Creativity as Resistance: New article

by | Sunday, June 05, 2016

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The next article in our series (Rethinking technology and creativity for the 21st century) for the journal Tech Trends is now available online. This article has an interview with Dr. Shakuntala Banaji, currently Associate Professor and the Program Director for the Master’s in Media, Communication, and Development at the London School of Economics. Her work “spans multiple areas of research and instruction, including creativity, cinema, civic participation, and critical examinations of media.” Read more by following the link below:

Good, J., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play Research Group (2016). Creativity as Resistance. Tech Trends (60)4, 309-312.

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