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Transcript of Introduction to South Africa Coworking scene, by Grounded Work
AnintroductiontothelocalsceneDavidvanBerkel
WHOAREWE?
“…coworkingmightalsobeinterpretedasanemancipatorypracticechallengingthecurrentneoliberalpoliticsofindividualisation”(Merkel,2015)
SMALLNOT
FINISHED
LOTSOFPOTENTIAL
VERYEXCITING
NOTBUSY
NOTPROFITABLE
LABOURINTENSIVE
OURSTORY
FrustratedProfessional>>FreelanceDesignerWorkingfromHome>>InvolvementwithECHOYouthNGO
Necessityasthe‘Motherofinitiative’>>Learningtheoryafterpractice>>Stilllearning
OURSTORY
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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