A mind map summary of the paper "Languages of Innovation" by Alan Blackwell and David Good. Reference Dave Gray's blog post http://www.knowledgegames.net/?p=58

1. Crucible Network for Research in Interdisciplinary Design,
University of Cambridge
Alan Blackwell, computer science
Authors
David Good, psychology
Technology
Arts
Mission: encourage collaboration between
AHSS researchers Humanities
Crucible
Translation Social Sciences
Pidgin > Creole
Approaches
Education
Encounters (language-free)
Developing social strategies for interdisciplinary collaboration
NTAF: New Technology Arts Fellowship
Relationship between tecnhologist & artist
Languages of Phase 1 goal: social
Leading to joint proposal for Phase 2 funding
Innovation
Cultural empathy
Familiarity with both disciplines
Translation Anticipate difficulties
Misunderstood
Translator skills Interrupt to explain
Threatening
ID trouble phrases - potentially
Meaningless
Offensive
Prerequisites of the easy working
relationship that would allow people to move Food & drink
Pidgin > Creole beyond the comfort of their own discipline
Casual social gatherings
"Blackwell-Leach" workshop process
Sketches
Concrete artefacts Models
Encounters without language Prototypes
Choreography and Cognition
Examples
Tangible User Interfaces Physical models as 3D sketches
Train "native speakers" of the language of innovation, equipped to
Education translate and mediate when new technologies are constructed
between business, the academy, and the rest of society