Blog Post #3

Remixing and assemblage are alike in some aspects, mostly where creativity is concerned. An assemblage is simply a mixtures of different elements put together, but in a remix it is generally a media element transformed, giving it an entirely different meaning. In the reading, these definitions are combined: when one filters, combines, and remixes they essentially create an assemblage. This assemblage basically becomes a new form of creativity in and of its self. It lessons the burden of having an original idea but rather combining other ideas in aim of "solving concrete problems and enacting real social change". This inevitably challenges the view that remixed texts are essentially copied or plagiarized.
Plagiarism and originality these days, seem to be becoming more and more blurred as we figure out that almost nothing is an original thought, as it is derived from something else. The authors of the text denounce the way a student must strategically think up an "original thought" as a form of creativity, they instead stress the concept of incorporating different elements and thoughts, in hopes of seeing that creativity in the way it was assembled. The article also discredits citation, in the way that it should no longer strip the value of a student's work but rather reward students for their assemblage of different contexts. As most teachers frown upon quotations and sources, remixing and assembling brings about a new perspective to fine line that is plagiarism and originality. These practices eventually dispel the idea that a single writer, who think up these "original thoughts", have the right to declare themselves and themselves alone-- creative. In summation, I personally felt that the article was pretty straight-forward.