Creative hubs: a co-operative space?

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Sandoval, Marisol and Littler, Jo. 2019. Creative hubs: a co-operative space? 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. 155-168. ISBN 9783030106522 [Book Section]

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How equitable and co-operative are creative hubs? Whilst their image is often one of creative conviviality, their political economies are often fairly diverse; including a range of forms of cultural industry from the corporate to the co-operative. Indeed, we might, for example, map a spectrum or a taxonomy of co-working ranging from corporate industries leasing communal space to cultural workers through to the worker's co-operative where responsibilities and profits are shared. Drawing on a range of historical material and contemporary interviews with worker's co-operatives in the cultural sector, this chapter considers the benefits brought by worker's co-ops to cultural hubs in London in both their contemporary and recent historical manifestations. Taking a critical and polemical stance, it argues that supporting worker's co-operatives should be central to any strategic provision for creative hubs.

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10653-9_8