knowledge-creating milieus: firms, cities
and regions
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workshop Universitą Iuav di Venezia Unitą di ricerca “Societą Economia
Territorio” Technische Universität
Berlin Institut für Stadt–und Regional planung in collaboration with Confindustria Veneto April 8th
2011 Badoer, room A San Polo 2468, Venezia |
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It is a widely held opinion, also propounded in a number of academic works, that the main feature of the knowledge economy lies in the unprecedentedly wide use of knowledge that firms and industry in general have made in the last two-three decades. The persuasive power of this view is commonly grounded in the evidence of the substantial, if not dominant, share represented by “symbolic analysis activities” in the formation of the total GDP and total employment, mainly in the advanced economies. Another, more subtle, although not immediately provable view, suggests that the advent of the knowledge economy rests on the unprecedented knowledge revolution that is occurring within firms and thus within the very core of the social praxis –, and which had already taken place within the epistemological, aesthetic and cultural domains. More specifically, the idea is that firms and industry are now leaving the traditional/modern “Learning I” paradigm concerned with the “production and accumulation” of knowledge according to well-established cognitive codes, and moving towards the “Learning II” paradigm, dealing with the “generation and articulation” of cognitive codes.
The consequences of this shift are of the greatest importance. Conditions and factors that are reputed suitable for the enhancement of the knowledge generative aptitudes of individuals, groups and institutions diverge widely from those required for conventional knowledge production and accumulation. While the former could hypothetically be carried out within an isolated relationship between the individual observer and his/her observed world, “Learning II” inevitably takes place within a social context; and while noise, dissonance and ambiguity are clearly impediments to “Learning I”, they represent the “primary raw material” within the “Learning II” paradigm.
Against this background, the Workshop aims to explore the conditions that, at the different social and spatial scales - mainly, firms, cities and regions - lend themselves to the enhancement of individual and social aptitudes for the reshaping of cognitive codes, which is intended as the main matrix of creativeness. The theoretical analysis is supported by the results of empirical investigations made into Italian and German cases, with reference to the regional and urban geographies of the “knowledge-creating activities”.
9.00 – 9.30 registration
9.30 Luciano Vettoretto, Universitą Iuav di Venezia, Director of the Research Department
Welcome Address
morning session
Chairman: Dietrich Henckel, Technische Universität Berlin
9.40 Augusto Cusinato, Universitą Iuav di Venezia
“Milieu”
and “Knowledge–creating Activities”: Two interpretative tools
for the knowledge economy
10.00 Paolo Garbolino, Universitą Iuav di Venezia
Science
and society: The point of view of philosophy
10.20 Giorgio De Michelis, Universitą di Milano Bicocca
Why
knowledge is linked to space
10.40 Carla Simone, Universitą di Milano Bicocca
The
multiple facets of knowledge management
within organizations
11.00 – 11.20 coffee break
11.20 Fabiano Compagnucci, Universitą Iuav di Venezia
Industrial
Districts and Cities in Italy: Reshaping relationships in the knowledge economy
11.40 Riccardo Cappellin, Universitą di Roma Tor Vergata,
Cities
and services: A cognitive approach
12.00 Camilla Costa, Universitą Iuav di Venezia
Creativity:
Visibilities and invisibilities in urban space
12.20 Medardo Chiapponi, Universitą Iuav di Venezia
Design,
knowledge and national culture
12.40 discussion
13.00 lunch
afternoon session
Chairman: Antonio Calafati, Universitą Politecnica delle Marche
14.40 Roberto Santolamazza, Treviso Tecnologia
Creativity:
Projects and services to develop an innovative connectivity in the field
15.00 Stefano Miotto, Confidustria Veneto
Creativity
and innovation for industry
15.20 Dietrich Henckel, Technische Universität Berlin
The
spatial structure of creative industries in Berlin
15.40 Ricarda Pätzold, Technische Universität Berlin
Rise and
fall of creative neighbourhoods: The example of Berlin
16.00 Francesco Gabbi, Universitą Iuav di Venezia
Enacting
Berlin: The construction of a neighbourhood between practices, artifacts and
narratives
16.20 Chiara Mazzoleni, Universitą Iuav di Venezia
New industry
formation in contemporary inner-city, urban renewal processes and policy
measures: Evidence from the study cases
of Milan and Barcelona
16.40 discussion
17.30 end of workshop
scientific
committee
Antonio Calafati, Universitą Politecnica delle Marche
Roberto Camagni, Politecnico di Milano
Augusto Cusinato, Universitą Iuav di Venezia
Dietrich Henckel, Technische Universität Berlin
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