Creative Endeavors Research Articles

Youth Economic Empowerment Strategy Based on the Utilization of the YouTube Platform in YouTuber Tapen Bondowoso Village

Tapen Bondowoso village in Bondowoso Regency has undergone digital transformation, evolving into a YouTuber Village driven by the creative endeavors of its youth. This qualitative phenomenological research investigates the use of the YouTube platform in the village, outlines the youth economic empowerment strategy through content creation, and assesses the economic status of youth pre, and post-empowerment. Utilizing snowball techniques, the researchers identified young YouTubers as informants and employed interviews, observations, and documentation. Findings reveal active community participation in YouTube content creation, motivated by economic and environmental factors. The empowerment strategy encompasses enablement, strengthening, protection, support, and maintenance. Post-empowerment, there is a significant positive impact on the economic conditions of youth, evident in improved income and heightened fulfillment of needs. This research highlights the transformative role of YouTube-based empowerment for both individual youths and the broader Tapen village community.

A monstrous matter: The three faces of artificial creativity

Through a focus on artificial creativity (AC), creativity and innovation researchers, practitioners, and educators are beginning to demystify the phenomenon's liminality by exploring and contesting the potential affordances, constraints, and pitfalls brought about by the deployment of powerful AI models for creative endeavors. For the creativity community, AC as a sociotechnical network has become a deeply consternating and contested monster. Given the recency of AC, there has been little theorizing yet. My critical self-reflection paper seeks to understand the community's concerns and, thereby, to discern theoretical insights that conceptually contribute towards a theory of AC. Drawing on autoethnography, I identified three distinct perceived matters of concern represented by anthropomorphic personalities or faces of AC: Trickster, Surveyor, and Harbinger. The findings reveal that the Trickster is the most monstrous and disconcerting face of AC. It may be prankish or deceptive, but can also be beneficent and supportive. While the Surveyor provides surveillance, measurement, and calculation, the Harbinger announces competing future visions, one of utopian hope and the other of dystopian despair. I conclude by discussing the implications of three underlying theoretical variables: trust, creative value, and creative personal identity.

Types and Definitions of Plagiarism: An Overview

Plagiarism, the act of using someone else's work without proper attribution, is a pervasive issue in academia, professional fields, and creative endeavors. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the various types and definitions of plagiarism, shedding light on its nuanced manifestations and implications. By categorizing plagiarism into distinct forms such as verbatim plagiarism, paraphrasing plagiarism, mosaic plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and idea plagiarism, this study aims to offer clarity and insight into the complexity of this ethical transgression. Additionally, it explores the evolving nature of plagiarism in the digital age, considering factors such as the ease of access to information, the proliferation of online content, and the challenges posed by emerging technologies. Through an examination of case studies and scholarly perspectives, this paper highlights the importance of promoting academic integrity and fostering a culture of originality and ethical scholarship. Moreover, it discusses strategies for plagiarism prevention and detection, emphasizing the role of education, awareness, and robust citation practices in addressing this critical issue

Intermediality and the Politics of (Un)Making in Agnès Varda's Visages Villages

Abstract: Agnès Varda and JR's 2017 documentary "Visages Villages" is an extended gesture toward a creative politics that privileges decentralized, communal, and constantly shifting authorial positions. The co-directors not only explore the French countryside in their creative endeavor, but also expand upon preconceived notions of what constitutes a creator and a creation. Using the writings of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari as a theoretical framework, Varda and JR's interactions with space and place offer a radical and subversive transformation that necessarily multiples everything it touches. This multiplicity is enacted not only through a Deleuzean-Guattarian brand of corporeal movement, but through the consistent regeneration and recycling of individual texts and images, all of which coalesce into an endlessly transformative body of work that resists totalization even as it suggests that textual possibility.

Use ChatGPT to maximize everyday efficiency

The advent of advanced artificial intelligence systems, exemplified by OpenAI's ChatGPT, has ushered in a new era of technological capability and convenience in everyday life. This paper delves into the multifaceted applications of ChatGPT, aiming to understand and illustrate its profound impact on daily activities. Through a comprehensive demonstration of prompts on various use cases, we explore how ChatGPT can enhance personal and professional efficiency, aid in educational pursuits, and offer support in creative endeavors. By providing empirical examples, this study highlights the transformative potential of ChatGPT in simplifying and optimizing everyday tasks, ultimately showcasing its role as a pivotal tool in the modern digital landscape. This research aims to contribute to a better understanding of AI's practical applications in daily life and to inspire further exploration into the capabilities and future advancements of AI tools like ChatGPT.

Talking Back to Virginia Woolf in Her Own Words: Gendered, Racial, and Literary Passing as Forms of Counter-Interpellation in Kabe Wilson’s “Dreadlock Hoax”

On 19 May 2014, British multimedia artist Kabe Wilson presented the result of a five-year-long creative endeavour, as he displayed for the first time his literary and artistic recycling of A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf’s landmark 1929 feminist essay. Yet, more than a mere exhibition, Wilson staged a performance art piece entitled “The Dreadlock Hoax” during which the artist, dressed up as Virginia Woolf, proclaimed a speech which questioned our ability to appropriate and negotiate past literary texts and authors. Unbeknownst to his audience, Wilson’s speech was yet another literary recycling, this time of Woolf’s 1937 essay, “Craftsmanship”. Wilson’s performance thus highly relied on both the notion and practice of passing, in terms of gender, race, and language. This article analyses how Kabe Wilson’s multifaceted and multi-scaled creative passing enables him to talk back to Virginia Woolf in her own words, and acts as a form of counter-interpellation through which Wilson reclaims his agency both as a reader and as an artist, while questioning the contemporary relevance of Woolf’s words and recycling them for the twenty-first century.

