Creative Efforts Research Articles

International Student Collaboration in Efforts to Raise Public Awareness of COVID-19 Prevention

This study evaluates the enforcement of public health protocols in deciding the COVID-19 distribution chain. The evaluation is based on contributions among international students in higher education and examined their experiences and activities engaging in activities against the COVID-19 epidemic. The research focuses on the collaborative activities of students of Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia with Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin State Islamic University Banten, Indonesia. Through observation and direct and online involvement with the community, the study is qualitative and employs an inductive approach. Survey feedback was received in collaboration with five students from each university. This study is qualitative using an inductive approach, through observation and direct interaction with the community. The results show that there are still among the public in Santri Village who ignore the dangerous threat of COVID-19 to their health. The results also found that the community did not fully implement the health protocol. This study proposes a more detailed study of the attitudes of communities ignoring the dangerous threat of disease outbreaks to themselves. This collaboration faces constraints from the point of view of not yet yielding optimal results and requiring more creative efforts to help the community increase their awareness to carry out health protocols in times of disaster.

Creative Arts-Based Approaches to Improve the Well-Being of Older Adults

As older adults age they may face cognitive impairment, disruption in their sleep, and a decrease in mood and overall well-being. Given the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, they may experience a disruption in their access to health care services. Creative arts-based approaches have shown promise in improving the well-being of older adults and may be helpful in augmenting health care services. In this symposium, we will present research results of creative arts-based interventions aimed at improving the well-being of older adults, including those with dementia. We will also discuss ways to successfully engage with organizations that serve older adults using arts-based interventions. The first presentation will focus on the results from a feasibility randomized controlled trial examining the effects of a tailored music listening intervention on sleep outcomes in older adults living with dementia and their caregivers. The second presentation will report findings from the Mason Music & Memory Initiative aiming to improve mood and behavioral outcomes in persons living with dementia in nursing homes. The third presentation will focus on the preliminary results of a pilot study that integrated the delivery of music therapy telehealth with remote social work support and service linkage for rural older adults from low-income areas. The fourth presentation will report findings from the capacity-building program for teaching artists, health/aging organizations, and arts organizations committed to strengthening Creative Aging efforts through research. Implications for future research and creative arts-based intervention development for older adults will be discussed.

Promoting Connections Through Creative Approaches to Research Engagement for Older African Americans

This presentation will feature innovative retention approaches that contributed to sustaining connections to older Black participants in the long-standing Healthier Black Elders Center (HBEC). The HBEC aims to address and reduce health disparities through research and education. In 2020, this outreach has included a telephone outreach program and a weekly social group, “The Party Line,” to promote connections and collect data on mental health, coping mechanisms and newly acquired skills, as well as health care access including access to masks, testing and tele-health. The presentation will also describe tailored approaches to initiating a Community Advisory Board and programming in Flint, MI and creative efforts to retain participants in Detroit, MI, thus ensuring the relationships between researchers and older community members are sustained despite program modifications.

Utilization of Plastic Waste in Making Plastic Bricks as an Effort for Community Development and Creative Economy in Sidodadi Village, Batang Kuis District

The waste problem in Indonesia is still a problem that has not been resolved until now. The increase in population will also be accompanied by an increase in the volume of waste from human activities. The problem of plastic waste has become common, especially in big cities, suburbs and rural areas. Efforts to recycle plastic waste have been continuously carried out, especially for rural communities, but village communities often underestimate the recycling of plastic waste. This is due to the lack of counseling and guidance on independent and creative businesses and efforts to recycle plastic waste into useful products. One of the efforts to recycle plastic waste is to make bricks which raw material comes from plastic waste. In the process of making plastic bricks, there is a burning process, but this will not cause environmental pollution. Sidodadi Village located in Batang Kuis, Deli Serdang, is an area that has the potential to grow fast. Therefore, the development of Sidodadi Village in the social and economic aspects can be done by developing creative industries. To follow up on this effort, the USU community service team offers a teaching program on making bricks from plastic which can be used as a product of creative industry businesses with various advantages, including to reduce air pollution and environmental pollution.

