Gutenberg Open Science: Fluid objects? An attempt to conceptualise the global rise of “coworking spaces”

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dc.contributor.author	Brinks, Verena	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-03T11:52:58Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-02-03T11:52:58Z	-
dc.date.issued	2022	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/8727	-
dc.description.abstract	The paper explores the emergence and proliferation of “coworking spaces”. Driven by empirical observations during the last 10 years, the paper examines the analytical potential of the concept “fluid objects” to explain the global rise of coworking spaces. With remarkable speed, coworking spaces emerged worldwide during the last 15 years and receive enormous attention from researchers, policy-makers, and the public. However, researchers still struggle to define coworking spaces and a closer look into the field reveals the diversity and heterogeneity of these facilities. How is it that such different places are nevertheless recognised as belonging to the same phenomenon? Within Science and Technology Studies (STS), the notion of “fluid objects” has been developed to describe entities obtaining their strength through adaptability and flexibility. The paper argues that fluidity is a useful conceptual foundation to better understand the emergence and proliferation of coworking spaces. The primary conceptual ideas presented in this paper are enhanced with empirical data, collected from different coworking spaces in Berlin, Amsterdam, and North Rhine-Westphalia.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 491381577	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	910 Geografie	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	910 Geography and travel	en_GB
dc.title	Fluid objects? An attempt to conceptualise the global rise of “coworking spaces”	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8711	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Scientific article	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 09 Chemie, Pharmazie u. Geowissensch.	de
jgu.organisation.number	7950	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Area	de
jgu.journal.volume	54	de
jgu.journal.issue	3	de
jgu.pages.start	435	de
jgu.pages.end	442	de
jgu.publisher.year	2022	-
jgu.publisher.name	Wiley-Blackwell	de
jgu.publisher.place	Oxford	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1475-4762	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	910	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1111/area.12778	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Naturwissenschaften	de
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