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Bandinelli, Carolina (2020) The production of subjectivities in neoliberal culture industries : the case of coworking spaces. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 23 (1). pp. 3-19. doi:10.1177/1367877919878449 ISSN 1367-8779.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877919878449
Abstract
This article adds to contemporary studies of neoliberalism by offering an empirical investigation of the production of subjectivity in the context of coworking spaces’ sociality. Coworking spaces are exemplary milieux in which to explore the organisation and significance of work. Drawing on the life history of a creative worker and member of a leading coworking space, I unveil the ethical labour that is required to access coworking’s sociality. Using a Foucauldian framework, I conceptualise this process as a process of subjectivation and concentrate on its ambivalent character, signalling the inherent intertwinement of self-commodification and self-improvement. This article contributes to the scholarly debates on the organisation and significance of work in two key ways. First, it expands our understanding of how the production of subjectivity is experienced at the level of the self. Second, it argues that coworking spaces function as apparatuses for the production of subjectivities in neoliberal culture industries.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Cultural Studies | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1367-8779 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 January 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 23 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 3-19 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/1367877919878449 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Posted ahead of print. Bandinelli, Carolina (2019) The production of subjectivities in neoliberal culture industries : the case of coworking spaces. International Journal of Cultural Studies . 23(1) 3-19 Copyright © 2019 The Author. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/1367877919878449 | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 10 October 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 10 October 2019 | ||||||||
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