Generative Scribing: A Social Art of the 21st Century

By Kelvy Bird and C. Otto Scharmer

Scribing—visually representing ideas while people talk—is a distinct social art form that facilitates group learning and cultural memory. Scribes listen and draw simultaneously, creating large pictures that integrate content, prompt insight, and aid with decision-making.

“Generative scribing” extends this ar

• Language: English
• Publisher: PI Press
• Release date: Jan 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9780999717981

Kelvy Bird

Kelvy Bird is an artist and internationally recognized visual practitioner. As co-founder of the Presencing Institute, she has helped shape many of the online and global community offerings, most recently MIT's edX course u.lab: Leading From the Emerging Future. She also co-founded dpict, a firm specializing in scribing to advance social understanding. In 2016, Kelvy co-edited the anthology Drawn Together through Visual Practice. Kelvy lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

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