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- Title of Full Paper:
Computational Craft (Ref #264)
- Date:
- 01-02-2007 22:00:24
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- Unsuccessful
- Rating:
- 4
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Reviewer Comments:
- Review #1 : Left on 05-03-2007 19:28:20 #
- An interesting topic with relevant comparisons, however, the line of argument is tenuous in terms of digital craft and the link to the Arts & Crafts. Greater attention to details is required and stronger contextualisation of the literature.
Suggested Conference Theme: Craft Intelligence / Critical Engagement
Rating: 5
- Review #2 : Left on 08-03-2007 11:49:41 #
- There is some interesting content here, but the argument presented by McCullogh is not really advanced in any convincing way. The parallel that is drawn between programming and the Arts & Crafts movement is based upon a selective and partial understanding of the latter, and some terms used in a highly ambigous way. For example, ?Creative processes and previously specialist areas of study became 'democratized' as they merged together in the single digital environment? ? what does the term ?democratized? mean in this context. Later the A&C movement is described as reactionary repeatedly. As a radical political movement that knitted together British Christian socialism with Marxism ? I find this curious. Curiously, the open source movement, which could provide some connection between the two, is not mentioned.
I therefore would like to see a major revision with either (1) the removal of the references to the arts & crafts movement, and a stronger case made for viewing programming as a contemporary craft with more examples and references to the now significant literature within the HCI and other fields on the craft of coding ? or (2) a far more analytical comparison of the two which is rooted in more rigorous historical research on A&C.
Rating: 4