Collective wisdom: co-creating media for equity and justice
Cambridge, Mass.; London:
MIT Press
(2022), viii, 385 pp., bibliogr. p.339-359, index
ISBN 9780262543774 (hbk); 9780262369862 (ebook)
CC BY-ND
"Why co-create—and why now? The many coauthors, drawing on a remarkable array of professional and personal experience, focus on the radical, sustained practices of co-creating media within communities and with social movements. They explore the urgent need for co-creation across disciplines and organization, and the latest methods for collaborating with nonhuman systems in biology and technology. The idea of “collective intelligence” is not new, and has been applied to such disparate phenomena as decision making by consensus and hived insects. Collective wisdom goes further. With conceptual explanation and practical examples, this book shows that co-creation only becomes wise when it is grounded in equity and justice." (Publisher)
Contents
Introduction, 1
1 “WE ARE HERE”: STARTING POINTS IN CO-CREATION, 19
In Conversation: Co-Creation and Equity—Five Media Makers of Color Speak Out / Juanita Anderson, Maria Agui Carter, Thomas Allen Harris, Maori Karmael Holmes, and Michèle Stephenson, 54
2 NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US: CO-CREATING WITHIN COMMUNITIES, 75
In Conversation: “If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Menu” / Detroit Narrative Agency, 98
Spotlight: Quipu Project—Peruvian Sterilization Survivors Speak / Sara Rafsky, 130
Spotlight: Question Bridge / Sara Rafsky, 133
Spotlight: Collaborative Journalism / Sara Rafsky, 141
3 ESTUARIES: CO-CREATING ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND ORGANIZATIONS, 149
Spotlight: Hyphen-Labs / Sara Rafsky, 177
Spotlight: SGaaway K’uuna (Edge of the Knife) [Feature film in Haida Language, Canada], 182
4 PLANTS, ANIMALS, GODS, AND AI: CO-CREATING WITH NONHUMAN SYSTEMS, 193
Spotlight: Stephanie Dinkins / Sarah Wolozin, 223
Spotlight: Sougwen Chung and D.O.U.G. / Sarah Wolozin, 225
5 FIELD GUIDE: RISKS AND LESSONS OF CO-CREATION, 231
In Conversation: The Benefits of Community Benefit Agreements / Detroit Narrative Agency, 251
In Conversation: Decentralized Storytelling / Amelia Winger-Bearskin, 259
In Conversation: Appropriate Models for Co-Creation / Cara Mertes, 270
In Conversation: Origins of Scribe Video Center / Louis Massiah, 275
6 CONCLUSION: WHERE TO FROM HERE? 295
Appendix: Related Media Projects, 307
1 “WE ARE HERE”: STARTING POINTS IN CO-CREATION, 19
In Conversation: Co-Creation and Equity—Five Media Makers of Color Speak Out / Juanita Anderson, Maria Agui Carter, Thomas Allen Harris, Maori Karmael Holmes, and Michèle Stephenson, 54
2 NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US: CO-CREATING WITHIN COMMUNITIES, 75
In Conversation: “If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Menu” / Detroit Narrative Agency, 98
Spotlight: Quipu Project—Peruvian Sterilization Survivors Speak / Sara Rafsky, 130
Spotlight: Question Bridge / Sara Rafsky, 133
Spotlight: Collaborative Journalism / Sara Rafsky, 141
3 ESTUARIES: CO-CREATING ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND ORGANIZATIONS, 149
Spotlight: Hyphen-Labs / Sara Rafsky, 177
Spotlight: SGaaway K’uuna (Edge of the Knife) [Feature film in Haida Language, Canada], 182
4 PLANTS, ANIMALS, GODS, AND AI: CO-CREATING WITH NONHUMAN SYSTEMS, 193
Spotlight: Stephanie Dinkins / Sarah Wolozin, 223
Spotlight: Sougwen Chung and D.O.U.G. / Sarah Wolozin, 225
5 FIELD GUIDE: RISKS AND LESSONS OF CO-CREATION, 231
In Conversation: The Benefits of Community Benefit Agreements / Detroit Narrative Agency, 251
In Conversation: Decentralized Storytelling / Amelia Winger-Bearskin, 259
In Conversation: Appropriate Models for Co-Creation / Cara Mertes, 270
In Conversation: Origins of Scribe Video Center / Louis Massiah, 275
6 CONCLUSION: WHERE TO FROM HERE? 295
Appendix: Related Media Projects, 307
