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Assembling biological economies: Region‐shaping initiatives in making and retaining value
Author(s) -
Lewis Nick,
Le Heron Richard,
Campbell Hugh,
Henry Matthew,
Le Heron Erena,
Pawson Eric,
Perkins Harvey,
Roche Michael,
Rosin Christopher
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/nzg.12031
Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , assemblage (archaeology) , regional science , value creation , value proposition , conceptual framework , knowledge management , economic geography , sociology , management science , geography , business , computer science , economics , marketing , social science , machine learning , archaeology
The B iological E conomies research project has involved a five‐year exploration of new rural value relations in two N ew Z ealand regions. In this paper, we explore what the project has taught us about the need to deploy new conceptual and methodological tools to perform regional development differently. We draw on examples of experimentation in value creation, our own methodological experimentation, and ideas of assemblage to argue that new knowledge categories of capability, platforms, land resourcefulness, experimentation and economic rent open up the potential for a new methodology for stimulating regional economic change that we label ‘enactive research’.