Rethinking Technology & Creativity


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180-degree ambigram for “think-re-think”

For the past few years, the Deep-Play Research Group (DPRG) have written a series of articles under the broad rubric of Rethinking Technology & Creativity in the 21st Century. 

Note: If you are looking for interviews with creativity researchers you can find them here

This series of articles has led to 2 edited volumes:

The members of DPRG are: Punya Mishra, Danah Henriksen, Liz Boltz, William Cain, Michael deSchryver, Kristin DeBruler, Kristin Elwood, Chris Fahnoe, Jon Good, Megan Hoelting, Sarah Keenan, Matthew Koehler, Rohit Mehta, Carmen Richardson, Sandra Sawaya, Colin Terry, Laura Terry, Melissa Warr and Aman Yadav.

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Some members of the DPRG @ the 2016 SITE conference

The entire series of articles, with links to PDFs, given below:

  1. Mishra, P., & The Deep-Play Research Group (2012). Crayons are the Future. TechTrends, 56(5), 13-16.
  2. Mishra, P., Henriksen, D. &  The Deep-Play Research Group (2012). On being (in)disciplined. TechTrends 56(6), 18-21.
  3. Mishra, P., Fahnoe, C., Henriksen, D. & the Deep-Play Research Group (2013). Creativity, self-directed learning, and the architecture of technology rich environments. Tech Trends, (57)1. p. 10-13.
  4. Mishra, P., Terry, C., Henriksen, D. & the Deep-Play Research Group (2013). Square Peg, Round Hole, Good Engineering. Tech Trends, (57) 2. p. 22-25.
  5. Mishra, P., Yadav, A., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2013). Of Art and Algorithms. Tech Trends, (57) 3. p. 10-14.
  6. Mishra, P., Cain, W., Sawaya, S., Henriksen, D. & the Deep-Play Research Group (2013). A Room of their own. Tech Trends, (57) 4. p. 5-9.
  7. Mishra, P., Henriksen, D., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2013). A NEW approach to defining and measuring creativity. Tech Trends (57) 5, p. 5-13.
  8. Henriksen, D., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play research group (2014). Twisting knobs and connecting things: Rethinking Technology & Creativity in the 21st Century. Tech Trends, (58)1, P. 15-19
  9. Mishra, P., Henriksen, D., & the Deep-Play research group (2014). Revisited and Remixed: Creative Variations and Twisting Knobs.Tech Trends, (58)1, P. 20-23–The 7 Transdisciplinary Creativity Skills
  10. Henriksen, D., Mehta, R., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2014). Learning to See: Perceiving as a trans-disciplinary habit of mind. Tech Trends, (58)4, p. 9-12
  11. Henriksen, D., Cain, W.,  Mishra, P.  & the Deep-Play Research Group (2014). Making sense of what you see: Patterning as a trans-disciplinary habit of mind. Tech Trends (58)5, p. 3-7.
  12. Henriksen, D., Fahnoe, C., & Mishra, P. & the Deep-Play Research Group (2014). Abstracting as a trans-disciplinary habit of mind. Tech Trends (58)6. p. 3-7
  13. Henriksen, D., Good, J., & Mishra, P. & the Deep-Play Research Group (2015). Embodied Thinking as a trans-disciplinary habit of mind. Tech Trends (58)6. p. 3-7
  14. Henriksen, D., Terry, C., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2015). Modeling as a trans-disciplinary formative skill and practice. Tech Trends (59)2. p. 4-9.
  15. Henriksen, D., Keenan, S., Richardson, C., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2015). Play as a Foundational Thinking Skill & Trans-disciplinary Habit of Mind. Tech Trends (59)3.*
  16. Henrkisen, D., DeSchryver, M., Mishra, P. & the Deep-Play Research Group (2015). Transform and transcend: Synthesis as a trans-disciplinary approach to thinking and learning. Tech Trends (59)4.
  17. Lee, J., Hicks, D., Henriksen, D., & Mishra, P.& the Deep-Play Research Group (2015). Historical soundscapes for creative synthesis. Tech Trends (59)5. 4-8.
  18. Boltz, L. O., Henriksen, D., & Mishra, P. & the Deep-Play Research Group (in press). Empathy through Gaming—Perspective Taking in a Complex World. Tech Trends (59)6
  19. Mehta, R., Mishra, P., & Henriksen, D., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2016). Creativity in mathematics and beyond — Learning from Fields medal winners. Tech Trends (59)7
  20. Henriksen, D., & Hoelting, M. (2016). A Systems View of Creativity in a YouTube World. Tech Trends. (60)2. 102-106Interviews with Creativity Scholars
  21. Keenan, S., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2016). Practicing the Process with Dr. Michele Root-Bernstein, Tech Trends (60)3, 200-203.
  22. Good, J., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2016). Creativity as Resistance. Tech Trends (60)4, 309-312.
