The number of co-working spaces has been increasing in the UK in the last few years[i]. There are co-working spaces in at least 29 cities in the UK today[ii]. This UK trend matches a global phenomenon with over 1,300 co-working…

Recently, a research interviewee described Bristol, the city where our case study is based, as possessing “a culture of triers”. He inferred that such strivers are motivated by the desire for creative accomplishment but are ultimately thwarted by lack of…

Creative citizens offer time and experience in social media to social media surgeries, but why? And what do the visitors from community organisations seek to gain from attending? Last week I attended one of Podnosh’s social media surgeries and spoke to a few people to find out.

We’ve been busy over the summer pushing forward with our project. Emma has completed the primary research with Vince Baidoo of South Blessed and we’re just setting up our next six interviewees with a focus group to follow. Masses of excellent material…

In the literature review for Strand Three of this project I wrote about the argument between the celebration of what Pierre Levy first called the ‘collective intelligence’ of networked culture (eg Jenkins, Hartley, Leadbeater) and its ‘free labour as exploitation’…