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$Research paper thumbnail of Why Dublin\u27s Science Gallery Should Be Saved$

Set in a striking, modernistic building against the old stone walls of Trinity College on Dublin\... more Set in a striking, modernistic building against the old stone walls of Trinity College on Dublin\u27s Pearse Street, Science Gallery opened to the public in February 2008. Since then, it has hosted many large exhibitions and hundreds of events on topics ranging from prescription medication to fashion and from neuroscience to epidemics. Last week, Trinity College announced a sudden and unexpected decision to close the gallery

Once filled with slaughterhouses and packing plants, the Meatpacking district on the far west sid... more Once filled with slaughterhouses and packing plants, the Meatpacking district on the far west side of Manhattan is now a lively space. It\u27s home to vibrant clubs and restaurants, an art museum and accessible outdoor spaces. Place-making strategies designed to create new places have successfully invented and re-imagined areas and parts of urban locations in need of new life. Initiatives designed to breathe new life into retail and commercial districts and docklands are underway across the historic city centres of Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Galway, Kilkenny and Dublin

$Research paper thumbnail of Why Brainstorms Don\u27t Always Work$

Brainstorming was first introduced into organisations as a means of industrialising creativity. T... more Brainstorming was first introduced into organisations as a means of industrialising creativity. The technique was devised to enhance the creative output of organisations by harnessing the creativity and productivity potential of groups. The practice was conceived by psychologists who studied the cognitive process of having ideas and developed the \u27how to\u27 principles of what we know today as brainstorming

History provides many examples of interesting collaborations that have made their mark on the wor... more History provides many examples of interesting collaborations that have made their mark on the world, re-defined what is possible and upended how things are done. While solving an immediate problem, collaborations have created a lasting impact and reach that may not have been imagined

Discourses of creativity tempt us with promises of treasures from terra incognito (Cox, 2005). Cr... more Discourses of creativity tempt us with promises of treasures from terra incognito (Cox, 2005). Creativity is central to the enterprise culture of our age and there is a dark side to such temptations (O'Rourke, 2010;Osborne, 2003; Rehn & De Cock, 2009). Creativity's role in the enterprise culture may mean that like other aspects of enterprise culture, though many are called, few are chosen (Ainsworth & Hardy, 2008). This paper presents preliminary findings on data deriving from a larger project investigating creativity on the interactions between some special people that might be expected to be particularly creative (discipline experts from different arts and sciences) in a special place that might be expected to privilege creativity (Leadbeater, 2005). Our terra rara of creativity is Ireland's Science Gallery at Trinity College, Dublin, where interactions between different domain experts were observed and recorded over the course of four months in 2011. The interactions have been loosely transcribed using the basic principles of CA. Preliminary findings include three observations. Firstly, creative performances involve a type of content we call 'idea talk'. Secondly, performances of creative collaboration involve variance, not equality, in participation by individual experts. Variance in participation in group creativity is somewhat in tension with findings from the equality of participation celebrated in the brainstorming literature (Osborn, 1979) and reported from research

This paper presents preliminary findings deriving from a larger project investigating the perform... more This paper presents preliminary findings deriving from a larger project investigating the performance of collaborative creativity and is primarily concerned with describing the communication patterns of such performance. Interactions between different domain experts in Ireland's Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin, were observed and recorded over the course of four months in 2011. The interactions have been loosely transcribed using the basic principles of CA. Preliminary findings include three observations. Firstly, creative performances involve a type of content we call 'idea talk'. Secondly, performances of creative collaboration involve variance, not equality, in participation by individual experts. Variance in participation in group creativity is somewhat in tension with findings from the equality of participation celebrated in the brainstorming literature (Osborn, 1979) and reported from research in other collaborative groups (Sawyer, 2007, Sonnenburg, 2004 Steiner, 2009). Thirdly, the role of the facilitator in creative collaborations requires a flexibility to move between roles of facilitator and participant and the communications skills to summarise and express the ideas of others as well as their own ideas. The character of what we call 'idea talk', the variance in paricipation and the multifaceted role of the facilitator may help define creative collaborations and in doing so, distinguish them from other group interactional forms such as meetings, focus groups, brainstorming sessions and other collaborative contexts.

$Research paper thumbnail of Why Dublin\u27s Science Gallery Should Be Saved$

$Research paper thumbnail of Why Brainstorms Don\u27t Always Work$