The purpose of this paper is to shed light on co-creative approaches for place innovation in an Arctic town, based on the relocation of Kiruna’s city center in northern Sweden. Three cases of co-creative innovation processes in Kiruna are investigated and compared: an RD an RD and an R&D project about cross-industrial synergies for city center attractiveness.,The study’s research design encompasses a comparative and participatory approach. The comparative approach implies investigation and comparison of three cases of co-creative innovation processes in Kiruna. The participatory approach implies joint development of new knowledge by researchers and local actors. The data consists of participatory observations of workshops and qualitative interviews with local actors.,The study reveals that the studied processes have harnessed the city center relocation as an opportunity to make Kiruna more attractive to residents and visitors, by using the co-creative approaches of Living Lab, Now-Wow-How and Norm-creative design. These approaches have enabled experts and local actors to jointly identify excluding patterns and norms in the relocation process and to envision inclusive and attractive (re-)configurations and (re-)conceptualizations of the future Kiruna.,The results add to the academic strand of inclusive urban transformation, by providing insights into co-creative approaches for re-imagining an Arctic town in times of industrial and social change. New insights are provided regarding how the geographical, industrial and cultural identity of an Arctic town can be harnessed to envision new configuration, content and communication that is attractive and accessible for a diversity of residents and visitors.,The results highlight the potential to harness Arctic and rural characteristics in the promotion of urban attractiveness and public well-being, especially when combined with co-creative identification and transformation of excluding norms and patterns.,The results provide new insights into how co-creative approaches may facilitate innovative and inclusive renewal of towns and cities in the Arctic and beyond.

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北极小镇中的共同创新场所创新

本文的目的是基于瑞典北部基律纳市中心的搬迁，阐明北极城镇中场所创新的共同创造方法。研究和比较了基律纳的三个共创新过程：RD，RD和关于跨行业协同效应以提高城市中心吸引力的研发项目。比较方法意味着对基律纳的三个共同创新过程进行调查和比较。参与式方法意味着研究人员和当地参与者共同开发新知识。数据包括对讲习班的参与性观察以及对当地演员的定性采访。研究表明，所研究的过程通过使用Living Lab，Now-Wow-How和Norm-creative设计的共同创造方法，利用市中心搬迁作为契机，使基律纳对居民和游客更具吸引力。这些方法使专家和当地参与者能够共同确定搬迁过程中的模式和规范，并构想出未来的基律纳具有包容性和吸引力的（重新）配置和（重新）概念。通过提供对在工业和社会变革时期重新构想北极小镇的共同创造方法的见解来实现包容性的城市转型。提供了有关如何利用北极镇的地理，工业和文化特征来构想新配置的新见解，