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After the global financial and economic crisis of 2007–2008, new collaboratively oriented shared flexible workspaces have emerged in cities. These co-working spaces and the associated social practice of co-working exemplify a new form of work organisation for mainly independent freelance workers but increasingly small businesses and remote working employees from companies.

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    Janet Merkel

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  3. Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

    Tarek E. Virani

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Merkel, J. (2019). Curating Strangers. In: Gill, R., Pratt, A.C., Virani, T.E. (eds) Creative Hubs in Question. Dynamics of Virtual Work. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10653-9_3

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