Ukrainian Traditional Embroidery in Clothes of the 50s of the Twentieth Century

The purpose of the article is to highlight fashion trends in clothing using traditional Ukrainian embroidery in the 50s of the twentieth century. The methodological foundations of the study are based on historical, art and cultural observations and analysis. Scientific novelty. The article examines historical sources, artifact finds, indicating the presence of embroidered ornamental elements in the decoration of the clothes of the Ukrainians of the indicated period. The manufacture of clothing, including embroidery, on the territory of Ukraine is associated with artisanal and industrial production. The article analyzes the state of embroidery using modern fashion trends in clothing of the 50s of the twentieth century. Conclusions. As a result of the analysis of the art of making clothes of Ukrainian fashion of the 50s. XX century, we can state that the creation of compositionally complete collections of clothes, including those developed using national traditions, was possible due to the unification of the creative efforts of various industries of light industry. Mainly, in the fashion of the 50s, there were cardinal changes in silhouettes and shapes, in accordance with the change in the ideal of beauty. Skirts, straight and flared, came into fashion, pleated skirts, dress-coats, coats, suits made of shaped, overcoat fabrics, which were decorated with metal, leather, wooden buttons, were introduced, taking into account folk ornamental traditions. New styles of dresses were created on a fitted basis with the use of a variety of embroidered ornaments: «roosters», «flowers», embroidered with «nets», «satin stitch», with elements of sewing fabrics along the entire product, etc. The implementation of thematic, original artful designs directed and coordinated the activities of the textile, clothing, knitwear industries. Elements of national clothing with common motives of traditional Ukrainian embroidery attracted special attention in the fashion of that time.

Wayang Gluthek: The Creativity and Innovation of Art Workers in Keeping Traditional Arts

Wayang Gluthek is one of the traditional arts from Malang Regency, East Java. Wayang Gluthek emerged because the conventional puppet show had ups and downs in its development due to advances in science and technology. This research aims to identify the wayang gluthek performance and examine the elements in the show. This type of research is a survey and development research conducted for five years. Research locations are in the Kalipare and Tumpang areas. Methods of data collection using interview methods, participatory observation methods, and methods of documentation. The data that has been obtained is then analyzed descriptively qualitatively. The results showed that Wayang Gluthek was born from various innovations and creative efforts made by art workers and the people’s need for cheap and efficient art without leaving essential points in the tradition of wayang purwa performances. From the Wayang Gluthek performance, we can understand that the intensive interaction between art workers and the community is an ongoing relationship and represents a mutually agreed upon phenomenon.

Rural Households’ Multidimensional Poverty and Its Determinants in Konso Woreda, SNNP Region, Ethiopia

Eradicating poverty in all its forms is one of global society's sustainable development goals. This requires creative and rigorous efforts to measure and reduce multidimensional poverty in a way that ensures no one is left behind. Despite a couple of efforts made to measure multidimensional aspects of welfare at the national level, limited studies have been done in rural parts of the country, where most poverty researches focused in unidimensional poverty. Hence, this study quantified the extent and examined the determinants of rural household multidimensional poverty status using the Alkire-Foster method and the ordered logistic regression model, respectively. Crosssectional data set was collected from 397 randomly selected households using structured questionnaire. Living standards indicators contribute the most to multidimensional poverty, while empowerment contributes the least. The study revealed that multidimensional poverty headcount, intensity, and the index were found to be 80.35 percent, 55.97 percent, and 44.8 percent, respectively. Among the sampled households, 2.2 percent of households were non-poor, 17.8 percent were vulnerable, 52.6 percent were moderately poor, and 27.4 percent were severely poor. According to the ordered logit model, the probability of a household being in multidimensional poverty was determined negatively by sex(male), expenditure, family size, land size, and employment level, while age and distance to the nearest health center are positively influencing it. Hence, promoting family planning, diversifying income sources and viable labor-intensive rural employment opportunities, provision of improved energy sources, electricity, clean water, and a road network would reduce a multifaceted rural poverty.
 Keywords: Deprivation Score; Konso; Multidimensional Poverty Index; Ordered Logit Model

Efektifitas Dakwah Virtual di Era Pandemi

Islamic proselytising (da'wah) is one of the affected-activities during the Covid-19 pandemic. The da'wah activities which are usually carried out in mosques through majlis taklim had to be stopped due to coronavirus disease, well-known as Covid-19 pandemic. This paper examines the creative da'wah efforts carried out by da'wah actors (da'i) during the pandemic period. This article argues that many da'i had undrgone Islamic preaching creatively during pandemics by utilising various digital media, through spoken (bil-lisan) and written (bil-qolam) methods, including using virtual meeting applications. The use of online applications, da'wah is able to reach wider mad'u (audience) campared to offline da'wah.

