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William Uricchio

We all do things with other people. We design things, we write things, we create things. Despite the fact that co-creation is all around us it can be easy to miss because creation gets assigned to individuals all too often. We’re quick to assume that one person should get credit thereby erasing the contributions of others.The two of us have a distinct interest in co-creation because we co-create everything we do. We co-created Sonder Studio, our speaking engagements, our workshops, our design projects, and our soon-to-be-published book, Make Better Decisions. We’re also interested in how humans can co-create with technology, specifically artificial intelligence, and when that is a good thing and when that might be something to avoid.To dig into these interests and questions we talked with Kat Cizek and William Uricchio whose upcoming book Collective Wisdom offers the first guide to co-creation as a concept and as a practice. Kat, William, and a lengthy list of co-authors have presented a wonderful tracing of the history of co-creation across many disciplines and societies. The book is based in interviews with 166 people and includes nearly 200 photographs that should not be missed. We hope that you all have a chance to experience their collective work.Kat is an Emmy and Peabody-winning documentarian who is the Artistic Director and Cofounder of the Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Documentary Lab. William is Professor of Comparative Media Studies at MIT, where he is also Founder and Principal Investigator of the MIT Open Documentary Lab and Principal Investigator of the Co-Creation Studio. Their book is scheduled to be published by MIT Press on November 1st.If you enjoy our podcasts, please subscribe and leave a positive rating or comment. Sharing your positive feedback helps us reach more people and connect them with the world’s great minds.Subscribe to get Artificiality delivered to your emailLearn more about Sonder StudioThanks to Jonathan Coulton for our music This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artificiality.substack.com

We all do things with other people. We design things, we write things, we create things. Despite the fact that co-creation is all around us it can be easy to miss because creation gets assigned to individuals all too often. We’re quick to assume that one person should get credit thereby erasing the contributions of others.The two of us have a distinct interest in co-creation because we co-create everything we do. We co-created Sonder Studio, our speaking engagements, our workshops, our design projects, and our soon-to-be-published book, Make Better Decisions. We’re also interested in how humans can co-create with technology, specifically artificial intelligence, and when that is a good thing and when that might be something to avoid.To dig into these interests and questions we talked with <a href="https://katerinacizek.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kat Cizek</a> and <a href="https://cmsw.mit.edu/profile/william-uricchio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">William Uricchio</a> whose upcoming book <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262543774/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Collective Wisdom</a> offers the first guide to co-creation as a concept and as a practice. Kat, William, and a lengthy list of co-authors have presented a wonderful tracing of the history of co-creation across many disciplines and societies. The book is based in interviews with 166 people and includes nearly 200 photographs that should not be missed. We hope that you all have a chance to experience their collective work.Kat is an Emmy and Peabody-winning documentarian who is the Artistic Director and Cofounder of the Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Documentary Lab. William is Professor of Comparative Media Studies at MIT, where he is also Founder and Principal Investigator of the MIT Open Documentary Lab and Principal Investigator of the Co-Creation Studio. Their book is scheduled to be published by MIT Press on November 1st.If you enjoy our podcasts, please subscribe and leave a positive rating or comment. Sharing your positive feedback helps us reach more people and connect them with the world’s great minds.Subscribe to get <a href="https://artificiality.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Artificiality</a> delivered to your emailLearn more about <a href="https://www.getsonder.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sonder Studio</a>Thanks to <a href="https://www.jonathancoulton.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan Coulton</a> for our music This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://artificiality.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">artificiality.substack.com</a>

