The resilience of knowledge from industrial to creative clusters: the case of regional craft clusters in the West Midlands (UK)

Roberta Comunian; Lauren England

Resilience, Crisis and Innovation Dynamics

New Horizons in Regional Science series

Edited by Tüzin Baycan and Hugo Pinto

Resilience has emerged as a recurrent notion to explain how territorial socio-economic systems adapt successfully (or not) to negative events. In this book, the authors use resilience as a bridging notion to connect different types of theoretical and empirical approaches to help understand the impacts of economic turbulence at the system and actor levels. The book provides a unique overview of the financial crisis and the important dimension of innovation dynamics for regional resilience. It also offers an engaging debate as to how regional resilience can be improved and explores the social aspects of vulnerability, resilience and innovation.

Monograph Book

Published in print:: 29 Jun 2018

ISBN:: 9781786432186

eISBN:: 9781786432193

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786432193

Pages:: c 368

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Chapter 17: The resilience of knowledge from industrial to creative clusters: the case of regional craft clusters in the West Midlands (UK)

Roberta Comunian and Lauren England

Monograph Chapter

Published:: 29 June 2018

Category:: Monograph Chapter

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786432193.00026

Pages:: 326–346 (21 total)

Collection: Social and Political Science 2018

Abstract

Our understanding of clusters and their evolution and resilience has expanded in the last decades. However, little research has considered the importance of resilience and evolution with specific reference to creative clusters. The chapter aims to connect the emergent literature on resilience and evolutionary perspectives in economic geography with our current knowledge and understanding of creative clusters. Focusing on the craft sector in the UK, the concept of resilience is explored as a conceptual framework to explain and explore the shift from industrial to post-industrial economies. The focus of the chapter is on the resilience of knowledge – and the role of networks in supporting this resilience in the shift between industrial production and creative making.

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