"Folksonomies" on the Net: constructing alternative, creative and intercultural categories.

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Corrado Petrucco

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Analysis of the creation of categories and classifications, with particular reference to the approach based on each person's unique perspective and sharing in a community 'practices on the Web This approach can' generate interesting side effects that stimulate creativity 'and the learning in an intercultural perspective.

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