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Making is Connecting: The Social Meaning of Creativity

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

In Making is Connecting, David Gauntlett argues that through making things, people engage with the world and create connections with each other. Both online and offline, we see that people want to make their mark on the world, and to … Continue reading →

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A Cultural and Systemic View of Distributed Creativity

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

This article discusses the limitations of the first generation of creativity-management technologies based on the psychological theories of intelligence and problem-solving. The turn into a cultural and systemic conception in the psychology of creativity is analyzed. It is argued that … Continue reading →

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Creativity As Cultural Participation

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

Understanding creativity means understanding the various systems that contribute to its development and manifestation: from the biological to the cultural, from individual expression to social dynamics. This systemic view dominates today’s literature on the topic, being explicitly adopted by Hennessey … Continue reading →