The Design of Flexible Specialisation

IF 0.8 2区历史学 Q1 HISTORY

Contemporary European History Pub Date : 2023-01-13 DOI:10.1017/s0960777322000820

Jacob Stewart-Halevy

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Abstract

This article discusses the aesthetics of flexible specialisation, a form of labour marked by micro-enterprises, skilled artisans, flexible machinery, municipal welfare and strong kinship and subcultural networks. Focusing on the writing and projects of Nanni Strada and Andrea Branzi, the article describes the fate of this labour configuration within so-called ‘Radical’ design in the central and northeastern sections of Italy (‘The Third Italy’) during the 1970s. I look at how these practices were exported abroad and deteriorated in the face of increasing global competition. The article pays particular attention to the Soviet reception of Third Italy design and the reciprocal interest by Radical designers in Soviet Productivism in order to consider the persistent ideologies of third way production.

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灵活的专业化设计

本文讨论了灵活专业化的美学，这是一种以微型企业、熟练工匠、灵活机械、市政福利和强大的亲属关系和亚文化网络为特征的劳动形式。本文聚焦于Nanni Strada和Andrea Branzi的写作和项目，描述了20世纪70年代意大利中部和东北部(“第三意大利”)所谓的“激进”设计中的这种劳动力配置的命运。我研究了这些做法是如何输出到国外的，面对日益激烈的全球竞争，它们是如何恶化的。本文特别关注苏联对第三意大利设计的接受和激进设计师在苏联生产主义中的相互利益，以考虑第三种生产方式的持久意识形态。

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Contemporary European History Multiple-

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1.00

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25.00%

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期刊介绍： Contemporary European History covers the history of Eastern and Western Europe, including the United Kingdom, from 1918 to the present. By combining a wide geographical compass with a relatively short time span, the journal achieves both range and depth in its coverage. It is open to all forms of historical inquiry - including cultural, economic, international, political and social approaches - and welcomes comparative analysis. One issue per year explores a broad theme under the guidance of a guest editor. The journal regularly features contributions from scholars outside the Anglophone community and acts as a channel of communication between European historians throughout the continent and beyond it.