AnintroductiontothelocalsceneDavidvanBerkel

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“…coworkingmightalsobeinterpretedasanemancipatorypracticechallengingthecurrentneoliberalpoliticsofindividualisation”(Merkel,2015)

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1.ThelocalsceneinSouthAfrica

2.Findingthestrengthsinthechallenges

3.Theroadahead

NationalDevelopmentPlan:

AholisticsnapshotofSouthAfrica

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Urbanprofessionalscoworking demographic

Skilledlabour statistics

TechHubsassynonymoustoCoworking

Techfunding

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4KeyvaluesofcoworkingCollaboration

Openness

Community

Sustainability

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Socialintegration– communitariansocialrelations

HomeswithInternetAccess2013

USA74%73.4%highspeedconnections

EU81%

RSA10%

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Infrastructure– Coworking spacesassharedinfrastructure

85%mainselectricalsupply

99daysofload-sheddingin2015

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Infrastructure– Coworking spacesassharedinfrastructure

Howhascoworking growninnon-idealcircumstances?

Othercountriesbroketheirbarriers,SouthAfricaneedstodothesame.

Cannon-idealcircumstancesbeseenasopportunities?

Jobcreation>>Entrepreneurbarrierstoentry>>Improvedproductivity

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Urbanprofessionals

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Urbanprofessionals

Upskilling>>MthokozisiMthetwa >>Zwanani Languages

GroundedWorkdiversitystats:

RACE GENDER

INTERESTS

50%Walindah andSchalk

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Socialintegration

Knowcoworkers1st names

Feellessisolated

Changedsocialcircle

86%

62%

92%

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Socialintegration– Bringingpeopleoutoftheirhomes

Deskmag 2nd coworking survey:

BACKUPELECTRICITY

INTERNET

COURIERS

COFFEEMACHINE

PRINTERSCANNER

POOLEDRESOURCES

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Infrastructure– Temporarycentralisation

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Whatcancoworking operatorsdo?

Costawareness>>Specialoffers/partnerships>>Opendays

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Whatcancoworking operatorsdo?

Grassrootspartnerships>>Social>>Economic>>Educational

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