Editors:
The first sustained academic attempt to look critically at what, and how valuable, creative hubs are
Interdisciplinary and transnational material, with contributions from Estonia, Greece, Italy, Kenya, the Netherlands, and Turkey, amongst others
Based on empirical data and original research from hundreds of small and medium creative enterprises, as well as major cultural institutions such as the Tate and the British Library
Part of the book series: Dynamics of Virtual Work (DVW)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Looking Inside the Cluster
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Front Matter
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Looking Outside the Cluster
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About this book
Creative hubs have become a cornerstone of economic and cultural policy with only the barest amount of discussion or scrutiny. This volume offers the first interrogation of creative hubs, with ground-breaking critical writing from a combination of established scholars and new voices. Looking across multiple sites trans-nationally, and combining theoretical and empirical reflections, it asks: what are creative hubs, why do they matter, and are they making the world a better place?
Creative Hubs in Question discusses creative hubs in relation to debates about creative cities, co-working spaces and workers' co-operatives. Featuring case studies from Argentina to the Netherlands, and Nigeria to the UK, the contributions address how hubs are situated in relation to projects of equality and social justice, and whether and in what ways they change the experiences of the creatives who work in them.
Drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives including sociology, geography, economics, media and communications, culture and creative industries, critical policy studies, gender studies, race and ethnicity, and urban studies, this collection will be of interest to policy makers, academics, scholars, students and practitioners across these fields.
Editors and Affiliations
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City, University of London, London, UK
Rosalind Gill, Andy C. Pratt
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Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
Tarek E. Virani
About the editors
Andy C. Pratt is Professor of Cultural Economy at City, University of London, UK.
Tarek E. Virani is Deputy Director of Network (Centre for the Creative and Cultural Economy) and Associate Lecturer at the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Creative Hubs in Question
Book Subtitle: Place, Space and Work in the Creative Economy
Editors: Rosalind Gill, Andy C. Pratt, Tarek E. Virani
Series Title: Dynamics of Virtual Work
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10653-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10652-2Published: 10 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-10653-9Published: 23 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2947-9290
Series E-ISSN: 2947-9304
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 397
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of Work, Urban Studies/Sociology, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology