Third space and the logic of serendipity

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Third Space and the Logic of Serendipity

Wednesday, December 4, 13

http://www.theserendipitymachine.com




I. Preliminary Remarks on Serendipity & Third Space

II. First Generation Collaboration CI & HE

III. New Type of Third Space (w\inbuilt HE collaboration)

IV. Research as Third Space: The Case of CIRCA











The Three Princes of Serendip




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the occurrence of unexpected encounters that create value

Serendipity





Third Space





Third Space

“Third places host the regular, voluntary, informal, and happily anticipated gatherings of individuals beyond the realms of home and work" (Ray Oldenburg)





“A third space is what emerges when digital technology fuses the real and the virtual in such a way that an unprecedented customer experience is created” (Joe Pine)

Third Space





The space between the real and the imaginary; a space of intervention where people could be shocked into new ways of thinking (Henri Lefebvre >>> Ed Soja)

Third Space




















CI Third Space





Library Coworking





library: tackle lack of space

students: serendipitous environment

cowo space: subsidized seats

Library Coworking





“‘The Alexandria Network’ repurposes libraries into EUREKA spaces to support entrepreneurs and advance economic

innovation.”

Arizona: turning libraries into cowo spaces

Coworking Library




















Seats2Meet





Seats2Meet





1. Social Capital





1. Social Capital

“In the beginning, we had this one table with 20 seats... We just thought it would be great to have this new group of independent professionals around, give them some space to work and connect, and get some liveliness into those otherwise empty spaces in return… But we were literally overrun by them.”





1. Social Capital





1. Social Capital





1. Social Capital





1. Social Capital





1. Social Capital





2. Tech facilitating Serendipity
















“This is a great tool! I always use it to Google who’s around before I start working.”

“It’s fantastic that you can always find an accountant or a developer in case of emergency!”





3. The Mesh





3. The Mesh





3. The Mesh





3. The Mesh





3. The Mesh





3. The Mesh





3. The Mesh





Seats2meet




















Zola, Bonheur des dames





“Third education:mobilising the disparate against classification”





new humanities research centrecreative industriesexternal partners

short projects

one year contract





“...mobilising and innovating the humanity’s rich research traditions within the creative industries by adopting a new research practice: ‘embedded research.’”





Embedded Reseach

# post-MA pre-PhD students

# 9-12 months (preparing PhD)

# working towards a concrete product in a CI organisation/company

# regular academic supervision leading to a final published paper








# pitching projects; communicating to non-academics

# combining practical and academic goals

# writing between marketing and critique

Challenges for students:





# opening up to the critical eyes of a researcher

# dealing with IP

# understanding academic dimension

# making time for supervision

Challenges for partners:





# building the right network of partners

# dealing with IP

# educating/cultivating third space students/supervisors

# circumventing the organisation

Challenges for the university:











# circumvent yourself! failed

# reintegration into the traditional structure

# lack of political will

# lack of ‘third space academics’

Why did the project eventually fail?





Thank You!

Sebastian [email protected]




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Third space and the logic of serendipity

Education

space of intervention

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tackle lack of space

generation collaboration

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preliminary remarks

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