From: Robert Jacobson Subject: creativity Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 12:53:03 -0700 >From news.u.washington.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!bounce-back Tue Apr 20 12:44:26 PDT 1993 Article: 3380 of comp.graphics.visualization Path: news.u.washington.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!bounce-back From: roussea@server.uwindsor.ca (Paul Rousseau) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.cognitive,sci.psychology,sci.edu,comp.graphics.visualization,misc.writing,rec.arts.misc Subject: RFD: sci.creativity Followup-To: news.groups Date: 20 Apr 1993 10:27:01 -0400 Organization: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada Lines: 101 Sender: tale@rodan.UU.NET Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <1r117lINNk2g@rodan.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: news.u.washington.edu news.announce.newgroups:3283 news.groups:58613 sci.cognitive:1355 sci.psychology:9790 sci.edu:3092 comp.graphics.visualization:3380 misc.writing:7290 rec.arts.misc:1535 This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to create a new USENET group: GROUP NAME sci.creativity STATUS Un-moderated. CHARTER sci.creativity (unmoderated) will be a newsgroup: a) to discuss techniques and strategies useful in enhancing creativity b) to permit world-wide electronic brainstorming. (For example one might post a request for ideas on solving a design problem like: _In what ways might I make office equipment out of used tires_ and readers would then contribute ideas. Ideas on distributing the royalties from patents are welcomed :)) c) to publish notions, hypotheses, theories and ideas on the nature of creative behavior d) to promote creativity in the performing arts, music, visual arts and literature e) to share personal and organizational experiences about creative acts f) to announce conferences, seminars, new publications, programs and courses that focus on creativity g) to expand the discussion of creativity to a wide audience of both professionals and lay people h) to encourage research in the creative process i) to promote support new inventions , both social and material j) to provide nourishment for "creative" individuals who find themselves isolated and in un-supporting environments RATIONALE Creativity and creative problem solving is a focus of study at many collegesand university throughout the world. Thousands of books and articles have been written on creativity and many workshops, seminars and conferences have creativity as a major theme. Business and industry spend millions of dollars each year in an attempt to increase the creative potential of their employees. Most important, given the pressing problems plaguing humanity, the time has come to get serious about encouraging creativity behavior in all people. I am aware of one discussion list, CREA-CPS (CREA-CPS@HEARN.BITNET) that focuses exclusively on creativity and creative problem solving. This service has a limited audience. Another group PSYCHE-D (LISTSERV@NKI.BITNET) was announced on April 17. PSYCHE-D is a refereed electronic journal dedicated to supporting the interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of consciousness and its relation to the brain. PSYCHE publishes material relevant to that exploration from the perspectives afforded by the disciplines of Cognitive Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence and Anthropology. The focus of PSYCHE-D supports the study of creativity. While there may be other lists that discuss creativity and its related topics, there does not appear to be enough to provide adequate attention to this subjects. There is need to expand the opportunity to discuss creativity on a world-wide basis. News groups like sci.psychology and sci.cognitive are too broad to capture the special nature of creative behavior. News groups like rec.arts.(fine, dance, disney and so on) narrowly focus on creative production and not as much on the creative process. In summary, a new news group called _sci.creativity_ is being proposed.Its focus will be on the creative process, creative problem solving, research in creativity, inventions, innovations and electronic brainstorming.. In addition, it will support the creative efforts of both professionals and lay persons by sharing ideas, experiences, techniques, strategies, and research. Discussion to be held on "news.groups" Paul Rousseau rousseau@server.uwindsor.ca -- Paul Rousseau INTERNET roussea@server.uwindsor.ca St. Clair Beach "It's too bad ignorance isn't Ontario, Canada painful." -anonymous