Abstract
AbstractThis paper considers clustered creative industries (all branches of industry and trade that rely on imaginative creation and cultural innovation aimed at the production, distribution, and consumption of symbolic goods) as milieux of innovation that can reconnect the space of flows (the spatial manifestation of globalization) and the space of places (the spatial dimension that shapes the simultaneous process of localization). The process of globalization and its consequences for culture are first examined. A case study of the Westergasfabriek project in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is then presented. The Westergasfabriek is a former gas factory that was transformed into a park occupied by a mix of cultural organizations. It is concluded that the creative industries in the Westergasfabriek seem to be able to merge the networks of the global economy and the experience of ordinary people's daily life. The findings of the research show how the connection to the global network and its subsequent business logic are dependent on local experiences and the abilities of cultural producers to translate the cultural meanings of places into global flows of signs and symbols.
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