及启发式价值。