Editor's Message to Collaboration Support and Network Services for Creative Society

Web-based support for creative collaboration

This paper considers the opportunities presented by Web–based systems for the support of groups involved in work of a creative nature. In particular, it is concerned with the sharing of knowledge that might otherwise remain unspoken, or tacit, amongst those engaged in design tasks. A prototype system has been developed and this system, together with its evaluation, is described. Drawing on the ...

Editor's Message to Special Issue on Collaboration Technologies and Network Services that Concentrate Wisdom toward Future Society

Various information communications devices, including PCs and smartphones, have become popular with various different age groups and classes of user, and network services have become deeply rooted in social lives. Currently, a number of network services are intricately linked to support our social lives. This situation increases expectations that social data that is gathered together in large q...

From Creative Economy to Creative Society

Public policy promoting the creative economy has two serious flaws: one, a misperception of culture and creativity as a product of individual genius rather than collective activity; and, two, a willingness to tolerate social dislocation in exchange for urban vitality or competitive advantage. This brief recaps current culture and revitalization research and policy and proposes a new model—a nei...

developing a virtual network for interprofessional education and collaboration

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Message from the Editors