SINGKAWANG CITY GOVERNMENT STRATEGY IN RESTORING THE TOURISM SECTOR DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

This study aims to describe and analyze the Singkawang City Government's strategy in recovering the private sector during the Covid-19 pandemic. The problem is that it is not yet known how Singkawang's tourism policy will deal with pandemic conditions that impact tourist destinations in this city. The research method is a descriptive type with a qualitative approach, especially related to the COVID-19 impact mitigation strategy and the implementation of Singkawang tourism policies. Then analyze the strategic elements of a policy according to Maryati and the implementation activities of the O.Jones model. Data were collected using interview, observation, and documentation techniques. The data is then analyzed using domain data analysis techniques as a researcher's effort to get a general and comprehensive (holistic) picture of the object under study. The findings concluded that 1) the tourism covid-19 impact mitigation policy strategy was connected from the national to the local level in Singkawang in the form of directives, regulations, Covid-19 mitigation programs, and stimulus for economic recovery in the tourism sector; and 2) there are no visible creative efforts based on health protocols in organizing tourism resources, methods, and unit synergies to restore tourism, the interpretation of social media-based policies on tourist visits has not been measured, and strategies have not been implemented to meet the opportunities for pandemic trend tourism types with alternative tourism models that according to health protocol.

Implementasi Nilai Binadamai di Masyarakat Sunda dalam Kesenian Reak

Performing arts are not created by accident, but they are made based on the values, world views, and beliefs of artists and their publics as part of a socio-cultural activity of society. Artists create, package, and create performing arts as part of creative efforts carried out by a constructive spirit through symbolic actions. This study aims to determine the implementation of one of the Sunda Reak arts in creating a peaceful society following the values of Indonesian multiculturalism. This research method uses a descriptive qualitative approach to describe Reak's artistic values in creating a quiet life in society. In ancient times, ancient ancestors implemented peacebuilding in future generations through activities cultured as traditions in the community. The findings of this study indicate that Reak art is not just an entertainment show because some sources say that tradition is an ancestral heritage that is so sacred and becomes a necessity for social beings in living life.

I want to work there: how public relations agencies communicate organizational culture and identity on Instagram

PurposeThis study examined Instagram content shared by public relations (PR) agencies, through the sensitizing framework of organizational identity theory, to determine what messages related to organizational identity, culture and image were communicated to external audiences. This study highlights the various ways that Instagram can be used for strategic organizational communication.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative, thematic analysis of Instagram content was conducted. The constant comparative analysis was guided by organizational identity theory, which provided an individual-level perspective for interpreting organizational messages within the posts.FindingsPR agencies use hashtags, employee sharing and communicating about agency outreach efforts and accolades to communicate organizational identity. PR agencies communicate aspects of its culture through employee engagement and development, employee cohesiveness and through communicating a commitment to diversity, philanthropy and community service. PR agencies influenced its organizational image by communicating content related to promotion and support of creative efforts, having a public Instagram account and retelling the history of the agency.Originality/valueThis study extends our understanding of corporate self-presentation strategies on social media.

Local government's response to the recovery of the tourism sector after the COVID-19 pandemic

This study aims to analyze the strategy of the Singkawang City Government in restoring the private sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research method is descriptive and qualitative, specifically related to the COVID-19 impact mitigation strategy and Singkawang tourism policies. Then analyze the strategic elements of a policy according to the implementation of the O.Jones model. Data was collected by using interviews, observation, and documentation techniques. The data is then analyzed using domain data analysis techniques as a researcher's effort to get a general and comprehensive (holistic) picture of the object under study. The findings in this study are 1) a connected tourism COVID-19 impact mitigation policy strategy from the national to local levels in Singkawang in the form of directives, regulations, COVID-19 mitigation programs, and stimulus for economic recovery in the tourism sector; and 2) there are no visible creative efforts based on health protocols in organizing tourism resources, methods, and unit synergies to restore tourism, interpretation of social media-based policies regarding tourist visits has not been measured, and strategies have not been implemented to meet the opportunities for pandemic trend tourism types with models alternative tourism according to health protocols.

