Sustaining Social Creativity

Although creative individuals are often thought of as working in isolation, much of our intelligence and creativity results from interaction with tools and artifacts and from collaborating with other individuals [Csikszentmihalyi, 1996]. Many traditional approaches to creativity, however, have disregarded the importance of social and material surroundings. A richer framework would enable software development, interaction design, and information content researchers and managers to understand the opportunities, challenges and principles of social creativity