Manufacturing Encounters: Events, Social Interaction, And Neighborhood Space In Tech City

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE
Author/s Juliana Martins
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2014/105
Language English Pages 19 P. 65-83 File size 550 KB
DOI 10.3280/SUR2014-105005
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L’articolo analizza gli eventi organizzati dalle industrie digitali come luoghi che favoriscono l’interazione sociale e la creazione di nuovi legami tra i professionisti del settore. Viene in particolare analizzato il quartiere di Shoreditch, East London. L’articolo evidenzia come i luoghi e gli spazi dove tali eventi sono realizzati strutturano fortemente le interazioni e relazioni sociali tra i partecipanti, mettendo in discussione il ruolo della prossimità nei cluster creativi. L’articolo evidenzia inoltre come rapporti ambivalenti con il quartiere rafforzano e sfidano il ruolo della prossimità come fonte di relazioni sociali.

Keywords: Events, social interaction, social networks, creative and digital industries, neighborhood, space.

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Juliana Martins, Manufacturing Encounters: Events, Social Interaction, And Neighborhood Space In Tech City in "SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE" 105/2014, pp 65-83, DOI: 10.3280/SUR2014-105005