Defamiliarization: Flarf, conceptual writing, and using flawed software tools as creative partners
One form of creativity uses defamiliarization, a mechanism that frees the brain from its rational shackles and permits the abducing brain to run free. Mistakes and flaws in several software tools are shown to be the starting points for increased creativity and better art, and a theory explaining the...
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Hong Kong Bao Long Accounting & Secretarial Limited
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/article/view/181/137 |
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| author | Richard P. Gabriel (ACM Fellow; Allen Newell Award) |
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| description | One form of creativity uses defamiliarization, a mechanism that frees the brain from its rational shackles and permits the abducing brain to run free. Mistakes and flaws in several software tools are shown to be the starting points for increased creativity and better art, and a theory explaining the phenomenon is proposed. |
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| title_full | Defamiliarization: Flarf, conceptual writing, and using flawed software tools as creative partners |
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| title_short | Defamiliarization: Flarf, conceptual writing, and using flawed software tools as creative partners |
| title_sort | defamiliarization flarf conceptual writing and using flawed software tools as creative partners |
| topic | Writing Poetry Creativity Flarf |
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