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industrial creativity

Posted on February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 By sethgiddings

Lovely responses from year 2 BA Graphic Arts students to my talks on the ideologies and practicalities of industrial creativity and play. I love…

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Surviving the Singularity

Posted on October 25, 2021November 24, 2021 By sethgiddings

Please go here: http://www.microethology.net/robot-zoo/  

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Toy Theory

Posted on March 3, 2021March 16, 2021 By sethgiddings

My book, Toy Theory, will be published by MIT Press in 2023. Here’s a section of the proposal: Headline Rethinking culture, media, technology and the…

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AI & the achievement of animals

Posted on July 26, 2019July 2, 2020 By sethgiddings

A stork and a wild pig in Breath of the Wild are distinct species only in a decorative sense, as mise-en-scene of the open dynamic world….

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why so Serious(tm)? playing with LEGO Serious Play

Posted on February 10, 2018February 10, 2018 By sethgiddings

edited excerpt from Ashton and Giddings 2018, At work in the toy box: bedrooms, playgrounds and theories of play in creative cultural work International Journal of…

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talking about the playful future

Posted on November 20, 2017November 20, 2017 By sethgiddings

A talk at the University of York’s Theatre, Film & TV Department‘s research seminar series on October 11th. Taking the Lightbug project to design interactive playground equipment…

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transforming creativity

Posted on November 20, 2017November 20, 2017 By sethgiddings

With Dan Ashton I have recently set up the Transforming Creativity Research Group at WSA. We are waiting for the official website to be…

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