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Pratt, Andy C.; Gill, Rosalind and Virani, Tarek E.. 2019. Introduction. In: Rosalind Gill; Andy C. Pratt and Tarek E. Virani, eds. Creative Hubs in Question: Place, Space and Work in the Creative Economy. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-26. ISBN 9783030106522 [Book Section]

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Hubs have variously been understood as co-working spaces, as studios, as incubators, as accelerators, as districts, quarters or zones and/or a mix of all of the above. The lack of clarity is particularly troubling given that policy makers, research councils, consultants and governments have been so quick to promote and endorse the value of creative hubs as a catalyst for innovation and growth in local creative and cultural economies, as well as for producing urban regeneration. Our aim is to look critically at creative hubs from an interdisciplinary perspectives and ‘press pause’ on the celebratory discourses about creative hubs; to ask how they are best conceptualised, who they include or exclude, whether they make for ‘good’ workplaces, and what diverse forms they take across different places and contexts. We conclude that one of the most important ‘hidden’ aspects of hubs that find little expression in the writings about hubs is the voices of those that work in hubs: contributors to the collection elaborate the social life of hubs.

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10653-9_1