Cruxes for visual domain sonification in digital arts

ABSTRACT Two main types of human perception are seeing and hearing. They play a central role in everyday life, scientific research, and also fine arts. Especially in the visual arts, linking the auditory and the visual realms is not uncommon. However, when it comes to linking the visual domain with the audio domain, the possibilities there are less addressed. Therefore, in this paper, we conceptualize the so-called cruxes for sonification of the visual domain. These are hierarchically structured transformations of the main elements in both domains, starting at the physics level, then extending to the physiological level, and finally to the artistic level. They offer a strong basis for creative sonification efforts and are intended for computer-based (generative) art production. In brief, this paper shows that sonification has a strong potential for artistic sonic creations, where scientific basis can play an important role, when linking the visual, acoustic, and physiological domains.

Polish artists in Kazakhstan: with love to the steppe

The article analyzes the cultural and creative heritage of artists of Polish descent who found themselves in Kazakhstan for various reasons in the period from the middle of the 19th to the end of the 20th centuries. In addition to their unconditional artistic value, the results of their creative efforts are of great scientific importance for modern Kazakhstan as unique ethnographic sources and documentary evidence of the daily graft and life of the Kazakh steppe. Domestic historical science already has a certain reserve dedicated to various sociopolitical, cultural and economic aspects of Kazakh-Polish relations, where the deportation of Poles and the formation of Kazakhstan’s Polonia are of particular importance. However, the creative heritage of Polish artists in Kazakhstan fell into the field of vision of scientists extremely occasionally. While its cultural and art historical context is able to shed light on many facets of the history, ethnography and culture of the Kazakh people. During the research, retrospective, comparative-historical and formal-stylistic campaigns were used. The result of the research is a retrospective analysis of the works of some of the most prominent Polish artists, due to various factors, for whom the Great Steppe has become not only a home, but also a source of inspiration and strength.

Widening Sphere of Modern Art and Literature in Nepal: A study of the interface between them

I see modernism in painting in this region as an evolutionary process that should trigger discussions about its constituent features. This argument harps on the two questions. Is modernism only an emulation of the Western style and methods in paintings and literature, or is it also the evolution of native cultural consciousness that is reflected in the experiments made by painters in art and by writers in creative literary works? To answer these questions, this article includes discussions about evolutions of modernism in paintings and culture in meta-artistic and literary discourses. Examples are drawn from very selective discussions about literature and works of art for reason of space. The basic argument of this article is that modernism in Nepali paintings should be seen in its evolutionary process. Modernism in art is not a condition that we see in palpable form today. It has grown over a long period of creative engagements and efforts both by painters and literary writers. Nepali art students' exposure to art education in Kolkata and literary writers' engagements with print-capitalism in Banaras over a century ago have played significant roles in introducing modernism in both paintings and literature. But I have said clearly that the use of the Western techniques and education has played great role in this process. We can see that in the interface between art and literature, which should be seen in the widening sphere of such sharing in terms of both techniques, and native orientations.

George Amabile on War, Trauma, the Creative Process, and His Latest Collection Martial Music

Liana Cusmano’s interview with poet George Amabile focuses on his prize-winning 2018 collection Martial Music and the art of writing in general. He offers insights on the poetic process, how to research and produce a collection of poems. Amabile’s poetry is inspired by what he has experienced or witnessed. He talks about dealing with war and trauma. He shares his frustration with daily life getting in the way of the creative process. “Life is the subject and the inspirational/ motivational source of our work, but it also sucks up our time and frustrates our ability to give our unstinted attention to our creative efforts,” says George Amabile.

