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Building a Career: Labour Practices and Cluster Reproduction in Dutch Architectural Design

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  • Robert Kloosterman

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Kloosterman R. C. Building a career: labour practices and cluster reproduction in Dutch architectural design, Regional Studies. This paper explores how firms and workers deal with the specific characteristics of the labour market in a cutting-edge cultural industry, namely, Dutch architectural design. Based on in-depth interviews with principals, workers, and key informants, the relationship between a logic of economic practice with a logic of artistic practice is investigated. The intertwining of these two practices appears to be a crucial link in the generation of spin-offs in the long run. In this way, the unintended consequences of the motivations and actions on a micro-level foster, on a higher level, the reproduction of the cluster itself. [image omitted] Kloosterman R. C. Faire carriere: les usages du travail et la reproduction de grappes dans le dessin architectural neerlandais, Regional Studies. Cet article cherche a etudier comment les entreprises et les travailleurs affrontent les caracteristiques particulieres du marche du travail dans une industrie culturelle de pointe, a savoir le dessin architectural neerlandais. A partir des interviews approfondis aupres des agents, des travailleurs et des informateurs cles, on examine le rapport entre la logique de l'usage economique et celle de l'usage artistique. Il semble que l'entrelacement de ces deux pratiques constitue un lien essentiel pour la production des retombees a long terme. De cette facon, les consequences non voulues des motivations et des actions d'envergure microeconomique encouragent a un niveau superieur la reproduction de la grappe elle-meme. Industries culturelles Innovation Retombees Grappes Entreprises architecturales Kloosterman R. C. Aufbau einer Karriere: Arbeitspraktiken und Reproduktion von Clustern im Architekturdesign von Holland, Regional Studies. In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, wie Firmen und Arbeitnehmer mit den spezifischen Merkmalen des Arbeitsmarkts in einer innovativen Kulturbranche umgehen, namlich dem Architekturdesign in Holland. Ausgehend von Tiefeninterviews mit Firmeninhabern, Arbeitnehmern und Schlusselinformanten wird die Beziehung zwischen der Logik der wirtschaftlichen und der kunstlerischen Praxis analysiert. Die Verflechtungen zwischen diesen beiden Praktiken scheinen eine unverzichtbare Verknupfung bei der langfristigen Erzeugung von Spin-offs darzustellen. Auf diese Weise fordern die unbeabsichtigten Konsequenzen der Motivationen und Handlungen auf Mikroebene auf einer hoheren Ebene die Reproduktion der Cluster selbst. Kulturbranchen Innovation Spin-off Cluster Architekturfirmen Kloosterman R. C. Construir una carrera: practicas laborales y reproduccion de aglomeraciones en el diseno arquitectonico holandes, Regional Studies. En este articulo analizo de que modo las empresas y los trabajadores tratan con las caracteristicas especificas del mercado laboral en una industria cultural vanguardista, es decir, el diseno arquitectonico holandes. A partir de entrevistas exhaustivas con directores, trabajadores e informantes clave, investigo la relacion entre una logica de practica economica y una logica de practica artistica. La combinacion de estas dos practicas parece constituir a largo plazo un vinculo esencial en la generacion de empresas spin-offs. De este modo, las consecuencias no deseadas de las motivaciones y acciones a nivel micro fomentan, a un nivel superior, la reproduccion de la misma aglomeracion. Industrias culturales Innovacion Empresa spin-off Aglomeraciones Empresas arquitectonicas

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  • Robert Kloosterman, 2010. "Building a Career: Labour Practices and Cluster Reproduction in Dutch Architectural Design," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(7), pages 859-871.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:44:y:2010:i:7:p:859-871
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400903236873
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