Spatialising knowledge: placing the knowledge community of Motor Sport Valley

被引:144
作者
Henry, N [1 ]
Pinch, S
机构
[1] Univ Birmingham, Sch Geog & Environm Sci, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
[2] Univ Southampton, Dept Geog, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
基金
英国经济与社会研究理事会;
关键词
agglomeration; knowledge community; Motor Sport Valley; untraded interdependencies; innovation;
D O I
10.1016/S0016-7185(99)00038-X
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
Within the contemporary world of 'the knowledge economy', understanding the spatial organisation of knowledge production has become a key issue. Drawing on recent emphases in economic geography on the cultural construction and social embeddedness of economic success, this paper outlines an attempt to understand one form of spatial organisation of knowledge - the agglomeration or cluster - using the analytical concept of 'the knowledge community'. Using the example of Motor Sport Valley, the paper provides an empirical and methodological example of how one might place a knowledge community. The British motor sport industry dominates its world of production with a regional agglomeration, Motor Sport Valley, centred on Oxfordshire and stretching into East Anglia and down into Surrey. The paper provides empirical demonstration of the processes of knowledge generation and dissemination constituting the space (and knowledge community) of Motor Sport Valley. The paper recognises also the need to contextualise the 'microfoundations' of knowledge communities within a greater political economic system. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:191 / 208
页数:18
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