School Leadership in Volatile Environments: The Zimbabwean Experience

School heads in Zimbabwe face relentless changes in the environment in which they operate. Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) created by the diversity, intensity and rapidity of these changes present challenges on ways to effectively lead as existing methods apparently prove inadequate. This study examines the major sources of volatility that affect school operations in Zimbabwe. It explores the challenges faced by school heads as they live through volatility in their operational environments. It further explores the strategies that have been put in place to ensure that schools counter these challenges. The study employs a mixed design methodology that involves the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods complementing each other. The study employed convenience sampling to select twenty school heads that formed the study sample. The theoretical framework guiding this study was the chaos theory. The study found the major sources of volatility and resultant challenges were economic crisis, political interference, globalization, poor technology and disasters (both natural and manmade). The study found that agility, that is, the ability to communicate across the organization and to move quickly to apply solutions, was the key strategy school leaders could employ to cope and win in volatile environments. Resource planning was also found to be an important strategy to win in volatile environments characterized by many changes that affect the normal operations of schools. Perhaps the major finding was that complex problems in schools could be resolved through deliberate coordination, interventions and creative effort. System oriented thinking was found to enhance such interaction and engagement. The key recommendation for this study was the need for school heads to employ readiness strategies in turbulent environments and organizational resilience principles in line with this study’s findings.

Introduction of Indonesian Poem (Pantun) as a Creative Effort of Elementary School Students in Improving Language Skills in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era

Learning activities are very impactful in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era so students are directed to study at home. Assistance from educators is very important to develop good literacy. With the Thematic Community Service Program, the purpose it is hoped that there will be an increase in student interest in learning and make it easier for educators and parents to carry out online learning activities. Including the introduction of Pantun in improving Language Skills in the Ciparay Hilir Region which is carried out online. The method in this study uses quantitative research. The results of this study are still many students who do not know the type of poem (known as pantun). Students' understanding of Pantun material, Types, and Language Skills by delivering material via PowerPoint or YouTube which is done online, and using the google meet application with educators. The results of the research show that the average post-test score of students is 70% greater than the average pre-test score of 37%, so the difference is 43%. Therefore, during the Covid-19 pandemic, there were still many efforts to increase literacy.

Pembelajaran Konvensional dan Kritis Kreatif dalam Perspektif Pendidikan Islam

This research aims to determine the perspective of Islamic education about conventional learning and critical creative learning. This research is library research and data collection uses documentation method. The data analysis uses a comparative technique, namely researching the philosophical foundations of conventional learning and critical-creative learning and looking at the two learning concepts using the perspective of Islamic education. Islamic education is the process of changing individual behavior in personal life and society through the learning process with an effort to help develop students to be more advanced based on good values in their lives, so that personal human beings are formed, both related to reason, feelings, and actions. The results of this research indicate that the two learning models above are very different conceptually, so there needs to be a creative unification effort from a teacher as a regulator in the learning process. Therefore, the two learning models could be useful according to the conditions and situations, so that there is no need to eliminate the conventional and critical creative learning models. Even learning with this model is very appropriate to the present.

Academic perceptions of barriers and facilitators of creative pedagogies in higher education: A cross-cultural study between the UK and China.

BackgroundIn an era where higher education institutions globally urge for innovation that meets the academic standards, financial targets and performance metrics, creative pedagogies can be a key resource. This study aims to explore the barriers and facilitators of creative pedagogies from the perspective of academics who are employed by higher education institutions across the UK and China. MethodsA purposive sampling was recruited to ensure that all participants came from diverse academic disciplines and higher education institutions, and that their teaching experience varied. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 participants (ten in each country) and were analysed thematically. ResultsMost academics in China were concerned as to whether creative pedagogies could be adapted to classes of more than 200 students, while academics in the UK were mainly concerned about their lack of confidence, training, and familiarity with such methods. The most common barrier in both countries were concerns around reputational risk if creative efforts ‘fail’ to engage students, and lack of awareness as to what constitutes creative pedagogies. Some academics were able to overcome these barriers by approaching teaching with curiosity, passion, and humour, while also being in educational environments that encourage risk-taking. DiscussionThe effects of economic production and materialism were detrimental to the participants’ ability and flexibility to make the cultural changes needed in their educational environment. The findings suggested that a shift is needed in the perception of education as a tool for collection and reproducibility of information, towards the perception of education as a tool for critical thinking and experiential learning. Positive construction of failure is necessary to facilitate this shift. Further evidence is needed to demonstrate the contribution of creative pedagogies not only for teaching and learning, but also for students’ mental health and wellbeing.