Surplus to Requirements: Work, Non-Linearity, and Abduction in Creative Research
We argue that the institutional administration of academic and creative research as labor does violence to the true character of this research as work. Where work is a pluralist concept that admits multiple forms of transformation, labor is based on a linear proportionality of inputs to outputs. We...
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2025-03-01
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We argue that the institutional administration of academic and creative research as labor does violence to the true character of this research as work. Where work is a pluralist concept that admits multiple forms of transformation, labor is based on a linear proportionality of inputs to outputs. We explore various forms of non-linearity in creative work and pedagogical work, ranging across disproportion, the associative, the counterfactual, and the interdisciplinary. We arrive at C.S. Peirce’s notion of semiotic abduction as a useful cognitive model for research practice and creation. Here, the linear mapping of inputs to outputs is complemented by a recognition of the role played by the speculative or interpretive leap in arriving at novel concepts and practices.
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| spelling | doaj-art-0deb65f9a87f42dbbddd017c9e3590802025-08-20T02:06:36ZengUniversity of AlbertaImaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Media Studies1918-84392025-03-0115310.17742/IMAGE29729Surplus to Requirements: Work, Non-Linearity, and Abduction in Creative ResearchMaría Angélica Maderohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5844-581XJames Carney We argue that the institutional administration of academic and creative research as labor does violence to the true character of this research as work. Where work is a pluralist concept that admits multiple forms of transformation, labor is based on a linear proportionality of inputs to outputs. We explore various forms of non-linearity in creative work and pedagogical work, ranging across disproportion, the associative, the counterfactual, and the interdisciplinary. We arrive at C.S. Peirce’s notion of semiotic abduction as a useful cognitive model for research practice and creation. Here, the linear mapping of inputs to outputs is complemented by a recognition of the role played by the speculative or interpretive leap in arriving at novel concepts and practices. https://imaginationsjournal.ca/index.php/imaginations/article/view/29729 |
| spellingShingle | María Angélica Madero James Carney Surplus to Requirements: Work, Non-Linearity, and Abduction in Creative Research Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Media Studies |
| title | Surplus to Requirements: Work, Non-Linearity, and Abduction in Creative Research |
| title_full | Surplus to Requirements: Work, Non-Linearity, and Abduction in Creative Research |
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| title_short | Surplus to Requirements: Work, Non-Linearity, and Abduction in Creative Research |
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