The university tea room: Informal public spaces as ideas incubators

Wright, C; Ville, S

The university tea room: Informal public spaces as ideas incubators

Wright, C

Ville, S

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Publisher:: Informa UK Limited
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: History Australia, 2018, 15, (2), pp. 236-254
Issue Date:: 2018-04-03

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dc.contributor.author	Wright, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4215-4169
dc.contributor.author	Ville, S
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-04T21:09:28Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-04T21:09:28Z
dc.date.issued	2018-04-03
dc.identifier.citation	History Australia, 2018, 15, (2), pp. 236-254
dc.identifier.issn	1449-0854
dc.identifier.issn	1833-4881
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/161327
dc.description.abstract	Informal spaces encourage the meeting of minds and the sharing of ideas. They serve as an important counterpoint to the formal, silo-like structures of the modern organisation, encouraging social bonds and discussion across departmental lines. We address the role of one such institution – the university tea room – in Australia in the post-WWII decades. Drawing on a series of oral history interviews with economic historians, we examine the nature of the tea room space, demonstrate its effects on research within universities, and analyse the causes and implications of its decline in recent decades.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Informa UK Limited
dc.relation.ispartof	History Australia
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/14490854.2018.1443701
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	2003 Language Studies, 2103 Historical Studies
dc.title	The university tea room: Informal public spaces as ideas incubators
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	15
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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dc.date.updated	2022-09-04T21:09:27Z
pubs.issue	2
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Informal spaces encourage the meeting of minds and the sharing of ideas. They serve as an important counterpoint to the formal, silo-like structures of the modern organisation, encouraging social bonds and discussion across departmental lines. We address the role of one such institution – the university tea room – in Australia in the post-WWII decades. Drawing on a series of oral history interviews with economic historians, we examine the nature of the tea room space, demonstrate its effects on research within universities, and analyse the causes and implications of its decline in recent decades.

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