2019
DOI: 10.1177/0308518x19876941
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The limits to openness: Co-working, design and social innovation in the neoliberal city

Abstract: This article examines the emergence of ‘open’ urban economic projects that promote the transformative potential of social innovation and civic enterprise. By putting the burgeoning literature on an open paradigm of work and innovation within cultural economic geography into dialogue with scholarship on open cities, I problematize the inherently progressive framing of openness. The paper makes two contributions. First, it emphasises how open narratives encourage entrepreneurial communities that manifest as indi… Show more

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“…It should be noted that the abundant repetition of such a limited set of ideas should not be underestimated as a policy measure in itself, as it creates an important path dependency [71]. As, for example, Lorne [54] shows, the notion of Missions and related policies is neoliberal and aligned with the promotion of economic growth, while maintaining a chiefly monetary relation to sustainability (it is only promoted if it can be made profitable) and perpetuating social exclusion. Note that positive academic reflections on directionality and Missions in policy making in relation to innovation also exist (see, for example, Diercks et al [32]), though they do not reflect critically on the notion of innovation policy.…”
Section: Discussion Of the Lexiconmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…It should be noted that the abundant repetition of such a limited set of ideas should not be underestimated as a policy measure in itself, as it creates an important path dependency [71]. As, for example, Lorne [54] shows, the notion of Missions and related policies is neoliberal and aligned with the promotion of economic growth, while maintaining a chiefly monetary relation to sustainability (it is only promoted if it can be made profitable) and perpetuating social exclusion. Note that positive academic reflections on directionality and Missions in policy making in relation to innovation also exist (see, for example, Diercks et al [32]), though they do not reflect critically on the notion of innovation policy.…”
Section: Discussion Of the Lexiconmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the meantime, large companies (namely "Big Tech") are encouraged to prosper in the name of innovation, progress, and economic growth despite their incursions on privacy, legality, and democracy [52,53]. As a result, economies, cities, companies, factories, and start-ups all became spaces for innovation [54]. The EU, without diverging from its core objective of economic growth, expanded its authority throughout virtually all areas of public and private European life, as all are seen as potential enablers of economic expansion-a common feature of contemporary economic discourse, despite the historical warnings against doing so [55].…”
Section: Historical and Scientific Background Of Innovation In The Eumentioning
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“…For both approaches, transforming the role of local authorities from sponsors or administrators to partners and collaborators is critical (Cohen, Almirall, & Chesbrough, 2016). To distinguish themselves from neoliberal agendas, ULL need to meaningfully remake public space into a thriving place, co-designed and reimagined by community and stakeholders using approaches such as placemaking (Lorne, 2019). To overcome the issue of 'profit-value' over 'user-value,' placemaking must also move beyond urban renewal projects in which 'professional place-makers' (often acting as consultants or advisors) are 'flown in' to recreate or 'fix' problematic spaces, without understanding how local lived experiences or 'everyday encounters' impact upon the value and the consequential use of the space (Fincher, Pardy, & Shaw, 2016).…”
Section: Experimentation As a Response To Failurementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Alongside greater inclusion, experimentation at LMdV sought to change how people viewed, interacted with, and felt about the site. PmLL activities focused on turning the spaces of LMdV into places by co-designing and reimagining the site with community and other stakeholders (Lorne, 2019). Specifically, interventions aimed to connect with local culture and history, diverse users, and promote new usages at the site (Figure 4).…”
Section: Unsettling 'Success' and 'Failure' Through Experimentationmentioning
confidence: 99%