Creative Core Research Articles

Happiness and Joy in Aristotle and Bergson as Life of Thoughtful and Creative Action

Abstract The view of happiness that I propose in this article and derive on the basis of Aristotle’s and Henri Bergson’s ideas recommends that we must first understand life as an activity – not as a sum of accumulated experiences and things; nor a set of projects; nor fateful or haphazard events that befall us, but as a formative activity in which we play a key role. Ἐνέργεια or de l’action are at the core of life and it is by getting a hold of this creative core that we stand to live happily (Aristotle) or joyously (Bergson). For both thinkers, the possibility of happiness and joy comes to the fore, to no small extent, as a certain orientation in our thinking, i.e., as φρόνησις and θεωρία, for Aristotle, and as philosophy for Bergson. Our thoughts inform our choices and actions as well as our view of the world, grounding our sense of meaning, purpose, and value of action. It is by reckoning with the ever-unfolding act of life and with our own actions in it (actions which can be vicious, senseless, and unexamined or creative and constitutive of a life well-lived) that we also take hold of the possibility of happiness and joy.

Research on the Strategy of Cultivating Children's Creative Thinking in Picture Book Teaching

In Creativity refers to people's ability to produce new views on things, including breaking through conventional thinking in thought and behavior. Creative thinking is the core of creativity. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) stated in 2009 that the mission of education is to cultivate young children full of possibilities. Therefore, to cultivate children with creative thinking, we should follow the nature of children and encourage them to explore and practice. In the 21st century, the cultivation of creativity has become the focus of national and even social attention, and creative thinking is the core and foundation. Therefore, cultivating creative thinking is the key to the development of creativity.

Потенциал создания и внедрения технологий искусственного интеллекта в регионах России

Geography of innovation allows us to understand the spatial patterns for creation, diffusion, and support of new technologies, although with the development of communications there is a delusion of insignificance of space in these processes. The development of one of the breakthrough technologies – artificial intelligence (AI) – cannot be widespread but must be concentrated in centers with high innovation potential, where the intensity of knowledge spillovers is high. In Russia, education in the field of AI can be obtained in 21 regions, research is conducted in 35, and technology is being developed in 40. We proposed a rating of the regional potential to create AI technologies based on scientific and technological development and the main elements of the regional innovation ecosystem in the field of AI. It shows a high concentration of potential in Moscow and several creative core regions: Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Tatarstan and Novosibirsk region. 16 creative-acceptor centers have also been identified, capable of both creating and implementing AI technologies, mainly acceptor centers (23 regions) and 40 regions with minimal potential. Leading regions can receive priority attention and funding in Russia. In acceptor regions, advantage may be given to AI production technologies, and in lagging regions, increasing the population’s receptivity to digital technologies in general.

Trans-Disciplinary Communication: Context and Semantics

Science is split into subject-oriented disciplines that are grounded on varying shades of the scientific method. Being a social activity, communication lays at the creative core of the sciencebuilding process of facts and explanations. To communicate means, in its most seminal sense, to bring something in common between distinct parts or to transfer something from one part to another. This 'commonality,' or what lays in common to the parts, can occur not just among persons but also among persons and nature or persons and non-human things. This article starts discussing communication at the human scale from the very beginning, widening the scope from its inner kernel in individuals towards social interactions in the scientific community. The perspectives, concepts, and guidelines unveiled by this exercise are applied in the article's text itself.

Artificial Intelligence and Architecture Towards a New Paradigm

Abstract The widespread application of artificial intelligence is not the realm of utopias or science fiction any more. It is gradually entering practically all walks of life from science and technology to fine arts. It is most likely that architecture will neither escape this penetration in the near future. Moreover, besides some disturbing consequences, it will also reveal fundamentally new opportunities for the discipline/profession. It is up to us to decide what attitude we adopt towards it, but it is clear that this development should have profound consequences in the education of future architects, too. The paper focuses on the creative core (i.e. design) of architecture. The aims are to assess the changes and to raise awareness to these possible changes.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE FILM “MATRIX RESURRECTIONS” IN THE CONTEXT OF JUNGIAN CONCEPT OF ARCHETYPE

