TY - GEN
T1 - Crafting in a community of practice
T2 - 12th ACM Creativity and Cognition Conference, C and C 2019
AU - Knearem, Tiffany
AU - Wang, Xiying
AU - Wan, Jiaan
AU - Carroll, John M.
PY - 2019/6/13
Y1 - 2019/6/13
N2 - People express their creativity through something that they enjoy doing. Through engagement in creative work, creators cultivate their identity, enhance problem-solving skills, and speak their thoughts and feelings. In this paper, we look into how a community of practice supports members in legitimizing their creativity. We conducted a user study with members of a home brewing community to understand their creative beer-crafting practice. We first interviewed 11 home brewers, nine of which are members of a home brew club and two who did not belong to any home brewing organization. We then observed club members as they participated in club activities. Our findings suggest that two types of resource sharing are key in supporting different aspects of creativity in a community of practice. Based on these findings, we propose design strategies for supporting sharing in a creative community of practice.
AB - People express their creativity through something that they enjoy doing. Through engagement in creative work, creators cultivate their identity, enhance problem-solving skills, and speak their thoughts and feelings. In this paper, we look into how a community of practice supports members in legitimizing their creativity. We conducted a user study with members of a home brewing community to understand their creative beer-crafting practice. We first interviewed 11 home brewers, nine of which are members of a home brew club and two who did not belong to any home brewing organization. We then observed club members as they participated in club activities. Our findings suggest that two types of resource sharing are key in supporting different aspects of creativity in a community of practice. Based on these findings, we propose design strategies for supporting sharing in a creative community of practice.
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U2 - 10.1145/3325480.3325487
DO - 10.1145/3325480.3325487
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - C and C 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 Creativity and Cognition
SP - 83
EP - 94
BT - C and C 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 Creativity and Cognition
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 23 June 2019 through 26 June 2019
ER -