TY - GEN A1 - Zscherneck, Julia A1 - Binder, Julia A1 - Mettenberger, Tobias T1 - Rural network assemblages - disentangling egocentric networks of digital pioneers in peripheral German regions T2 - Regional studies, regional science N2 - Digital solutions are seen as promising ways of addressing current challenges in rural regions. Individual or group key actors accessing resources foster these developments through networks. In light of regional clustering and agglomeration effects on the one hand and increased virtual mobility on the other hand, assumptions about the spatiality of such networks are highly controversial. Our paper takes this as a point of departure, asking how spatiality is constructed in the networks of so-called ‘digital pioneers’ (DPs). The sampling process took place in two German rural regions with different preconditions for digital technology adoption, where we conducted egocentric network analysis and qualitative interviews. Employing the assemblage perspective, we analysed networks of 30 individuals in terms of the analytical categories of territoriality, stability and connectivity. Our findings distinguish between three important roles of network contacts: (1) multipliers in social networking, (2) users of the DP’s products and services, as well as (3) close family members that are important in professional contexts. Although DPs are often deeply embedded in and feel attached to their region, networks vary significantly in their territorial radius, also including highly functional problem-solving contacts to distant places. Consequently, our evidence challenges static territorial models of innovation processes, advocating for processual and multidimensional perspectives that consider social networks and individual agency. Likewise, our study complements current research on rural governance by shifting the focus from key institutions and formal networks to less formally integrated actors and problem-solving networks. KW - Qualitative network analysis KW - Assemblage KW - Bridging and bonding ties KW - Peripheral regions KW - Germany Y1 - 2025 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2025.2594312 SN - 2168-1376 VL - 12 IS - 1 SP - 996 EP - 1012 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Binder, Julia ED - Bogner, Simone ED - Franz, Birgit ED - Meier, Hans-Rudolf ED - Steiner, Marion T1 - Von Aktanten und Netzwerken – ANT und Heritage Studies T2 - Denkmal - Erbe - Heritage, Begriffshorizonte am Beispiel der Industriekultur, Gemeinsame Jahrestagung 2017 des Arbeitskreises Theorie und Lehre der Denkmalpflege und des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs 2227 "Identität und Erbe" in Berlin, 2017 N2 - Hodder (2000), Law (2004) und Latour (1988,2005) proklamieren mit der Kritik an einem Materialitätsbegriff als Container, Kontext oder Hintergrund für soziale Interaktionen einen Paradigmenwechsel. Sie fordern eine gleichberechtigte Berücksichtigung gegenständlicher und nichtgegenständlicher Handlungsträger. Objekte und Dinge werden aus dieser Perspektive zu Aktanten. (Post)industrielle Produktionsstätten als Aktanten und Zusammenfassungen industrieller Relikte (Landschaften) als Assemblages sind aus der Akteurs-Netzwerk-Perspektive ein höchst dynamisches Forschungsfeld. Den Blick auf industrielle Relikte der Moderne zu lenken bedeutet, die Muster von Aktanten und Akteuren innerhalb heterogener Netzwerke nachzuzeichnen. Die Frage zum Umgang mit diesen Hinterlassenschaften richtet sich auf das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Kontinuität und Wandel: Wie werden diese Netzwerke geschaffen, wie werden sie gehalten oder auch, wie werden sie zerstört? Relikte der Moderne legen nicht (kollektive) Handlungen fest, sondern können sie einräumen, hervorbringen, beeinflussen oder verhindern. Relikte der Moderne sind ein Ausdruck von Machtrelationen als Wirkungen heterogener Netzwerke. Sie sind Symbolträger sozialer Hierarchien, sind Vergegenständlichungen sozialer Ungleichheiten. Relikte bewegen sich periodisch zwischen ihrer Rolle als Mittler und Beschleuniger und ihrer Rolle als Hintergrund und Struktur. Sie repräsentieren Wandel in ihrer Veränderung von Wirksamkeit zu Menschen, sie repräsentieren Kontinuität in Bezug auf ihre Struktur und Substanz. Diese Thesen sollen am Beispiel einer ehemaligen Furnierfabrik in Berlin-Oberschöneweide illustriert und kritisch hinterfragt werden. KW - Heritage KW - ANT KW - Berlin Y1 - 2018 UR - http://books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/arthistoricum/catalog/book/374 SN - 978-3-95954-061-2 SN - 978-3-946653-98-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.374.531 SP - 178 EP - 185 PB - Verlag Jörg Mitzka CY - Holzminden ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Binder, Julia T1 - Stadt als Palimpsest : zur