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KEYNOTE: Improvisation and Diaspora: Why New Orleans Matters

George Lipsitz

Published: 2008-09-03

VIDEO: Dr. Lipsitz discusses transcultural understanding and improvisation in the context of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina's destruction of New Orleans in 2005. TEXT: A biography and abstract for Dr. Lipsitz.

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We’ll all be more innovative if we participate in collaborative webs and share more openly. Creativity is always a collaboration and it’s always a form of improvisation, written large in the social world.

– Keith Sawyer