Random thinking, ordered doing: Understanding group creative practice through repertory grid technique

Shaun McWhinnie; Shaleph J. O'Neill; Louise Valentine

doi:10.1145/1640233.1640256

Random thinking, ordered doing: Understanding group creative practice through repertory grid technique

Shaun McWhinnie, Shaleph J. O'Neill, Louise Valentine

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The aim of our work is to better understand the impact of interactive technology on the creative process. An important part of beginning this research is to understand how creative practitioners make sense of their own creative practice. This paper introduces work carried out using a kit based Repertory Grid Technique (RGT), to examine the conceptual constructs of a small group of creative practitioners in a workshop format. The results, although preliminary, identify a number of shared constructs that help us describe aspects of creative processes from the practitioners' point of view. This leads us to hypothesize about potential models of creativity that we can use in future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	C & C 09:
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the seventh ACM conference on Creativity and cognition
Editors	Nick Bryan-Kinns, Mark D. Gross, Hilary Johnson, Jack Ox, Ron Wakkary
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	137-146
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-60558-865-0
ISBN (Print)	978-1-60558-403-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1640233.1640256
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	7th ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition - Berkeley, United States Duration: 27 Oct 2009 → 30 Oct 2009 http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~nickbk/creativityandcognition09/index.htm

Conference

Conference	7th ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition
Country/Territory	United States
City	Berkeley
Period	27/10/09 → 30/10/09
Internet address	http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~nickbk/creativityandcognition09/index.htm

Keywords

Creativity
Interaction
HCI

Access to Document

10.1145/1640233.1640256

2 Citations
1 Conference contribution

RE: Designing a digital sketchbook
O'Neill, S., 2011, C&C '11: : Proceedings of the 8th ACM conference on Creativity and Cognition. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, p. 383-384 2 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
2 Citations (Scopus)

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McWhinnie, S., O'Neill, S. J., & Valentine, L. (2009). Random thinking, ordered doing: Understanding group creative practice through repertory grid technique. In N. Bryan-Kinns, M. D. Gross, H. Johnson, J. Ox, & R. Wakkary (Eds.), C & C 09: : Proceedings of the seventh ACM conference on Creativity and cognition (pp. 137-146). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/1640233.1640256

McWhinnie, Shaun ; O'Neill, Shaleph J. ; Valentine, Louise. / Random thinking, ordered doing : Understanding group creative practice through repertory grid technique. C & C 09: : Proceedings of the seventh ACM conference on Creativity and cognition. editor / Nick Bryan-Kinns ; Mark D. Gross ; Hilary Johnson ; Jack Ox ; Ron Wakkary. New York : Association for Computing Machinery, 2009. pp. 137-146

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McWhinnie, S, O'Neill, SJ & Valentine, L 2009, Random thinking, ordered doing: Understanding group creative practice through repertory grid technique. in N Bryan-Kinns, MD Gross, H Johnson, J Ox & R Wakkary (eds), C & C 09: : Proceedings of the seventh ACM conference on Creativity and cognition. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 137-146, 7th ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition , Berkeley, United States, 27/10/09. https://doi.org/10.1145/1640233.1640256

Random thinking, ordered doing : Understanding group creative practice through repertory grid technique. / McWhinnie, Shaun; O'Neill, Shaleph J.; Valentine, Louise.

C & C 09: : Proceedings of the seventh ACM conference on Creativity and cognition. ed. / Nick Bryan-Kinns; Mark D. Gross; Hilary Johnson; Jack Ox; Ron Wakkary. New York : Association for Computing Machinery, 2009. p. 137-146.

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McWhinnie S, O'Neill SJ, Valentine L. Random thinking, ordered doing: Understanding group creative practice through repertory grid technique. In Bryan-Kinns N, Gross MD, Johnson H, Ox J, Wakkary R, editors, C & C 09: : Proceedings of the seventh ACM conference on Creativity and cognition. New York: Association for Computing Machinery. 2009. p. 137-146 doi: 10.1145/1640233.1640256

Random thinking, ordered doing: Understanding group creative practice through repertory grid technique

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