Uma cidade criativa de tipo relacional: Para uma cartografia das ligações em rede entre os setores público, privado e sem fins lucrativos nas indústrias criativas

Great attention has been recently drawn towards the role that arts, culture and creativity can play in regenerating and developing cities. Within this framework, the paper uses social network analysis (SNA) to explore not only the impact of physical regeneration but also the role played by networks of knowledge and support within the urban creative economy. Although this method is not new, it has only marginally been adopted by researchers in this field. By using the example of research undertaken in Newcastle‑Gateshead and the North East region of England that investigated the networks and relations between creative industries, the paper aims to contribute to this debate both from methodological and theoretical perspectives. The findings reveal the importance of knowledge and support networks in the field of creative industries. It suggests the need to adopt an ego‑centric networks approach in order to gain a full understanding of who the key actors in a local system are and the way they interact. Furthermore, not limiting knowledge interaction to the business level, it demonstrates the importance of interconnections with the public and the not‑for‑profit sector