Socio-spatial dimensions in energy transitions: Applying the TPSN framework to case studies in Germany

Gailing, Ludger; Bues, Andrea; Kern, Kristine; Röhring, Andreas

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“…However, to provide a framework that encourages explorative studies the four provided dimensions are only briefly introduced but not defined by the authors into detail (Gailing et al . 2019). This creates a site for criticism as it disregards other important spatial categories (Paasi & Metzger 2017).…”

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Infectious Diseases as Socio‐Spatial Processes: The COVID‐19 Outbreak In Germany

Kuebart

Stabler

2020

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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This paper argues that outbreaks of infectious diseases should be understood as socio‐spatial processes with complex geographies. Considering the different dimensions of space through which an outbreak unfolds, facilitates analysing spatial diffusion of infectious disease in contemporary societies. We attempt to highlight four relevant dimensions of space by applying the TPSN framework to the case of the recent COVID‐19 outbreak in Germany. By identifying key processes of disease diffusion in space, we can explain the spatial patterns of the COVID‐19 outbreak in Germany, which did not feature the well‐known patterns of spatially contagious as in or hierarchical diffusion. In contrast, we find superspreading events and especially relocation diffusion based on existing networks, on which the pathogen travelled like a blind passenger, to be more relevant. For us, these findings prove the value of combining relational thinking with geographic analysis for understanding epidemic outbreaks in contemporary societies.

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Section: Theorising the Spread: The Covid‐19 Outbreak As A Spatial Prmentioning

confidence: 99%

Infectious Diseases as Socio‐Spatial Processes: The COVID‐19 Outbreak In Germany

Kuebart

Stabler

2020

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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“…The ways in which social actors combine and prioritise those four socio‐spatial dimensions can be seen as different strategies for political intervention and the exercise of power (Jones 2019). Of course, these combinations and interrelationships are not consistent, but rather are intrinsically contradictory and conflictual (Gailing et al 2019).…”

Section: Worker Centre Strategy Spatiality and The Geography Of Labourmentioning

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“…In their original formulation, Jessop et al (2008) provided an open definition of the categories of territory, place, scale and network, recognising that these dimensions appear entangled in reality and can only be separated for heuristic purposes. According to Gailing et al (2019), their open proposal has undergone some criticisms, such as the ones of Mayer (2008), who highlights that it underestimates the role of actors and interests; and Paasi and Metzger (2017), who point out that they exclude other spatial categories such as regions or landscapes. The formulation of Jessop et al (2008) should be understood more as a general defence for the employment of a multi‐categorical approach and the formulation of explanatory metaphors able to encompass spatial multi‐dimensionality than as a closed theoretical schema with fixed analytical categories.…”

Section: Worker Centre Strategy Spatiality and The Geography Of Labourmentioning

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“…Place is related to proximity, spatial embedding, and areal differentiation as principles of socio‐spatial structuring. Places are locations of practice and meaning that result in the construction of collective identities (Gailing et al 2019). The making of shared identities around territorialised local economic activities such as a pit, a shipyard, or an automobile industry captured by anthropologists with the concept of work cultures (Moreno 1997) and related to particularist forms of militancy (Harvey 2007) reflects the relevance of place‐based explanations of labour relations.…”

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Socio‐Spatial Strategies of Worker Centres: An Ethnography of Alt‐Labour in NYC

