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Cultural Production, AI And Human Creativity  

Dr. phil. Clara Mavellia   

Course Description    

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Discover how storytelling and AI can transform academic writing into something vivid, readable, and engaging. In this course, you’ll experiment how to create short texts, refine ideas, and make complex concepts accessible. A playful, hands-on approach to writing that puts creativity and clarity at the center of your work.  

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The increasing use of artificial intelligence and large language models (LLMs) in academic contexts — by students, educators, and researchers alike — poses both opportunities and challenges. While AI tools can support the writing process, their uncritical use raises questions concerning authorship, originality, and academic integrity.  

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This course introduces the concept of *wrAIting*, also referred to as *distant writing*, inspired by Prof. Luciano Floridi from Yale University. Rather than treating AI as a substitute for human writing, the course approaches AI as a cognitive and creative tool that can extend and enhance human authorship. Particular attention is given to the conceptual distinction between *close writing* and *distant writing*, and to the implications of AI-assisted composition for academic and creative practices.   

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As Floridi argues: “…distant writing represents a significant evolution in authorship, not replacing but expanding human creativity within a design paradigm. The distinction between writing (close) and ‘wrAIting’ (distant) reveals how AI- assisted composition creates narrative possibilities previously inaccessible, transforming literature’s modal space while challenging traditional notions of authorship, creativity, and literary production.” 
 

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Syllabus       

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The course is divided into two parts: 

1. Methods for using AI tools to support the writing process, including the critical evaluation of AI-generated text, revision strategies, and the development of sound final texts.​

 

2. A guided writing exercise in which participants produce a short text by combining AI-assisted techniques with their own creative and analytical thinking.

 

Bring curiosity, a sense of humour, and a willingness to embrace the unexpected. By the end, you’ll see how storytelling can bring both fiction and academic writing closer to the people who read it. Why does this matter beyond fiction?

 

Storytelling can make academic texts more engaging, approachable, and human. Even a research paper or a theoretical essay gains clarity and energy when you think like a storyteller. Your readers will thank you, and you might even start writing stories.
 

 

 

Literature   

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🏛️ Course led by: 
Dr. phil. Clara Mavellia     


Clara Mavellia, who is from Milan, earned her doctorate at the Free University of Berlin in 1990. She has worked there as a researcher and journalist ever since. From 2005 to 2008, she successfully completed the interdisciplinary Master’s programme in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. In March 2010, she founded the Institut für Cultural Entrepreneurship GmbH UG in Berlin with the aim of promoting the application of ethical principles, democratic values, and gendered innovation — the core values of the EU — in business and everyday life. In April 2017, she founded the EU Women association to secure and strengthen women’s rights and democracy in Europe. 


https://eu-women.eu/ 
https://www.youtube.com/@ceberlinblog3458/videos 
https://www.cultural-entrepreneurship-institute.de/ 
https://www.youtube.com/@ceberlin/videos   

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