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Simone Natale and Leah Henrickson draw on their research into computational creativity and introduce the concept of the ‘Lovelace Effect’, to explain how creativity is often a product of social conventions and why as a consequence, educators and researchers should think carefully about what constitutes good writing in their fields.
Drawing on a recent survey of forty years of research papers in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and interviews with authors, Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner, Kean Birch, Thed van Leeuwen and Maria Amuchastegui observe an increasing homogenization of published work. Weighing up the pros and cons of this development, they discuss whether it has enhanced or limited intellectual innovations in STS.
In this video Sarah Newman guides you through the process of setting up a workshop to get students interacting through art to help spark creativity.
Ken Robinson, the revered and prolific evangelist for connecting education with the arts, died August 21 of cancer. He was 70. As Social Science Space prepares a full obituary, we repost an account of Robinson’s appearance to help mark SAGE Publishing’s 50th year in 2015; SAGE is the parent of Social Science Space.
Candace Jones, Mark Lorenzen, Jonathan Sapsed , eds.: The Oxford Handbook of Creative Industries. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. 576 […]
Group & Organization has added two new article collections to the Editor’s Choice Collections. The new Job Satisfaction collection offers […]
Creative careers can differ quite a bit from the average 9-to-5 desk job, but only some go so far as […]
Kip Jones, who from his perch as a reader in performative social science at Bournemouth University’s Centre for Qualitative Research focuses on developing tools from the arts and humanities for use by social scientists in research, offers this top 10 list of techniques to welcome in the new year.
In the latest podcast from Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, author Maryam F. Yepes of Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, Switzerland discusses her […]
The customer may always be right, but research has shown that their memory can sometimes fail them when recollecting service […]
World Future Review is a refereed journal that seeks to expand communication among the researchers and practitioners now exploring trends […]
Congratulations to Crina O. Tarasi, Ruth N. Bolton, Anders Gustafsson and Beth A. Walker, winners of the 2013 Best Article […]
