4. Takashi Iba, "An Autopoietic Systems
Theory for Creativity”, Procedia -
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol.2,
Issue 4, 2010, pp.6610-6625
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An Autopoietic Systems Theory for Creativity
Takashi Ibaab
aMIT Center for Collective Intelligence, Cambridge MA, USA
bFaculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Japan
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In this paper, a new, non-psychological and non-sociological approach to understanding creativity is proposed.
The approach is based on autopoietic system theory, where an autopoietic system is defined as a unity whose
organization is defined by a particular network of production processes of elements. While the theory was
originally proposed in biology and then applied to sociology, I have applied it to understand the nature of
creation, and called it "Creative Systems Theory". A creative system is an autopoietic system whose element
is "discovery", which emerges only when a synthesis of three selections has occurred: "idea", "association",
and "consequence". With using these concepts, we open the way to understand creation itself separated from
psychic and social aspects of creativity. On this basis, the coupling between creative, psychic, and social
systems is discussed. I suggest, in this paper, the future of creativity studies, re-defining a discipline
"Creatology" for inquiring creative systems and propose an interdisciplinary field as "Creative Sciences" for
interdisciplinary connections among creatology, psychology, and so on.
Keywords; creativity; systems theory; autopoiesis; pattern language
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In this paper, a new, non-psychological and non-sociological approach to understanding creativity
is proposed. The approach is based on autopoietic system theory, where an autopoietic system is
defined as a unity whose organization is defined by a particular network of production processes
of elements. While the theory was originally proposed in biology and then applied to sociology, I
have applied it to understand the nature of creation, and called it "Creative Systems Theory". A
creative system is an autopoietic system whose element is "discovery", which emerges only when a
創造システム理論
Creative Systems Theory
5. Takashi Iba, "An Autopoietic Systems Theory for Creativity”,
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences,Vol.2, Issue 4, 2010, pp.6610-6625
創造システム理論では、「創造」(発見の連鎖)を、「思考」(意識の連鎖)
と「社会」(コミュニケーションの連鎖)を(独自の論理をもつ)別のシス
テムとして切り出して捉える。
6. Iba, T. (2009) “An Autopoietic Systems Theory for Creativity”, COINs2009.
創造 = “発見”の連鎖
7. Iba, T. (2009) “An Autopoietic Systems Theory for Creativity”, COINs2009.
創造 = “発見”の連鎖
10. 組織や社会を変える方法
claim
Visualized by Takashi Iba, base on the framework proposed by Albert O. Hirschman
Albert O. Hirschman, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline
in Firms, Organizations, and States, Harvard University Press, 1970
A.O. ハーシュマン, 『離脱・発言・忠誠―企業・組織・
国家における衰退への反応』, ミネルヴァ書房, 2005
Exit / Voice
かつて開発経済学者ハーシュマンは、社会を変える方法
には、「離脱」(Exit)と「発言」(Voice)の2つの選択
肢があると捉え、社会現象を分析した。
11. Exit
Ignore
/ Voice
Complain
20th Century
Depressive Society
組織や社会を変える方法?(現在の日本)
Extended and
claim
Visualized by Takashi Iba, base on the framework proposed by Albert O. Hirschman
しかし、現在の日本では、「離脱」(Exit)と「発言」(Voice)より、
「無視」(Ignore)や「愚痴」(Complain)が蔓延しており、これで
は、組織や社会は変わらない。
12. Exit / Voice20th Century
組織や社会を変える方法(創造社会バージョン)
Reframe GenerateCreative Society
(ideas)
idea
idea
idea
Extended and Visualized by Takashi Iba, base on the framework proposed by Albert O. Hirschman
これからは、「離脱」(Exit)と「発言」(Voice)によって意思を示し
て誰かに変えてもらうのでもなく、自らが「捉え直し」(Reframe)や
「生成」(Generate)を行い、組織や社会を変えていく創造社会へ。