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Coworking spaces as places where economic diversity can be articulated: Towards a theory of syntopia

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  • Bénédicte Vidaillet

    (IRG - Institut de Recherche en Gestion - UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12)

  • Youcef Bousalham

    (NIMEC - Normandie Innovation Marché Entreprise Consommation - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - ULH - Université Le Havre Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - IRIHS - Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Homme et Société - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université)

Abstract

This article reports a qualitative study of several coworking spaces conducted over 3 years. We build on Foucault's reflection concerning heterotopias to develop a new concept – that of ‘syntopia' – for theorizing this type of space, whose main characteristic is that its alternative potential lies in enabling its users to articulate economic diversity. Our contribution is twofold on one hand, our theorization of coworking spaces helps better account for their complexity, for the tensions that can arise within them and for their impacts; on the other hand, with the concept of syntopia, we provide a concept that could help identify other places of a post capitalocentric economy, likely to be a source of profound change in our society. We propose to develop a ‘syntopology' whose object would be to study systematically the different forms of syntopias, their characteristics, potentials and limitations. © The Author(s) 2018.

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  • Bénédicte Vidaillet & Youcef Bousalham, 2020. "Coworking spaces as places where economic diversity can be articulated: Towards a theory of syntopia," Post-Print hal-02180712, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02180712
    DOI: 10.1177/1350508418794003
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    Cited by:

    1. Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent, 2021. "What Do We Know about Co-Working Spaces? Trends and Challenges Ahead," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-30, January.
    2. Aurélie Leclercq Vandelannoitte, 2021. "The new paternalism? The workplace as a place to work-and to live," Post-Print hal-03328163, HAL.
    3. Nada Endrissat & Aurélie Leclercq Vandelannoitte, 2021. "From sites to vibes: Technology and the spatial production of coworking spaces," Post-Print hal-03332209, HAL.
    4. Bernhard Resch & Chris Steyaert, 2020. "Peer Collaboration as a Relational Practice: Theorizing Affective Oscillation in Radical Democratic Organizing," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 164(4), pages 715-730, July.
    5. Andreas Reuschl & Victor Tiberius & Matthias Filser & Yixin Qiu, 2022. "Value configurations in sharing economy business models," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 89-112, January.

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