Kat Cizek and William Uricchio: Co-Creation

Kat Cizek is an innovative documentary storyteller who works across many media platforms. She’s currently the director of the National Film Board of Canada’s multi-year project entitled HIGHRISE, which examines life inside residential skyscrapers in suburbs around the world. Since it launched in 2009, HIGHRISE has generated interactive documentaries, mobile productions, live presentations, installations and films that have garnered Emmys, a Peabody, Webby Awards and recognition from the World Press Photo and IDFA Doc Lab, among others. Kat and the NFB just released the latest and final HIGHRISE project, “Universe Within,” that explores people’s digital lives online. We spoke to Kat about her life growing up in Waterloo in the late 60’s  after her parents escaped the Russian invasion of what was then Czechoslovakia. Kat talks about being at the frontlines of the Oka Crisis in Canada, a defining moment in her career and first-nations history in Canada. And her nearly 11 year relationship with the National Film Board of Canada through the Filmmaker in Residence and Highrise projects. Kat encourages us to explore new and meaningful ways to approach technology, and challenges us to evaluate our methods and ethics as storytellers.     “I have been preoccupied with the role of the subject for most of my working life. It’s about understanding that a subject isn’t a subject. A subject is an agent in their own world and how can we work together to create interesting media that will contribute positively in this community. Too often we get so enamored with the technology that we forget about that.”    — Kat Cizek  RELATED LINKSKat Cizek on TwitterKat's Director's Blog (HIGHRISE)NFB HIGHRISE seriesA Short History of the Highrise (NFB + NYT)Interview with Kat (Filmmaker Magazine)Filmmaker You Should Know (Indie Wire)5 Takeaways from Kat on She Does (Filmmaker Magazine) Name: Katerina CizekCurrent City: Toronto, CanadaDOB: 10/19/1969What are you listening to now? Tanya Tagaq AnimismWhat film changed you? Opened your eyes? Vertov's silent film 'Man With a Movie Camera" (1929) The first great example of the power of the edit. It's documentary plus. About the city, about the camera, about the street. about revolution. I love Cinematic Orchestra's live re-scoring of it too.Who is your career role model? Alanis Obomsawin. I first saw her behind the barricades in 1990, when the Canadian Army had surrounded the First Nations community of Kanesatake. I was there as a student photojournalist, she was there with her camera crew, shooting her masterpiece documentary series about the crisis. Seeing her there inspired me to become a documentarian. Years later, I made a short digital documentary piece and a short film about her. What is a tool you can't live without? Long Johns--I'm Canadian.How do you take your coffee/tea? Tea. Black.What's your spirit animal? Owl CLIPS FEATURED IN SHOW:Russia Invades CzechoslovakiaLeonard Cohen "Suzanne"Seeing Is BelievingChallenge for Change NFB (1 &amp; 2)Filmmaker In Residence NFBHIGHRISE: Out My WindowHIGHRISE: One Millionth TowerHIGHRISE: A Short History of the Highrise HIGHRISE: Universe WithinVečerníček (Czech Animation)CREDITSPRODUCED by Elaine Sheldon and Sarah GinsburgSOUND DESIGN by Billy Wirasnik MUSIC FEATURED IN SHOW: Our featured musicmaker this week is Audrey Ryan. Download her music on Bandcamp. Read our interview with her here.Let's Go To The Vamp (album)Oh The EgoSnibberHolding BackSirens (album)CasiotoneLift Me UpI Know, I Know (album)Are You SleepingAlrightI know I knowSo AfraidMaybeDishes &amp; Pills (album)People

