Remote and connected

Originally associated to big cities' centres, coworking spaces and «third-places» have been blooming in rural regions small towns over the past five years. The development of those places has critically supported by local national authorities, with a growing interest from localities. Indeed, are supposed provide answers numerous contemporary territorial challenges, tackle several dimensions or vulnerability. They enhance sustainability reducing need commute car-dependence, bringing both workplaces services closer home. also mobilised issue digital gap between centres peripheries, providing infrastructures hardware. Finally, they reduce inequalities strenghtening entrepreneurship, safeguarding jobs, facilitating professional retraining attract new residents an easier access telework.
 Conducted 2018 2020 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, our study provides some elements evaluate effects on vulnerability marginality. Based 17 situated areas, their funders’ trajectories users’ profiles, we discuss motives expected returns places, actual potentialities limits.
 We first present definitions third-places, origin recent spread areas main features geographical locations. Then, rationales behind creation attendance analysing funders motives. then limits third-places In discussion, interrogate notion marginality at light that can be defined essentially as spatial social networks. enlights diversity lifestyles areas. Coworkers display particular anchorages, resources being valued, though combined forms plural multilocalized belongings. Their relationship margin is chosen, controlled reversible, sometimes even yearned for. connectedness not so much where live rather than who know, embodying predominantly dimension