SMC300H1 Lecture 5: SMC300 Cheat Sheet - Week 5
12 Apr 2012
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Shifts in production and distribution, culture, media, news, info. Different way of thinking about content people produce and share through social networks, not merely interactions or data being mined but as form of cultural production/creative output. Idea that culture increasingly interactive and customized implies activity and agency. Expanded definition of creativity: everyday creativity refers to a process which brings together at least one active mind, and material/digital world, in activity of making something which is novel in that context, a process evoking feeling of joy. Uncovering links to prior movements practices, where handmade and smateur produced cultural artifacts were central (making and consuming) post- industrialization/rise of mass-produced goods. Not all online and offline creations share same traditions and properties but many do. Gauntlett encourages to move beyond discussing form to think about processes involved creativity, making connections, sharing, learning, building social capital.