Kat Cizek is an innovative documentary storyteller who works across many media platforms. She’s currently the director of the National Film Board of Canada’s multi-year project entitled HIGHRISE, which examines life inside residential skyscrapers in suburbs around the world. Since it launched in 2009, HIGHRISE has generated interactive documentaries, mobile productions, live presentations, installations and films that have garnered Emmys, a Peabody, Webby Awards and recognition from the World Press Photo and IDFA Doc Lab, among others. Kat and the NFB just released the latest and final HIGHRISE project, “Universe Within,” that explores people’s digital lives online. We spoke to Kat about her life growing up in Waterloo in the late 60’s  after her parents escaped the Russian invasion of what was then Czechoslovakia. Kat talks about being at the frontlines of the Oka Crisis in Canada, a defining moment in her career and first-nations history in Canada. And her nearly 11 year relationship with the National Film Board of Canada through the Filmmaker in Residence and Highrise projects. Kat encourages us to explore new and meaningful ways to approach technology, and challenges us to evaluate our methods and ethics as storytellers. <blockquote> “I have been preoccupied with the role of the subject for most of my working life. It’s about understanding that a subject isn’t a subject. A subject is an agent in their own world and how can we work together to create interesting media that will contribute positively in this community. Too often we get so enamored with the technology that we forget about that.” </blockquote> — Kat Cizek <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/she-does/id957974493?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> RELATED LINKSKat Cizek on<a href="https://twitter.com/katciz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Twitter</a><a href="http://highrise.nfb.ca/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kat's Director's Blog </a>(HIGHRISE)<a href="http://highrise.nfb.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NFB HIGHRISE series</a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/high-rise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Short History of the Highrise</a> (NFB + NYT)<a href="http://filmmakermagazine.com/70273-the-new-digital-storytelling-series-katerina-cizek/#.VWpB92TBzGc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Interview with Kat</a> (Filmmaker Magazine)<a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/filmmakers-you-should-know-transmedia-storyteller-katerina-cizek-has-just-outdone-herself-with-help-from-the-new-york-times" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Filmmaker You Should Know</a> (Indie Wire)<a href="http://filmmakermagazine.com/94447-you-just-keep-bad-things-away-from-your-project-thats-what-a-director-does-katerina-cizek-on-the-she-does-podcast/#.VXXCAmRViko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">5 Takeaways from Kat on She Does </a>(Filmmaker Magazine) Name: Katerina CizekCurrent City: Toronto, CanadaDOB: 10/19/1969What are you listening to now? Tanya Tagaq AnimismWhat film changed you? Opened your eyes? Vertov's silent film 'Man With a Movie Camera" (1929) The first great example of the power of the edit. It's documentary plus. About the city, about the camera, about the street. about revolution. I love Cinematic Orchestra's live re-scoring of it too.Who is your career role model? Alanis Obomsawin. I first saw her behind the barricades in 1990, when the Canadian Army had surrounded the First Nations community of Kanesatake. I was there as a student photojournalist, she was there with her camera crew, shooting her masterpiece documentary series about the crisis. Seeing her there inspired me to become a documentarian. Years later, I made a short digital documentary piece and a short film about her. What is a tool you can't live without? Long Johns--I'm Canadian.How do you take your coffee/tea? Tea. Black.What's your spirit animal? Owl CLIPS FEATURED IN SHOW:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0jLpsNTUhA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Russia Invades Czechoslovakia</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIssqxixYp0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leonard Cohen "Suzanne"</a><a href="http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=cf4b1a29-2697-4f6d-bacf-66e0a30f3cfc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seeing Is Believing</a>Challenge for Change NFB (<a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/introduction_to_fogo_island" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/discussion_on_welfare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2</a>)<a href="http://filmmakerinresidence.nfb.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Filmmaker In Residence</a> NFBHIGHRISE: <a href="http://interactive.nfb.ca/#/outmywindow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Out My Window</a>HIGHRISE: <a href="http://highrise.nfb.ca/onemillionthtower/1mt_webgl.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One Millionth Tower</a>HIGHRISE: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/high-rise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Short History of the Highrise</a> HIGHRISE: <a href="http://highrise.nfb.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Universe Within</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ni6dIpQ2yM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Večerníček</a> (Czech Animation)CREDITSPRODUCED by Elaine Sheldon and Sarah GinsburgSOUND DESIGN by Billy Wirasnik MUSIC FEATURED IN SHOW: Our featured musicmaker this week is Audrey Ryan. Download her music on <a href="http://audreyryan.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>. Read our interview with her <a href="http://shedoespodcast.com/music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a><a href="http://audreyryan.bandcamp.com/album/lets-go-to-the-vamp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Let's Go To The Vamp (album)</a><ul><li>Oh The Ego</li><li>Snibber</li><li>Holding Back</li></ul>Sirens <a href="http://audreyryan.bandcamp.com/album/sirens" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(album)</a><ul><li>Casiotone</li><li>Lift Me Up</li></ul>I Know, I Know <a href="http://audreyryan.bandcamp.com/album/i-know-i-know" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(album)</a><ul><li>Are You Sleeping</li><li>Alright</li><li>I know I know</li><li>So Afraid</li><li>Maybe</li></ul>Dishes &amp; Pills <a href="http://audreyryan.bandcamp.com/album/dishes-pills" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(album)</a><ul><li>People</li></ul>

11. Kat Cizek: Making Everything From Scratch