Avec leurs restaurants, leurs salles de cinéma et leurs pistes de danse XXL, ces boîtes de nuit étaient le produit d’un urbanisme qui façonnait le territoire autour de l’adage « plus vite, plus grand, en série », explique la géographe Martine Drozdz dans une tribune au « Monde ».
The closure of the last Macumba nightclub in France marks the end of an era linked to the "trente glorieuses" (the post-war economic boom), prompting reflection on its lasting influence on political and geographic imaginaries. The article highlights how Macumba, with its large-scale urban planning and consumerist ethos, symbolized the era's values of speed, size, and mass production. The decline of nightclubs since the 1980s, with over 2,000 closures, underscores the broader shift away from this period. The closure of Macumba evokes nostalgia for a bygone era while offering an opportunity to critically examine its legacy and complexities.