While the common ground of art and popular culture products is human creativity, popular culture products, as the name suggests, are the products of the people. But it is possible that the productions that the public will like, turn into mass culture today, where the economic determinant is dominant. However, regardless of its basic motivation, it is possible to say that every work that contains the core of creativity has a relationship with the unconscious, which is the field of creativity. What can we see by considering movies with an analytical psychology approach? What do these productions, which contain elements from myths, fairy tales and dreams, tell us from the field of the unconscious?The Matrix series has managed to impress the audience since the first movie was released and attracted the attention of many researchers from different fields. In this study, the relationship of cinema with myth, dream, and fairy tale is evaluated from a psychoanalytic perspective, and the Matrix series and especially the last film of the series, The Matrix Resurrections (Lena Wachovski, 2021), is tried to be examined with the guidance of Carl Gustav Jung, the founder of analytical psychology. The film, which opens up many fields of inquiry with its approach to reality, is this time handled with an approach from the field of inner reality. For this reason, this study tries to look at the elements of the film, which can be associated with popular culture and the culture industry, from the field of the unconscious. For this purpose, Jung's approach based on myths, dreams and ancient beliefs that he examined in order to understand the unconscious of man is used.

Associative thinking at the core of creativity.

Creativity has long been thought to involve associative processes in memory: connecting concepts to form ideas, inventions, and artworks. However, associative thinking has been difficult to study due to limitations in modeling memory structure and retrieval processes. Recent advances in computational models of semantic memory allow researchers to examine how people navigate a semantic space of concepts when forming associations, revealing key search strategies associated with creativity. Here, we synthesize cognitive, computational, and neuroscience research on creativity and associative thinking. This Review highlights distinctions between free- and goal-directed association, illustrates the role of associative thinking in the arts, and links associative thinking to brain systems supporting both semantic and episodic memory - offering a new perspective on a longstanding creativity theory.

ON CREATIVITY AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PASSION

The article aims to pay aesthetic and axiological tribute to Charles Fourier’s conception of the so-called attraction passionelle – the basic drive of social development, and, in particular, of the composite passion, “the most beautiful of the twelve passions, the one which enhances the value of all the others”. The exposition will consecutively focus on Herbert Marcuse’s note in Eros and Civilization on the transformation of labor into pleasure as the central idea of Fourier’s socialist utopia; on Fourier’s insisting that only the composite passions, not the simple, are human trait; and, respectively, on analyzing beyond Fourier and Marcuse the role and significance of the composite passion – or, the “pure human passion”, as the base of creativity in contemporary culture of post-/trans-/alter-human art, science and technology. Last but not least, the exposition will pay attention to how this “pure human passion” as the core of creativity could be related to the emotional intelligence – artificial intelligence (EI vs. AI) opposition in contemporary age.

What Science Leaves Unsaid: A Reconsideration in 2 Voices.

At a time when new and veteran nurses are fleeing the profession and the term resilience is as worn out as the workers it is meant to inspire, scholars and educators must excavate the intuitive and creative core of nursing. Science addresses facts but lacks language for nuance. This article asserts that nursing, which lags behind medicine in appreciating the value of its stories, must recognize the essential diversity the humanities bring to our understanding of the human condition. As workforce deficits, moral distress, and vicarious trauma proliferate, a consilience between the art and science of nursing and a reminder of their ability to potentiate one another are overdue.

A brief review on my studies: managing the complexity on using Linking Visual Active Representations (LVAR)

Investigating, managing, reflecting on, reading, reorganizing, conceiving, activating and implementing new ideas, notions and terms in the context of an extended research study lie at the core of creativity and innovation. The most important step after you have coined a new idea is to investigate the idea’s potential to be transformed into a successful implementation in class and in education more generally. In this paper, I present a brief review on the studies I have conducted since 2005 into the notion of linking visual active representations. In this context, I will also present a table which lists the new terms I have coined in association with the DGS environments, and listing the publications in which they were reported. In conclusion, I present my views on the contribution Dynamic Geometry systems have made to the construction of knowledge and to the learning and teaching of mathematics.

