Originality, emulation, and theft - MRA 2015
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This document discusses plagiarism and originality through examining various contexts and cases. It presents opposing viewpoints on what constitutes plagiarism from students and authors. The document questions traditional views of authorship and originality, arguing that emulation and recontextualization are natural parts of the creative process. It explores tensions between academic policies on plagiarism and realities of sharing and transforming work in digital spaces.
![From the mouths (pens, keyboards) of babes
The consequences of plagiarism should depend on their severeness. Like if you take someones
entire essay or song and all you do is erase the name and try to completely claim it then
obviously those consequences should be way bigger then someone, like in [John Greens]
situation, who doesnt even realize he's doing it. So, I guess it obviously just depends on the
severity of the plagiarism to determine the punishment or consequences. - Lauren P, 8th grader
This type of plagiarism, in my opinion, isn't even plagiarism. He simply was too lazy to check the
sources. In fact, lazy isn't even the right word. He just trusted the internet. Which, let's be honest,
wasn't that smart but he just didn't care really. And he more than made up for it by giving her all
the money the merchandise made. And on the fact that he didn't apologize. This is the biggest
overreaction, in proportion to, I have seen on the internet. First of all, he gave all the proceeds to
her. And second of all, he clearly apologized in different words. He acknowledged his mistake in a
different and more sincere than actually saying I am sorry. - Jonah S, 8th grader
Alright let me explain why i'm not happy, John Green gets it really easy here. There are people in
college right now that are getting kicked out of their university. And then there's John Green who
gives zero credit to this girl whatsoever and doesn't get any problems with the authorities. -
Chaz, 8th grader](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/originalityemulationandtheft-mra2015-150328112626-conversion-gate01/85/Originality-emulation-and-theft-MRA-2015-10-320.jpg)
Originality, emulation, and theft - MRA 2015
- 1. Originality, Emulation, and Theft: A Plagiarism Manifesto by Beth Shaum and Michael Stohrer (and all the people we stole from)
- 3. (CON)TEXT Helene Hegemann, age 17 author of Axolotl Roadkill (2010)
- 4. (CON)TEXT Helene Hegemann: I myself dont feel it is stealing, because I put all the material into a completely different and unique context and from the outset consistently promoted the fact that none of that is actually by me... I help myself to whatever inspires me Theres no such thing as originality anyway. Theres only authenticity.
- 5. (CON)TEXT The New London Group A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures available designs - conventions of a discourse (style/genre/dialect) design - re-presentation and recontextualization the redesigned - transformed product/meaning
- 6. available designs - slang (be like), block letters, all-caps design - meme generator, image search the redesigned - signal to quiet down, example of purposeful appropriation
- 8. (UNCOMMON) CORE BELIEFS Emulation is a natural part of the creative process and worth celebrating. Art is theft. - Pablo Picasso Art is theft. I came up with that. Michael Stohrer There is a complicated overlap between theft and original creation. Certain writing situations require adherence to the conventions of attribution.
- 9. John Green: Plagiarist or Famous Victim of Misquotation?
- 10. From the mouths (pens, keyboards) of babes The consequences of plagiarism should depend on their severeness. Like if you take someones entire essay or song and all you do is erase the name and try to completely claim it then obviously those consequences should be way bigger then someone, like in [John Greens] situation, who doesnt even realize he's doing it. So, I guess it obviously just depends on the severity of the plagiarism to determine the punishment or consequences. - Lauren P, 8th grader This type of plagiarism, in my opinion, isn't even plagiarism. He simply was too lazy to check the sources. In fact, lazy isn't even the right word. He just trusted the internet. Which, let's be honest, wasn't that smart but he just didn't care really. And he more than made up for it by giving her all the money the merchandise made. And on the fact that he didn't apologize. This is the biggest overreaction, in proportion to, I have seen on the internet. First of all, he gave all the proceeds to her. And second of all, he clearly apologized in different words. He acknowledged his mistake in a different and more sincere than actually saying I am sorry. - Jonah S, 8th grader Alright let me explain why i'm not happy, John Green gets it really easy here. There are people in college right now that are getting kicked out of their university. And then there's John Green who gives zero credit to this girl whatsoever and doesn't get any problems with the authorities. - Chaz, 8th grader
- 11. The Ambiguous Own your own work ideas you own working on your own
- 13. Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa 1503-1505
- 15. Salvador Dali Self Portrait as Mona Lisa about 1964
- 18. Kazimir Malevich Composition with Mona Lisa 1914
- 20. Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino Lady with a Unicorn, 1505 Portrait of Maddalena Doni, 1506 Portrait of a Young Woman,1507
- 21. Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude in C-Sharp Minor Muse Apocalypse Please Gentle Giant Funny Ways 1970 Madvillain Strange Ways 2004
- 22. you can(nt) be original repurpose! recontextualize! rearrange!