Martínez

2020

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This article examines the typology of worker centres from a socio-spatial perspective. Drawing on ethnographic and qualitative fieldwork and applying the multidimensional TPSN (Territory, Place, Scale and Network) framework, it analyses three worker centres: Make the Road New York (MRNY), Retail Action Project (RAP) and Laundry Workers Center (LWC). Each model is the result of the predominance of certain logics of action, political strategies, and spatialities. The multidimensional socio-spatial approach allows us to identify the advantages and problems of each strategy. MRNY shows a territory-based strategy that combines membership participation with effective advocacy on different scales. RAP, despite focusing on services, has been able to overcome the fragmentation of the retail industry and escalate to regulating labour relations at the industry level. LWC prioritises workplace organising and shows a high level of experimentalism and grassroots base, although the results of their irradiation strategy are very modest. Resumen: Este art ıculo examina la tipolog ıa de centros de trabajadores desde una perspectiva socio-espacial. Bas andose en trabajo de campo etnogr afico y cualitativo, y aplicando el marco multidimensional Territorio, Lugar, Escala y Red (TPSN en ingl es), analiza tres centros de trabajadores: Make the Road New York (MRNY), Retail Action Project (RAP) y Laundry Workers Center (LWC). Cada modelo es el resultado del predominio de ciertas l ogicas de acci on, estrategias pol ıticas y espacialidades. La aproximaci on socio-espacial multidimensional permite identificar las ventajas y problemas de cada estrategia. MRNY muestra una estrategia basada en el territorio, que combina la participaci on de las bases con un trabajo efectivo de incidencia pol ıtica en diferentes escalas. RAP, a pesar de estar centrada en la provisi on de servicios, ha sido capaz de superar la fragmentaci on de la industria del comercio al por menor y escalar hacia la regulaci on de las relaciones laborales a nivel de industria. LWC prioriza la organizaci on en los centros de trabajo y muestra un alto grado de experimentalidad y car acter de base, aunque los resultados de su estrategia de irradiaci on son por el momento bastante modestos.

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“…The second area of engagement for the dissertation relates to the absence of geography in studies of transformation processes (Bridge et al, 2013, Calvert et al, 2017, Kebir et al, 2017, Gailing et al, 2019, Capasso et al, 2019, Hansen and Coenen, 2015.…”

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Green reorientation of clusters and the role of policy: ‘the normative’ and ‘the neutral’ route

Sjøtun

Njøs

2019

European Planning Studies

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This dissertation is empirically motivated by understanding the observed and ongoing green transformation of the maritime industry in Western Norway, a development that has had implications for both environmental protection, regional economic growth and job creation. Theoretically, the dissertation argues that the observed regional transformation processes should be analysed through an integration of three theoretical frameworks; 'Evolutionary Economic Geography' (EEG), 'Transition Studies' (TS) and 'Institutional Entrepreneurship Work' (IEW). As such, the dissertation argues that transformation is a complex phenomenon that requires co-evolution between several actors, technologies, policies and institutions, but also that these processes need to be embedded in evolving territorial contexts. Finally, these processes must be driven by purposeful actors aiming to change institutions to be more favourable for a green transformation. The dissertation approaches an integration between EEG, TS and IEW through engaging with three debates or 'areas of engagement' within these literatures. These include debates around how actors and agency affect institutional change processes, the role of territorial and multi-scalar dynamics, and the role of simultaneous and dynamically interacting dimensions of materiality, organization and discourse. Through these debates, the dissertation specifically argues for a new analytical framework which emphasises multi-actor institutional change (drawing on IEW), territoriality and multi-scalarity (drawing on EEG), and multi-dimensionality (drawing on TS), as well as the interplay between these elements. The theoretical discussion is illustrated, empirically, by an extensive case study of the green transformation of the Western Norwegian maritime industry. The dissertation is based on four qualitatively oriented papers, each of which contributes to the overall problem framings that it has sought to tackle. These papers focus on the following issues; Paper #1) how engineers perform multi-scalar institution changing practices in addition to technologist practices during processes of transformation; Paper #2) how the material, organizational and discursive dimension around a specific multi-scalar demonstration project (the actor-networks around and the materiality of a 'performing project enacting agency') have led to change in public ferry procurement on regional and national level; Paper #3) how achieving 'directionality' in cluster policy must recognise that regional clusters are embedded in different 'trinity' (materialityorganisation-discourse), sector and territorial/multi-scalar dynamics; and Paper #4) how green x List of papers This dissertation is based on the following papers:

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Socio-spatial dimensions in energy transitions: Applying the TPSN framework to case studies in Germany

Cited by 49 publications

References 45 publications

Infectious Diseases as Socio‐Spatial Processes: The COVID‐19 Outbreak In Germany

Infectious Diseases as Socio‐Spatial Processes: The COVID‐19 Outbreak In Germany

Socio‐Spatial Strategies of Worker Centres: An Ethnography of Alt‐Labour in NYC

Green reorientation of clusters and the role of policy: ‘the normative’ and ‘the neutral’ route

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