Theory as Process: “Keiko” and ‘Co-Creative Movement’.

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dc.contributor.authorBradford, Mark
dc.contributor.authorThomassen, Aukje
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-30T00:18:39Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-06T22:23:06Z
dc.date.available2011-06-30T00:18:39Z
dc.date.available2016-03-06T22:23:06Z
dc.date.issued2009-10
dc.descriptionIASDR 2009 Conference, Seoul, Korea, 18-22 October 2009en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores how designers can connect broader understandings of leadership with specific design knowledge to ‘manage’ their thinking within the ideation process. The research outlines creativity as a rigorous process – focusing on ‘how’ we think instead of purely ‘what’ we think, as design leaders in an ever-changing design environment. One way of understanding and reflecting on our existing disciplinary experience is through researching other creative “ways” such as the Japanese martial art of ‘Aikido’. Both designers and Aikidoka refine through practice – a process of shifting and reframing knowledge – with the awareness coming through the ‘doing’. In Aikido this process is conveyed by the Japanese word “keiko” which means to train, to practice, to learn, or to engage in. The aim of this autoethnographic research – based on a Grounded Theory approach to data evaluation [5] and participant observation techniques, is to structure and visualize the initial findings. The results analyze the conceptual possibilities of extending Aikido theory beyond the conventional ‘dojo’ setting in order to develop a systematic methodology for thinking about ‘co-creative movement’ as a specific form of flow [3] for enabling knowledge exchange.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBradford, M., & Thomassen, A. (2009). Theory as Process: “Keiko” and ‘Co-Creative Movement’, Paper presented at the IASDR 2009 Conference : Design / Rigor & Relevance, COEX, Seoul, Korea.en_US
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dc.identifier.isbn978-89-963194-0-5
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Association of Societies of Design Researchen_US
dc.subjectCreativity theoryen_US
dc.subjectCo-creationen_US
dc.subjectDesignen_US
dc.subjectAikidoen_US
dc.titleTheory as Process: “Keiko” and ‘Co-Creative Movement’.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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