Quotes

"Dialogue is mutual search for a new reality, not debate to win with stronger arguments. In a dialogue propositions are pointers toward a common new reality; not against each other to win a verbal battle, but complementing each other in an effort to accommodate legitimate goals of all parties, inspired by theories and values, and constructive-creative-concrete enough to become a causa finalis". Galtuung


"I use the concept of affect as away of talking about a margin of manouverability, the 'where we might be able to go' and 'what we might be able to do' in every present situation. I guess 'affect' is a word I use for 'hope': Massumi


"A discourse is a system of words, actions, rules, beliefs, and institutions that share common values. Particular discourses sustain particular worldviews. We might even think of a discourse as a worldview in action. Discourses tend to be invisible--taken for granted as part of the fabric of reality."Fairclough


Emergence is “the principle that entities exhibit properties which are meaningful only when attributed to the whole, not to its parts.” Checkland


"What the designer cares about is whether the user perceives that some action is possible (or in the case of perceived non-affordances, not possible)." Norman




Monday, 6 September 2010

Creativity, Innovation and Secrecy

There is a dialectical relation between the idea of Creativity as  Collective Resource  and the Secrecy encouraged by those promoting product innovation as intellectual property as depicted by this bbc video about 21st Century Inventors  "its extremely important to keep it absolutely quiet","confidentuality is key", "It usually takes years"


The question what is the relationship between these two approaches?, where is the power?, can they operate in a complementary way? Are certain types of invention/creation enabled/disabled by the each approach? Are certain perspectives on creative potential popularised by each approach...?



The intellectual property approach fits well  with scientific positivism
Fixed Identity - Individual Genius etc




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