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Interesting thought piece as we get ready for CAM and the 3rd Spaces session.  Are museums more like the library as 3rd space or the one described at the end of the article?

South African educators have to construct the next practice in learning and teaching by integrating local and global knowledge in a unique space (what Bhabha refers to as a ‘third’ space).

Read the comments too. Coloring is a big stress reliever for adults. How about coloring books in third spaces?

Slow Reading Clubs! Another angle on building a third space.

thirdspace is defined as a hybrid concept that blurs the division between physical and virtual spaces in order to create a third, equally dynamic space that creates a new area of negotiation of meaning and representation.

I felt obligated to put this here. Very insightful read. In the absence of meaningful gun reform, it isn't hard to imagine public spaces becoming more rigid, enclosed, and surveilled. That's a problem.

80 per cent of Australian's feel the pressure to have better work life balance. 83 per cent hate or don't like their job, and since the introduction of the term work life balance, depression has increased by a factor of 10.

It's an open mic night ... something museums could do for their publics -- maybe in a third space!

questions about interpretation memorial museums in the context of idea of museums as a third space

Smarter travel combined with alternative working practices could ease strains on infrastructure and transport and turn cities into smarter places to work and live.

72 percent of firms that give their staff flexibility over where and when they work say there is a direct link to greater productivity

How does one switch off from work and make the transition?

Venture capital for helping salespeople connect with clients via social networking. "We are offering a third space, between the sales team and a client, where they can come together," he said. Can museums use this model to connect with potential donors/members?

Many businesses can be run successfully from anywhere in the world, using modern collaboration software and teleconferencing, but other businesses may need "an environment where people interact in person, and startups are a great example of that.

The vaunted "third space" isn't home, and isn't work-it's more like the living room of society at large.  It's a place where you are neither family nor co-worker, and yet where the values, interests, gossip, complaints and inspirations of these two other spheres intersect.  It's a place at least one step removed from the structures of work and home, more random, and yet familiar enough to breed a sense of identity and connection.  It's a place of both possibility and comfort, where the unexpected and the mundane transcend and mingle. And nine times out of ten, it's a bar.

This kind of "third space" is really a workplace that is not home and not a coffee shop.  Alternative workspaces that draw people out of the homes and give them more and better access to workplace amenities can help people be more productive and create community.

some good ideas for third spaces

Lots of third spaces in the making here. Look at all the California finalists!

A new kind of third space.  What do parklets (microparks) have in common with museum pop-ups?

Third spaces can be developed anywhere as this parking lot that incorporates green facades and a rooftop playground shows us.