Роль креативного менеджменту у формуванні творчого потенціалу підприємства

Modern business trends create new requirements for the use of innovative tools for searching and generating ideas in order to increase the efficiency of enterprises. It is creativity that contributes to the personal and professional self-development and self-improvement of the company’s employees. Analyzing the research of recent years in the field of management, it can be emphasized that in order to achieve important organizational results, such as innovation, growth and management success, it is creativity that is important. Key industries in the creative economy include: advertising, architecture, arts and crafts, design, fashion, film, video, photography, music, performing arts, publishing, research and development, software, computer games, electronic publishing, television and radio. The era of informational and intellectual development became the era of the XXI century, which was marked by the transition from rationality to creativity. The concept of the “creative class” offers a new way of understanding the mechanisms of wealth creation. In the period of the “post-industrial” economy, the new driving forces of economic development are the “super creative core” (including artists, designers) and “creative professionals” (including managers, lawyers). Organizational management is complex and multidimensional in nature. It combines a number of elements, activities and processes aimed at achieving the organization’s goals. Amidst a rapidly changing business landscape, organizations are moving forward from the classic criteria of cost and performance to integrating creativity and innovation for overall efficiency. Such integration involves the study and implementation of concepts at different functional levels of management for the development of the creative potential of enterprises. Development of creative solutions at the enterprise involves market research and analysis, generation of new ideas, evaluation of alternatives and implementation of innovative solutions. Creative management is what is needed in the 21st century in order for the business to stay afloat and maintain its competitive advantage. The main skill that managers are looking for in skilled workers today is creativity. Creativity management ensures the development of an individual's creative skills, his ability to generate fundamentally new ideas and bring them to a concrete result. That is why the achievement of the goals and objectives of creative management requires improvement of the tools for the development and implementation of innovative solutions.

To the word-woods and back

The specific character of “multilingualism” in this auto-analysis is defined by an oscillation between “no-lingualism” and multilingual movements of a transnational writer. I argue that my own writing in English does not merely stem from the fact of my knowing and working in different languages – English, Swedish and Bosnian – but also from specific geographical locations that in themselves contain certain multilingual and translingual movements and histories of languages and national literatures (including Russian, Arabic, and Turkish). Beyond the obvious features like code-switching, which are visually most conspicuous and therefore typically used as indicators of multilingual writing, the intent is to show how historical movements and places shape the main language of my writing (English), as well the style, rhythms, character, and structures. The general core of creativity is proposed to lie more in the continuous osmosis than the deliberate hybridizing of languages and literatures.

A Formative study on PBL Classes applying the Creative Core Competency in Eating habits unit of Middle School Technology and Home

목적 본 연구에서는 중학교 기술⋅가정교과 ‘가족의 안전한 식생활’ 단원을 중심으로 창의핵심역량 기반의 PBL 수업모형을 적용한 후 형성적 연구방법론에 따라 수업의 효과를 검증하고자 하였다. 방법 이를 위하여 대전 소재 중학교 2학년 학생 92명을 대상으로 PBL 수업을 실시하였고, 창의핵심역량과 PBL 수업 만족도를 측정하였다. 또한 서술형 문항과 자기성찰 보고서를 통해 창의핵심역량을 적용한 PBL 수업모형이 적절했는지와 학생들의 경험은 무엇이었는지를 알아보고, 수업의 강점, 약점, 개선점을 분석하고자 형성적 연구를 실시하였다. 결과 본 연구의 결과에 따르면, 창의핵심역량 기반의 PBL 수업 만족도는 전반적으로 높게 나타났으며, PBL 수업에 대한 학생들의 경험은 ‘다양한 삶의 방향을 탐색하고 경험하다’, ‘함께 하는 공동체의 즐거움을 맛보다’, ‘친구와 협력하여 문제를 해결하다’ 등이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 형성적 연구를 통해 분석한 수업의 강점, 약점, 개선점은 다음과 같다. 먼저, PBL 수업에서의 강점은 강의식 수업에 비해 학습자의 동기 및 흥미유발에 효과적이며, 적극적이고 자기주도적으로 문제를 해결하고자 하며, 협동하고 토론하면서 결과물을 만들어 간다는 점이다. 반면, 약점으로는 PBL 수업에 대한 이해(경험 부족)가 다소 부족하고, 문제해결을 위한 다양한 방식의 체험학습과의 연계가 필요하다는 점이 드러났다. 이에 따른 개선점으로는 PBL 수업에 대한 이해를 돕기 위한 사전교육을 실시하고, 수업 안내를 명확하게 하여야 한다는 것이다. 결론 중학교 기술⋅가정과 ‘가족의 안전한 생활’ 단원을 중심으로 창의핵심역량 기반의 PBL 수업은 학생들의 수업 만족도를 높이고 긍정적인 태도 형성에 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있다. 이는 기술⋅가정과 교과목표를 달성하고 수업의 효과를 극대화하기 위한 방안을 탐색하는데 시사점을 제공하는 것이다. 따라서 향후 지속적인 PBL 수업 개발 및 적용을 통해 학생들의 창의핵심역량을 높이고 능동적인 학습 참여를 이끌어내는 것이 중요하다.

