Abstract

Innovation hubs, hailed as coworking spaces that support collaboration, innovation, and entrepreneurship, are rapidly diffusing across different regions of the world. In this study we examine two innovation hubs situated in starkly different locations: London and Lusaka. We examine them from a social production of space perspective to understand how, despite similar self-defined framing as hubs, they differently enact the day-to-day physical and social spaces. Our study shows the need to recognize “multiplicity of spaces” and a sensitivity to the politics of lived differences between the celebrated imaginary and the performed local practices of innovation hubs, as part of a global phenomenon.

摘要

被誉为支持协作，创新和企业家精神的协作空间的创新中心正在世界各地迅速扩散。在这项研究中，我们考察了两个完全不同的创新中心：伦敦和卢萨卡。我们从空间的社会生产角度研究它们，以了解尽管中心具有类似的自定义框架，但它们如何不同地制定日常的物理和社会空间。我们的研究表明，作为全球现象的一部分，需要认识到“空间的多重性”以及对创新中心的想象中的和实践的本地实践之间存在的差异政治的敏感性。