The document discusses creative cities and how they are defined by innovation, economic activity, and prosperity. It provides examples of creative cities like Silicon Valley in California and discusses how technology parks in Indiana also promote creativity. While creative cities were traditionally defined geographically, the rise of the internet and virtual collaboration has allowed creativity to occur anywhere. The future may see a shift to a "things to make" economy with the rise of "tinkering schools" to nurture creative skills in future generations.

1. Katie Birge, Department of Telecommunications Creative Cities Summer Media Life, Indiana University 25 May 2011

2. Overview Defining Creative Cities Development of Creative Cities Living a Media Life (in Creative Cities?) The Future of the Creative Class: Tinkering Schools

3. “Where we live shapes how we live”

6. What are Creative Cities? prosperity innovation economic activity

7. 30x10 mi strip between San Francisco and San Jose Home of Stanford U’s Research Park, 1951 (HP, among others) Headquarters to hundreds of other technology companies Silicon Valley, Cupertino, CA

8. Florida: “The World is Spiky.”

9. In a Media Life, place is becoming more virtual and less important.

10. “But thanks to the Internet, they're now able to live in Friedman's Flat World, collaborating and competing with other programmers around the world. And there are hundreds of thousands of other talents like them, scattered to the four corners of the globe. They don't figure on Florida's map, but any one of them can have an impact.” -Chris Anderson

12. Technology Parks in Indiana:

13. innovation economic activity prosperity

14. Creative Cities in a Media Life Perspective Shift from Geographic to Virtual Shift from “things to buy” to “things to do” economy

15. Shift to “Things to Make” Economy

16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvHViFc0ekw&feature=related raising future generations of creatives: tinkering schools

17. In a Media Life, creativity can happen in ANY city. Where will you go?