Social and spatial precursors to innovation: The diversity advantage of the creative fringe
| Autor: | Marcus Foth, Ana Bilandzic, Greg Hearn, Dario Casadevall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
160403 Social and Cultural Geography
120302 Design Innovation 150307 Innovation and Technology Management media_common.quotation_subject echo chambers 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography 120304 Digital and Interaction Design 160401 Economic Geography Social navigation 02 engineering and technology Innovation hubs GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS network theory 080602 Computer-Human Interaction 080709 Social and Community Informatics 080605 Decision Support and Group Support Systems Mainstream Sociology media_common business.industry 05 social sciences 021107 urban & regional planning Public relations Creativity 080704 Information Retrieval and Web Search 200102 Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies Filter bubble 150304 Entrepreneurship 160404 Urban and Regional Studies (excl. Planning) homogeneity vs. diversity business 160514 Urban Policy 050703 geography Innovation precursors |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Community Informatics |
| ISSN: | 2381-3652 |
| Popis: | Innovation spaces and hubs are increasing in numbers internationally. Entrepreneurs and start-up founders who use these spaces and hubs are often unaware of being inside an echo chamber, i.e. a filter bubble they share with only like-minded people who have similar ideas and approaches to innovation. Digital technologies that use algorithms can aggravate these echo chambers by filtering towards improved personalised experience and preferences. Yet, social inclusion fosters diverse ideas and creativity, hence, has a positive impact on innovation. We studied the social navigation patterns of entrepreneurs and start-up founders, and their awareness and opinion about homogeneity in innovation spaces. This data informed the design of a tool to escape their echo chambers. The tool gives its users the opportunity to discover networks and innovation spaces that are at the creative fringe, that is, marginalised from mainstream spaces and hubs for creativity and innovation. Our findings show that users of innovation spaces often find themselves surrounded by like-minded people. Further, our study participants welcomed the ability to identify fringe spaces in order to discover and access more diverse people and ideas. Our approach seeks to unlock the diversity advantage of the creative fringe for the purpose of creativity and innovation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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