While the Collective Wisdom report mainly focuses on co-creation in media arts, there are important practices with rich histories in other fields as well. From participatory design to community-based journalism, many people are working in methodologies that seek to shift power dynamics in processes that are key to cultural production and generation of knowledge. This interactive graphic puts these methods in conversation with each other as part of an overall effort to help break down silos between practitioners developing overlapping methods of work.
Wheel of
Co-Creative Practices. Interactive version available here.Click through each slice to go deeper into the categories. For example, here’s what you see when you click on “technology”:
Once you’re there, click on “planning” to zoom in further:
Finally, click on “community benefit agreements” to learn more:
This article is part of Collective Wisdom, an Immerse series created in collaboration with Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Documentary Lab. Immerse’s series features excerpts from MIT Open Documentary Lab’s larger field study — Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media within Communities, across Disciplines and with Algorithms — as well as bonus interviews and exclusive content.
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