Wechselwirkung von Materialität und Gedächtnis Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3-95808-024-9 PB - Neofelis CY - Berlin ET - 1. Auflage ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Binder, Julia ED - Huffschmid, Anne ED - Durán, Valeria T1 - Debates de memoria. El muro de Berlín como espacio conflictivo T2 - Topografías conflictivas. Memoria, espacios y ciudades en disputa Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-987-24976-8-2 SP - 107 EP - 124 PB - Trilce CY - Buenos Aires ET - 1. Auflage ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Binder, Julia T1 - Baulücken unter der Lupe Y1 - 2019 SP - 34 EP - 34 PB - Stadt Eberswalde [u.a.] CY - Eberswalde ER - TY - GEN A1 - Binder, Julia A1 - Matern, Antje T1 - Mobility and social exclusion in peripheral regions T2 - European Planning Studies N2 - Mobility largely depends on public services and constitutes a key factor for regional development. However, demographic and structural changes challenge public transport networks in peripheral regions and lead to economic shrinkage. This, in turn, undermines the principle of creating or maintaining equal living conditions across Germany and leads to spatial polarization. Limited mobility is closely connected to social exclusion and warrants an in-depth analysis. Our paper examines the commuting patterns of apprentices in rural Brandenburg, Germany. It is based on a survey of apprentices in tourism and the food industry. The study finds that apprentices in rural areas are confronted with public transport deficits but also apply strategies for dealing with these problems. The paper also shows how this relates to social exclusion and to current planning debates regarding co-production and digitalization in the context of public service provision. KW - service provision KW - mobility KW - peripheral regions Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1689926 SN - 0965-4313 SN - 1469-5944 VL - 28 IS - 6 SP - 1049 EP - 1067 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Matern, Antje A1 - Binder, Julia A1 - Noack, Anika T1 - Smart regions: insights from hybridization and peripheralization research T2 - European Planning Studies Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1703910 SN - 0965-4313 SN - 1469-5944 VL - 28(2020) IS - 10 SP - 2060 EP - 2077 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Binder, Julia ED - Terletsky, Maksym ED - Weidner, Silke ED - Viderman, Tihomir T1 - Smart city strategies T2 - Broschüre Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www-docs.b-tu.de/fg-stadtmanagement/public/CityMakers2_Terletsky_Weidner_Viderman_new.pdf SP - 66 EP - 71 PB - City Institute Lviv CY - Lviv ER - TY - GEN A1 - Binder, Julia A1 - Sept, Ariane T1 - Smart villagers and digital pioneers? Towards a new definition of urban-rural partnerships T2 - URP Konferenz "Sustainable and resilient Urban-Rural Partnerships", Leipzig 25.-27. November 2020 als Online-Kongress KW - urban-rural relationships KW - smart villagers KW - digital pioneers Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.zukunftsstadt-stadtlandplus.de/files/zukunftsstadt-statdtlandplus/Statusseminare%20Workshops/Statuskonferenz%202020%20&%20URP%202020/URP%202020/urp2020_abstracts.pdf SP - 98 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Binder, Julia A1 - Witting, Antje T1 - Digital pioneers in rural regional development: a bibliometric analysis of digitalisation and leadership T2 - Raumforschung und Raumordnung N2 - While research into digitalisation in cities has grown strongly in recent years, rural areas have now also clearly shifted into the focus of attention. An important strand of research into digitalisation in rural areas can be described as agency perspectives. Current studies point to the driving, transformative force of key figures, for example social entrepreneurs, smart villagers or spatial pioneers. At heart, these studies propose that paths for collective action can be developed via key figures, thus generating ways to change established rules and norms. This paper represents a methodological contribution to this strand of research by subjecting the debate on leadership through key figures to a quantitative, bibliometric analysis, on the basis of which a heuristic is proposed in order to develop relevant research questions. Based on different strands of discourse, our results show that unequal spatial development ismanifested in an urban bias, but also demonstrate the potential of the growing research field in rural regional development. KW - digitalisation KW - regional development KW - digital pioneers KW - leadership KW - bibliometric analysis Y1 - 2022 UR - https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/103 U6 - https://doi.org/10.14512/rur.103 SN - 1869-4179 VL - 80 IS - 3 SP - 266 EP - 278 ER -