Sex-specific intra- and inter-hemispheric structural connectivity related to divergent thinking

Gender differences in creativity partly underscore the diversity between males and females in society. Divergent thinking forms the core of creativity and enables humans to innovate and solve problems. Sex differences in functional activation associated with divergent thinking may reflect the use of distinct strategies in males and females when faced with tasks involving creativity. Although female-specific white matter associated to creativity has been found, fractional anisotropy measuring structural connectivity which can better reflect the degree of brain regions interplay should be adapted to corroborate sex-specific WM connectivity related to divergent thinking. Using fractional anisotropy indexes derived from diffusion tensor imaging in 425 participants (118 males), we observed that divergent thinking was positively associated with fractional anisotropy in the corpus callosum and right superior longitudinal fasciculus in females and was positively associated with fractional anisotropy in the right tapetum in males. Our findings provide insight into sex-specific intra- and inter-hemispheric structural connectivity bases underlying divergent thinking.

Historical Memory in the Process of Formation and Reproduction of Modern National Identity: the French Experience (Part 2)

The article is devoted to the study of the role of historical tradition and national memory in the formation of modern types of ethno-national identity and mechanisms of consolidation of citizens at the stage of formation of the French state of the modern type. In this regard, various versions of French history were analyzed by representatives of historical and historiographical schools, which still compete with each other for the status of creators of a generally accepted interpretation of important historical events.
 It was found that consistently patriotic motivation, which ensures the formation and realization of the innovative potential of the people and social activity of this creative core of the nation, aimed at overcoming any crisis challenges, is formed only on the basis of maximum meaningful synthesis of existing interpretations of French history. In particular, the effectiveness of memory policy is ensured by the fact that symbols, traditions and historical monuments that positively influence the dynamics of national-patriotic motivations and feelings are inevitably (and often, quite consciously) filled with qualitatively new meanings and values.
 The complete failure of neoliberal and left-wing radical critiques of Holism’s theory and practice has been proved, the conservative elements of which, in particular the appeal to the heroic past, are not at all identical with medieval archaism and almost neo-Nazi political preferences. On the contrary, the typological similarity of Bonapartism and Hollism is due precisely to their ability to effectively oppose reactionary and revolutionary extremism, which is equally destructive to the nation-state.
 In this regard, the exceptional relevance of the use of historical memory to form their own traditionalist and authoritarian charisma (in their relationship) by the creator and first president of the Fifth Republic Charles de Gaulle in the process of his opposition to anti-national provocations of far-right and far-left.

Historical Memory in the Process of Formation and Reproduction of Modern National Identity: the French Experience (Part 1)

The article is devoted to the study of the role of historical tradition and national memory in the formation of modern types of ethno-national identity and mechanisms of consolidation of citizens at the stage of formation of the French state of the modern type. In this regard, various versions of French history were analyzed by representatives of historical and historiographical schools, which still compete with each other for the status of creators of a generally accepted interpretation of important historical events.
 It was found that consistently patriotic motivation, which ensures the formation and realization of the innovative potential of the people and social activity of this creative core of the nation, aimed at overcoming any crisis challenges, is formed only on the basis of maximum meaningful synthesis of existing interpretations of French history. In particular, the effectiveness of memory policy is ensured by the fact that symbols, traditions and historical monuments that positively influence the dynamics of national-patriotic motivations and feelings are inevitably (and often, quite consciously) filled with qualitatively new meanings and values.
 The complete failure of neoliberal and left-wing radical critiques of Holism's theory and practice has been proved, the conservative elements of which, in particular the appeal to the heroic past, are not at all identical with medieval archaism and almost neo-Nazi political preferences. On the contrary, the typological similarity of Bonapartism and Hollism is due precisely to their ability to effectively oppose reactionary and revolutionary extremism, which is equally destructive to the nation-state.
 In this regard, the exceptional relevance of the use of historical memory to form their own traditionalist and authoritarian charisma (in their relationship) by the creator and first president of the Fifth Republic Charles de Gaulle in the process of his opposition to anti-national provocations of far-right and far-left.

