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Collective Talent: A Study of Improvisational Group Performance in Music
Author(s): Jacqueline J.B. Jong (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: September 5, 2006
- Language: English
- Print length: 215 pages
- ISBN-10: 9056294423
- ISBN-13: 9789056294427
Book Description
Improvised music performance offers remarkable and dramatic examples of the talented ways in which group members can interact and inspire each other. Such musical sessions can serve as examples of improvised performance of groups in general.This thesis reports on ways of initiating and supporting talented group improvisation. It addresses the question which interface is needed to generate collectives with collective talent. Inspired by Pask’s Conversation Theory, the author has developed a theory for supporting collective talent.The approach and results are not restricted to music, but should yield interest to fields as management & organization and ICT.
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About the Author
Jacqueline B. de Jong is psychologist and was researcher at the Centre for Innovation and Co-operative Technology at the University of Amsterdam until 1995. Later she taught Interaction Design and was consultant in interactive media. At present, she works at the ICT Policy Department of the Dutch Ministry of Justice. She has published on a variety of topics such as computers in music education, interactive interfaces, innovation, and social support systems.
