Another interesting take on this is creativity vs. rationale in design. Jack Carroll hosted a workshop on this, one report of which can be found here:
http://john.daughtryhome.com/publications/DAUGHTRY_BURGE_CARROLL_POTTS_SEN_2009.pdf On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Alan Blackwell < [email protected]> wrote: > > [email protected] said: > > I've always found the following essay quite inspirational in > > the way that it describes two different styles of programming. > > http://www.papert.org/articles/EpistemologicalPluralism.html > > I agree that essay raises interesting points, but I believe it > also has some significant weaknesses, as explained here: > > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~afb21/publications/Bricolage.pdf > > (Their argument is one originating in gender studies, but more > recent work in gender and programming suggests that their sample > may have been too small and too specific to carry the weight of > general conclusions that they draw). > > Alan > -- > Alan Blackwell > Reader in Interdisciplinary Design, University of Cambridge > Further details from www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~afb21/ > > > -- > The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt > charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). > >
