The consumption-production nexus in home-located work: a class-based approach to understand the residential differentiation of artists and designers in Melbourne, Australia

IF 3.5 2区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Geoforum Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-06 DOI:10.1016/j.geoforum.2026.104569

Daniel de O. Vasconcelos, Julie T. Miao

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Abstract

This paper brings to light how the literature discussing the housing choices of home-located workers is still timid in considering the deep forces of class and urban heterogeneity. While housing studies have advanced in their understanding of the weight of amenities and lifestyles in residential location, the mainstream home-located work literature focuses mostly on commuting costs (monetary and time-wise). Common to this literature is the reproduction of an “individual choice paradigm” with respect to residential location. To tackle these issues, the present article analysed the consumption and production dynamics of home-located artists and designers in Melbourne, Australia, showcasing how, beyond individual choice, their “residential differentiation” responds to – or is co-constituted by – the splintered geography of the urban fabric and the particular “techno-creative habitus” driving their preferences and requirements for housing and work. Building a conceptual framework around the production-consumption nexus, mediated by social ties, this article contributes to both the creative class and home-located work literatures and offers avenues for further research at the intersection of housing and work.

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在家工作中的消费-生产关系：以阶级为基础的方法来理解澳大利亚墨尔本艺术家和设计师的居住差异

本文揭示了讨论在家工作的工人的住房选择的文献在考虑阶级和城市异质性的深层力量时仍然胆怯。虽然住房研究在理解便利设施和生活方式在住宅位置的重要性方面取得了进展，但主流的在家工作文献主要关注通勤成本（金钱和时间方面）。这些文献的共同点是再现了关于居住地点的“个人选择范式”。为了解决这些问题，本文分析了澳大利亚墨尔本的艺术家和设计师的消费和生产动态，展示了除了个人选择之外，他们的“居住差异”如何回应或共同构成城市结构的分裂地理和特定的“技术创意习惯”驱动他们对住房和工作的偏好和要求。本文围绕生产-消费关系建立了一个概念框架，以社会关系为中介，为创造性阶层和家庭工作文献做出了贡献，并为进一步研究住房和工作的交叉点提供了途径。

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Geoforum GEOGRAPHY-

CiteScore

7.30

自引率

5.70%

发文量

201

期刊介绍： Geoforum is an international, inter-disciplinary journal, global in outlook, and integrative in approach. The broad focus of Geoforum is the organisation of economic, political, social and environmental systems through space and over time. Areas of study range from the analysis of the global political economy and environment, through national systems of regulation and governance, to urban and regional development, local economic and urban planning and resources management. The journal also includes a Critical Review section which features critical assessments of research in all the above areas.