Week 13

Collaboration by definition involves more than one person working together. Collaboration adds a number advantage as well as giving the perspective of a bunch on different people. The perspectives of the collaborators are probably greater when, like in the article, the people live far apart and are raised in different cultural settings. Age differences can also contribute to the different input that collaborators contribute to their project.                 

                The example about the daily prophet website, run by a teenage girl, having collaborators from different locations around the world shows how with today’s technology getting people to collaborate on the topic they feel passionate about is very possible. In regards to everyday writing, collaboration allows for a potentially well thought out and hopefully well received piece of writing. The reason for this result is that when multiple people are giving input the finalized writing should represent the popularized opinion. The finalized writing, if collaboration is done correctly, should contain the best parts of all of the collaborators works.

                The question I would have is does collaboration take away from the legitimacy of everyday writing. The reason I think it might is because in our in class definition of everyday writing we agreed that it should not be the works of a professional organization. If people are collaborating on writing they are most likely part of an organization. Now whether or not the organization is professional (making money) is a grey area. The example in the article about the Daily Profit run by teenagers around the world would be fine. But how big can an organization get before it becomes a professional entity regardless of monetary factors?