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5 Cards in this Set
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What are the five key arguments of the book? |
1) A new understanding of creativity as process, emotion, and presence. 2) The drive to make and share. (that we all want to do this - create) 3) Happiness through creativity and community. 4) A middle layer of creativity as social glue. 5) Making your own mark, and making the world your own. |
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What current internet-based examples are used to review and illustrate the philosophies of John Ruskin and William Morris? |
Ruskin: cat memes Morris: Youtube and Audioboo recordings |
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How do the ideas presented in the book offer a challenge to neoliberal ways of seeing the world? |
The belief that markets are the only lens through which to run anything, or to access the value of anything. |
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What are the imagined future scenarios for media, education, work, politics and the environment? |
Media: the Web is "leisure time" - people are aware of everyday creativity and others Education: Curiousity over standardization Work: people are to do good work for its own sake, rather than pleasing a management demand
Environment: |
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What is Gauntlett’s overall concluding argument in the book? |
"Sit back and be told" is relieving but not rewarding like "making and doing" We can increase our pleasure in everyday life, unlock innovative capacity, and build resilience in our communities |
