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Title
Coworking atmospheres : on the interplay of curated spaces and the view of coworkers as space-acting subjects / Alexandra Bernhardt.
ISBN
9783658411930 (electronic bk.)
3658411937 (electronic bk.)
9783658411923
3658411929
Published
Wiesbaden : Springer, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xix, 475 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-658-41193-0 doi
Call Number
HT675
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.3/6
Summary
The study by Alexandra Bernhardt deals with coworking spaces and their atmospheres. In addition to a comprehensive consideration of the role of atmospheres, the special significance of community in the context of these work spaces is examined in more detail. Two case studies in urban coworking spaces form the core of the investigation, following a qualitative research design oriented towards ethnography and a plurality of methods. In the context of the analysis, on the one hand, what constitutes coworking in everyday life and thus the new communality at work is considered: relevant practices and rituals, spatial arrangements and atmospheres are elaborated in their composition. On the other hand, coworkers, their spatial actions, and the attitudes associated with them come into closer focus: It is shown how users access coworking spaces as work and community spaces and what role atmospheres play. In addition, social entities are highlighted that are taken up by coworkers in relation to their coworking space and that help shape everyday coworking space life. Tensions that arise from a juxtaposition of community and service logic are also uncovered, and how they are dealt with in more detail. The author Alexandra Bernhardt is a sociologist of work and holds a PhD from Chemnitz University of Technology. As an expert on coworking and new work, she is professionally active in academia and in practice. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 13, 2023).
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Print version: 9783658411923
Introduction
Background of the emergence and characterization of coworking spaces
Theoretical concepts of reference: space, atmosphere and community
Reconnection to the object of study and state of research
Intermediate conclusion: Conceptual framing and research questions
Methodological approach
Case portraits of the coworking spaces studied
Material Gestalt: practices, spaces, and atmospheres
Subject Perspective I: Entering the coworking space
Subject Perspective II: Unlocking the spaces of work
Subject Perspective III: Unlocking the spaces of community
Subject Perspective IV: Perceptions of the social entities of the coworking space
Tensions in the coworking space's everyday life
Concluding remarks.
