Cultural Production in the Old Industrial Inner City

Abstract

This article seeks to clarify the role of cultural production in the manufacturing industry and its spatial restructuring through the case study of “Mono-Machi” movement: the community development through the manufacturing rejuvenation lead by the local manufacturers in Taito, Tokyo. It is an attempt to form a new business relationship and to put high added value on the local product through the place branding. This article analyses that movement as a socio-spatial transformation of post-industrial urban economy.