The bright and dark personality correlates of creative potentials, creative activities, and creative achievements

Little research has been done to examine how different personality traits (both “positive” and less desirable attributes) contribute to various aspects of creativity from a domain-specific point of view. The present study thus aimed to investigate the relationships between two types of personality traits (the Big Five and the Dark Triad traits) and three types of indicators of creativity (divergent thinking, creative activities, and creative achievements) among 559 university-level Chinese students. Results indicated that Openness served as a common core of both creative potential (divergent thinking) and real-life creativity (creative activities and achievements) at almost all levels and domains. Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and Agreeableness were found to be significant predictors of real-life creativity in specific domains and levels (i.e., literature and sports). No significant relationship was found between Neuroticism and any indicator of creativity after controlling for the other Big Five traits. Compared to the Big Five traits, the Dark Triad traits had limited influence on creativity, with only Machiavellianism being a significant and positive predictor of literary and performance activities, and Narcissism being a significant and positive predictor of originality. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Exploring the Complexity of Location Choices of the Creative Class in Europe: Evidence from the EU Labor Force Survey 1995–2010

This paper proposes a new idea for the current argument over Florida’s cultural policies, as location choices of the creative class is a complex process involving some basic aspects of socio-economic progress. Based on the European Labor Force Survey (EU LFE) dataset, tolerance and openness indicators which represent the quality of a “people climate” are found to be positively correlated with the creative class’s location in large regions and less so in smaller ones, where business climate-related parameters, i.e., the quality of local governments and the location of universities, have stronger positive effects on locational choices of the creative class. Moreover, graduates with non-creative jobs and creative professionals (i.e., workers who provide creative solutions during the work process such as high-tech technicians or legal and healthcare workers) are concerned more about the people climate, while creative workers with a degree and a creative core (e.g., workers who provide original ideas such as scientists, engineers and artists) are more likely to prioritize a business climate. Therefore, we argue that the promotion of a “tolerant” climate, as Florida advocates, is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Instead, policy makers should appropriately relate different preferences of creative workers to their unique strengths. This provides more insights into defining the concept of creativity beyond prioritized individual success, as well as understanding the preferences and actual needs of highly skilled workers in Europe.

Autonomy as Core of Creativity and Compliance: Moderated Moderation Model of Maternal Parenting Behaviors

Autonomy is one of the core motivators of children’s creativity and (non)compliance. But it is less known how children’s (non)compliance links to later creative potential and how maternal parenting behaviors contribute to those links. This article, as part of a longitudinal study, tested whether preschoolers’ committed compliance and self-assertion related to their potential for motor creativity and how maternal autonomy-supporting and relatedness-supporting behaviors predicted those relations. Eighty-two Chinese children (32 boys) and their families were included. At 38 months, committed compliance and self-assertion were coded from a cleanup task. Maternal autonomy-supporting and relatedness-supporting behaviors were coded from two 5-min mother-child free-plays. At 60 months, the Thinking Creativity in Action and Movement test (TCAM) was used to measure children’s potential for motor creativity. Results showed that after controlling for gender and receptive language, the 38-month-olds’ committed compliance negatively, and self-assertion positively, linked to creative potential at 60 months. Moderation analyses revealed that the association between self-assertion and creative potential was strengthened by maternal autonomy-supporting behavior. This moderating effect, however, was weakened by maternal relatedness-supporting behavior. But maternal parenting behaviors did not moderate the association between committed compliance and creative potential. The limitations of this study were discussed.

Contextual Problems of Interpretation of P. A. Oyunsky’s Personality as a Writer-Philosopher

This paper presents the problems of interpretation of Platon Alekseyevich Oyunsky’s (1893-1939) personality, the Yakut classic writer, in terms of his self-identification, finding his place in literature, society and, in general, history, his struggle for truth and universal human values. The article uses a set of such traditional methods as historical-functional, typological and comparative. Interpretation of P. Oyunsky's contextual levels of creativity will allow to delve into the creative core of the writer, and reveal both his tasks and achievements in fiction. In the end of the analysis of the writer's creativity contexts, the integrity of his personality will be revealed. The artistic concept of Oyunsky’s reality is realized in his philosophical works – “Nyukuus the Madman”, “The Red Shaman”, “Kudangsa the Great”, “Alexander the Great”, which become the starting point for the evolution of his worldview. The writer was looking for answers not only to hot-button issues of society, but he also talked about universal and eternal problems of existence. Particular attention was paid to the creation of heroic characters, fighting for the happiness of the people and changing the world. Oyunsky created Yakut literature of a new type, he became a writer of romanticism. The study of the literary context in the writer's work presupposes insight into the semantic depths of works to comprehend the author's concept of reality. Oyunsky, as a writer-philosopher, reflected on the universal problems of life and death, the appointment of man and his fate, the role of great people in history, the struggle between Good and Evil, Mind and Force. Oyunsky showed the triumph of Mind in his works, the eternal truths of mankind and foresaw that thanks to creativity, his name will not be forgotten by the people.