Distributed creativity Kurt Luther and Nicholas Diakopoulos Georgia Institute of Technology Creativity & Cognition 2007 Workshop on Supporting Creative Acts Beyond Dissemination Washington, D.C., USA June 13 th , 2007

Overview Jumpcut The genex framework Participation in Yahoo! Groups Traditional filmmaking roles Distributed creativity Low barriers to entry Stigmergic collaboration Free association Example Closing thoughts Questions?

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The genex framework

Participation in Yahoo! Groups

Traditional filmmaking roles

Distributed creativity

Low barriers to entry

Stigmergic collaboration

Free association

Example

Closing thoughts

Questions?

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The genex framework Ben Shneiderman, “Creating Creativity: User Interfaces for Supporting Innovation,” ACM ToCHI , 2000

Participation in Yahoo! Groups Bradley Horowitz, “Creators, Synthesizers, and Consumers,” Elatable , 2006

Traditional filmmaking roles filmmakers critics audiences

Distributed creativity

Low barriers to entry

Stigmergic collaboration Mark Elliott, “Stigmergic Collaboration: The Evolution of Group Work,” M/C Journal , 2006

Free association

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Closing thoughts Online remixing communities underscore the need for models of social creativity. The creative process can be distributed across a range of roles—viewers, analyzers, and synthesizers. Creative contexts should be designed to afford fluid transitions between these roles.

Online remixing communities underscore the need for models of social creativity.

The creative process can be distributed across a range of roles—viewers, analyzers, and synthesizers.

Creative contexts should be designed to afford fluid transitions between these roles.

Questions? Kurt Luther [email_address] Nicholas Diakopoulos [email_address] More on Jumpcut Nicholas Diakopoulos, Kurt Luther, Yevgeniy Medynskiy and Irfan Essa, “The Evolution of Authorship in a Remix Society,” Proc. ACM HT ’07 , (forthcoming) Thank you! Especially: Yevgeniy Medynskiy, Irfan Essa, Amy Bruckman

Kurt Luther [email_address]

Nicholas Diakopoulos [email_address]

More on Jumpcut Nicholas Diakopoulos, Kurt Luther, Yevgeniy Medynskiy and Irfan Essa, “The Evolution of Authorship in a Remix Society,” Proc. ACM HT ’07 , (forthcoming)

Thank you! Especially: Yevgeniy Medynskiy, Irfan Essa, Amy Bruckman