  23. Richardson, C., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2016). Navigating the Tensions Inherent in Understanding Creativity: An Interview with Mark Runco. Tech Trends (60)5, 415-418.
  24. Mehta, R., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2016). Downtime as a key to novelty generation: Understanding the neuroscience of creativity with Dr. Rex Jung. Tech Trends (60)6.
  25. Henriksen, D., & Mishra, P., (2016). Between Structure and Improvisation: A Conversation on Creativity as a Social and Collaborative Behavior with Dr. Keith Sawyer. Tech Trends (61)1.
  26. Henriksen, D., Cain, W. & The Deep-Play Research Group (2017). Uncreativity: a Discussion on Working Creativity Before and After Ideation with Dr. Chris Bilton. Tech Trends (61)2.
  27. Elwood, K., Henriksen, D., Mishra, P. & The Deep-Play Research Group (2017). Finding Meaning in Flow: A Conversation with Susan K. Perry on Writing Creatively. Tech Trends (61)3. doi:10.1007/s11528-017-0181-5
  28. Keenan, S., Henriksen, D. & The Deep-Play Research Group (2017). Organizational Contexts and Team Creativity: An Interview with Dr. Roni Reiter-Palmon on Innovation Within Organizations. Tech Trends (61)4.
  29. Mehta, R., Henriksen, D., Mishra, P. & The Deep-Play Research Group (2017). The Courageous Rationality of Being a Neuroskeptic Neuroscientist: Dr. Arne Dietrich on Creativity and Education. Tech Trends (61)5. 415-419. DOI 10.1007/s11528-017-0217-x
  30. Richardson, C., Henriksen, D., Mishra, P. & The Deep-Play Research Group (2017). The Courage to be Creative: An interview with Dr. Yong Zhao. Tech Trends (61)5. 415-419. DOI 10.1007/s11528-017-0221-1
  31. Henriksen, D., Mishra, P., Warr, M. & The Deep-Play Research Group (2017). A Cybernetic Perspective on Design and Creativity: a Conversation with Dr. Paul Pangaro. Tech Trends (61)6. DOI 10.1007/s11528-017-0221-1
  32. Warr, M., Henriksen, D., Mishra, P.,  & The Deep-Play Research Group (2018). Creativity and Flow in Surgery, Music, and Cooking: An Interview with Neuroscientist Charles Limb. Tech Trends. DOI 10.1007/s11528-018-0251-3
  33. Henriksen, D., Mishra, P.,  & The Deep-Play Research Group (2018).  Creativity as Invention, Discovery, Innovation and Intuition: an Interview with Dr. Richard Buchanan Tech Trends. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-018-0279-4
  34. Keenan-Lechel, S., Henriksen, D., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2018). Creativity as a Sliding Maze: an Interview with Dr. James C. Kaufman. Tech Trends. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-018-0279-4
  35. Richardson, C.,  Henriksen, D. & the Deep-Play Research Group (2018). It’s Not ‘Hippies Running Barefoot Through a Field of Daisies’ and Other Contemplations on Creativity with Dr. Jonathan Plucker. Tech Trends. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-018-0323-4
  36. Henriksen, D., Mishra, P. & the Deep-Play Research Group (2018). Creativity, Uncertainty, and Beautiful Risks: a Conversation with Dr. Ronald Beghetto. Tech Trends.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-018-0329-y
  37. Mehta, R., Henriksen, D., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2019). An embodied dialogic endeavor: Towards a posthumanizing approach to creativity with Dr. Kerry Chappell. Tech Trends. 63. p 6-12.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-018-0357-7
  38. Warr, M., Henriksen, D., Mishra, P. & the Deep-Play Research Group. (2019). Creativity and Expressive Arts, Performance, Physicality and Wellness: A Conversation with Dr. Paula Thomson and Dr. Victoria Jaque. Tech Trends.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-019-00372-8
  39. Richardson, C., Henriksen, D. & the Deep-Play Research Group (2019). Questioning the myth of ideation: Tatiana Chemi and the Hard Work of Creativity. TechTrends, 63: 245-250. dos: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-019-00391-5
  40. Evans, M.D., Henriksen, D., Mishra, P. & the Deep-Play Research Group (2019). Using creativity and imagination to understand our algorithmic world: A conversation with Dr. Ed Finn.. TechTrends, 64: dos: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-019-00404-3
  41. Keenan-Lechel, S., Henriksen, D., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2019). Creativity as Perspective Taking: An Interview with Dr. Vlad Glaveanu. TechTrends, 63 (6): p. 652-658. dos: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-019-00404-3
  42. Henriksen, D., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2020). A Pragmatic but Hopeful Conception of Creativity: a Conversation with Dr. Barbara Kerr. TechTrends. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-020-00476-6