- 24. What about.. ...collaborative learning? ...different contexts?
- 25. This is Just to Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold - William Carlos Williams confession Why it was wrong false apology
- 28. This is Just to Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold - William Carlos Williams confession Why it was wrong false apology
- 29. This is Just to Say I have eaten the apples that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold - Beth Shaum
- 30. This is Just to Say I have eaten the apples that were in the refrigerator and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold - Beth Ann Shaum
- 31. This is Just to Say I have eaten the apples that were in the refrigerator and which you were probably saving for lunch Forgive me they were very delicious so sweet and so cold - Beth Ann Shaum
- 32. Other effective poems/short writing pieces to emulate Where Im From by George Ella Lyon Chicago by Carl Sanburg If I Were in Charge of the World by Judith Viorst Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens Ode to Pablos Tennis Shoes by Gary Soto This I Believe essays Thoughts from Places video essays
- 33. RED TAPE truly original thoughts are barely possible plagiarism isnt not doing the assignment, it is incorrectly/partially doing the assignment What skills are used to plagiarize?
- 34. #hypocrisy
- 35. #hypocrisy
- 36. #hypocrisy She totes rearranged the words, so thats OK, right?
- 37. Whose quote is it anyway?
- 38. Whose quote is it anyway?
- 39. What does this mean for our schools, classrooms, and students when thievery abounds on social media and no one gets punished for it?
- 40. Michaels schools plagiarism policy: ...presenting the words or ideas of another as if they were your own ...submitting an assignment as if it were ones own work, when it is at least partly the work of another First Offense: no credit for assignment, documented warning Second Offense: no credit, documented 45-minute detention Third Offense: no credit, parent contact, one-day out-of-school suspension Fourth Offense: no credit, parent contact, three-day out-of-school suspension (quoted/paraphrased from the Brandon High School Student Handbook 2014-2015)
- 41. Michaels schools plagiarism policy: plagiarism = crime ?
- 42. Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again. - Beth Shaum (well, I said that just now, but it was Andre Gide who said it the first time or did he?)
- 43. Contact Us/Download our Presentation on 際際滷share: Beth Shaum: Email: bethshaum@gmail.com Twitter: @BethShaum Michael Stohrer: Email: mstohrer@brandon.k12.mi.us Twitter: @mr_stohrer 際際滷share link: http://goo.gl/UEQZ4k Session Code: SAGGC23
- 44. Bibliography (victims of theft) Kleon, Austin. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative. New York: Workman , 2012. Knobel, Michele, and Colin Lankshear. "Remix: The Art and Craft of Endless Hybridization." Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 52.1 (2008): 22-33. Print. Lethem, Jonathan. "The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism Mosaic." Sound Unbound: Sampling and Digital Culture. Ed. Paul D. Miller a/k/a DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid. 1st ed. London, England: The MIT Press, 2008. 25-51. Print. Levine, Gail Carson., and Matthew Cordell. Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It: False Apology Poems. New York: Harper, 2012. Print. New London Group. A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures, Harvard Educational Review 66 (1): Spring 1996. Nye, Naomi Shihab. "Valentine for Ernest Mann." Red Suitcase. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, 1994. Print. Goldsmith, Kenneth. "It's Not Plagiarism. in the Digital Age, It's 'Repurposing'." Chronicle of Higher Education. (2011): Web. 10 Nov. 2013. <http://chronicle.com/article/Uncreative-Writing/128908/>. Howard, Rebecca Moore. "Plagiarisms, Authorships, and the Academic Death Penalty." College English. 57.7 (1995): 788- 806. Web. 27 Nov. 2013. <http://jstor.org/stable/378403>.