Participatory Culture
Moving from Passive Observation to Creative Expression
Inspired by Prof. Henry Jenkins
In Participatory Culture people can MOVE BEYOND passive observation
to OVERCOME Apathy, Isolation and Division
with Integrity, Creativity, and Courage.
Participatory Culture* is a culture that strongly supports:
Artistic Expression and Civic Imagination.
Participatory Culture can act like our Human Nervous System
that interconnects different parts of the whole body through a Web of Signals.
Participatory Culture gets embodied through Media Practices
that empower a person to access, evaluate, and create signals in the form of media.
(*Henry Jenkins, 2009)
Participatory Culture includes Actions such as:
1.Creation and Exchange of creative content
2.Validation of content as ‘Contributions that Matter’
3.Informal Mentorship between experienced and novice peers
4.Social Connections and a Sense of Belonging between participants
Participatory Culture finds Expression in four Key Forms:
1.Affiliations: membership in Online Communities
2.Expressions: producing new Creative Media Forms
3.Circulations: shaping the Flow of Media with creativity
4.Collaborative Problem Solving: discovering pathways by Working in Teams
“Participatory culture shifts the focus
Henry Jenkins
from individual expression to community involvement.”
PARTICIPATORY CULTURE
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