The use of cultural amenities as a tool for strategic planning and the incorporation of the symbolic value of culture by capitalist modes of production have been widely studied. At the same time, debates surrounding the emerging concepts of creative economy and industries have fostered economic development strategies promoting clusters of creative activities. The case of the Territoire de la culture et de la création, in a Paris suburb, illustrates an hybridisation of these two kinds of strategies. As we will explain, the promotion of creative activities (mainly film industries) within the frame of a large urban project should not be seen as an economic strategy but as a planning strategy. Here, supporting creative industries is not this urban project's goal but its tool. It is a means to give value to a brownfield area, before launching a large and expensive urban project requiring private investors.
Les espaces de coworking sont des espaces de travail flexibles permettant l’accès des travailleurs indépendants aux réseaux sociaux nécessaires à leur activité économique. Au-delà du lien social créé entre travailleurs isolés, l’espace sert d’intermédiaire dans les échanges entre coworkers, en créant des conditions sécurisées pour leurs transactions. Ces échanges peuvent prendre la forme de transactions marchandes qui donnent lieu à une valorisation économique, mais la plupart sont des transactions non marchandes qui s’apparentent à du don. Ce travail s’appuie sur une ethnographie d’un an et demi en tant que travailleur au sein d’un espace de coworking parisien.
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