The Emergence Machine

Genre

abstract · Arts · Level 3 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A genre emerges as a pattern of creative work that takes shape through the arrangement of matter in space, governed by specific conventions.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “genre” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “genre”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
genre
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0GenreFormMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesCymbalL4HingeL4BucketL5ErosionL5MechanicL5GenreL3FormL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    A genre is a category or form of creative work

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