The purpose of the article is to explore the relationship between place-making and social creativity. It is grounded in a single case study and an analytical generalization approach to the study of two projects in the town of Vardø, Norway: Vardø Restored and Biotope. Empirical data are presented as thematic stories in becoming, which are discussed using actor–network theory (ANT) and meshwork-inspired analysis. Social creativity is understood as inhabitants’ ability to meet new challenges with creativity. Place-making is understood in terms of place-specific creative and regenerative processes, with a focus on the role of community entrepreneurs and creative community arenas outside the formal planning system. Important findings suggest that social creativity emerges from community activities, in which multiple individuals and actors play important roles. Through these processes, entrepreneurs become community entrepreneurs when their collective orientations are activated. Individual community entrepreneurs can take active roles in stimulating social creativity based on their place-specific commitments, broad value-creation perspectives, and sensitivity to place-specific complexities, as well as by gaining credibility. The author concludes that creative community arenas for direct encounters between many different lifelines and actors, future motives, and collective actions are fundamental for the emergence of social creativity and place-making dynamics.

本文的目的是探讨场所营造和社会创造力之间的关系。它基于单个案例研究和分析泛化方法，用于研究挪威Vardø镇的两个项目：VardøRestored和Biotope。经验数据以成为主题的故事形式呈现，并通过参与者网络理论（ANT）和网格启发式分析进行讨论。社会创造力被理解为居民通过创造力应对新挑战的能力。场所营造是根据场所特定的创意和再生过程来理解的，重点是正式计划系统之外的社区企业家和创意社区的作用。重要发现表明，社会创造力源于社区活动，其中多个个人和演员扮演重要角色。通过这些过程，企业家的集体取向被激活后便成为社区企业家。社区企业家个人可以根据其对特定地点的承诺，广泛的价值创造观点，对特定地点的复杂性的敏感性以及获得信誉，在激发社会创造力方面发挥积极作用。作者得出的结论是，创造力社区舞台是许多不同的生命线和演员之间直接相遇，未来的动机和集体行为的基础，是社会创造力和场所动态的出现的基础。社区企业家个人可以根据其对特定地点的承诺，广泛的价值创造观点，对特定地点的复杂性的敏感性以及获得信誉，在激发社会创造力方面发挥积极作用。作者得出的结论是，创造力社区舞台是许多不同的生命线和演员之间直接相遇，未来的动机和集体行为的基础，是社会创造力和场所动态的出现的基础。社区企业家个人可以根据其对特定地点的承诺，广泛的价值创造观点，对特定地点的复杂性的敏感性以及获得信誉，在激发社会创造力方面发挥积极作用。作者得出的结论是，创造力社区舞台是许多不同的生命线和演员之间直接相遇，未来的动机和集体行为的基础，是社会创造力和场所动态的出现的基础。