THE ROLE OF PASSIONARISM IN ENGAGING WITH THIRD-AGED STUDENTS

The article presents an overview of theoretical and practical insights into teaching foreign languages to third-aged students. This research highlights that in today's world, regular global changes necessitate constant adaptation for survival. Therefore, it is crucial to update continuously one's knowledge throughout life. The article updates the issue of continuing lifelong education at any age, even using simplified learning formats. The authors of the article set a goal to explore the meaning of passionarism in working with older people and solve such a problem as identifying the effectiveness of teaching a foreign language and stimulating the creative endeavors of students of the silver age by determining the level of involvement of the teacher himself in the educational process. It is well known that the third-age students are reserved and shy, which often impedes their ability to articulate thoughts openly and erects linguistic barriers during certain activities. According to the authors, the selection of material when working with adult students is important, since it is necessary to consider their different educational abilities. In this article, the authors have described the analysis and results of surveys conducted among teachers teaching foreign languages to older people. The survey results showed that the activity, engagement and commitment of teachers have a positive effect on the learning process in inclusive groups of third-age students. The authors concluded that passionate teacher, through their foreign language teaching, encourage elderly students to become more proactive, thereby instilling in them a newfound sense of purpose.

De la rencontre de l’Autre à la perte de soi. Les réécritures filmiques de "L’aventure ambiguë" de Cheikh Hamidou Kane

This article reads the films L’aventure ambiguë by French director Jacques Champreux and L’Afrance by Franco-Sen-egalese filmmaker Alain Gomis as possible sequels, continu-ations or follow-up stories of L’aventure ambiguë, the best known novel of Senegalese author Cheikh Hamidou Kane. Building on the hypothesis that film adaptation is a creative endeavour that allows filmmakers to state their views, not just on the literary source text but also about their contem-porary social environment, it studies the aesthetic strategies and film techniques deployed to replicate the written literary content in the audiovisual media and elucidates some of the new perspectives that this remediation brings on the ques-tions raised in the novel. It argues that through a complex relationship of continuity and rupture, convergence and sub-version, the films recontextualize the ideas put forward in the novel to connect them with present-day sociocultural issues.

The Character’s Overlay: the return of the prodigal daughter “Tieta do Agreste” and the digital media

This article delves into the enduring legacy of Tieta, the central character in Jorge Amado's novel Tieta do Agreste. Hailing from Amado's literary universe, Tieta has undergone extensive artistic adaptations and has been reimagined in countless digital media text-images. The research foundation rests upon works by Reis (2015), Reuter (1995), and Wood (2001), which provide insightful analyses of the literary character. Additionally, the perspectives of prominent scholars in Amado's prose, like Jesus (2018) and Machado (2006) are also integrated, as well as contributions from experts in digital media, including Ribeiro (2018) and Porto (2018), among others. The focal point of the discussion lies in how Tieta's resurgence within the Brazilian cultural has further enriched the literary character’s legacy, shedding light on the protagonist’s remarkable depth, particularly as she becomes a constant subject of reinterpretations and creative endeavors.

Tamil Esthetic Tradition in a Foreign Genre: A Study of Jeyamohan’s Kaadu (2003)

In the second half of the twentieth century, the early modernist writers in Tamil, whose enthusiasm for the newly imported genre of the novel occupied most of their creative endeavors, felt the need to outgrow the confinements of their own literary tradition. However, after many decades of irreconcilable tensions with tradition, a new generation of novelists, in the last decade of the century, began to reengage with traditional esthetics through the genre of the novel itself. The advent of postmodernism into the Tamil literary scene prepared the ground for this new turn in the esthetics of Tamil writing. This paper argues that the result of this new engagement is a synthesis of traditional esthetic systems and the supposedly foreign literary genre, the novel. The argument is exemplified through a detailed analysis of a Tamil novel titled Kaadu (2003), written by Jeyamohan. Though the novel engages with modern Tamil life, it inherits multiple esthetic frameworks from the extensive Tamil literary tradition, including ancient Sangam poetics, bhakti literature, and different forms of folklore. It strings together these temporally distanced esthetic models on its narrative canvas through a multi-layered narrative structure. The analysis will show how the protagonist Giritharan’s perception of the world is mediated and shaped by different esthetic frameworks and how the novel, through a synthesis of those oppositional frameworks, creates a vision of life that belongs neither to the Tamil tradition nor to the Western esthetic models.

The Effectiveness of Web 2.0 Tools Training Workshop Using Canva and Figma in Developing Creative Visual Content

The Effectiveness of Web 2.0 Tools Training Workshop Using Canva and Figma in Developing Creative Visual Content

The Pintoe Aceh Motif in Macramé Window Curtains and Tablecloth Products

The creation of this work began with the Pintoe Aceh motif, which has gained wide recognition in Aceh, inspired by the natural richness of Aceh, encompassing flora, fauna, and geometric patterns. The Pintoe Aceh motif boasts a high aesthetic appeal, enriched with elements such as Bungoeng Meulu, Oen Paku, Boh Ungkot, and geometric patterns that exude elegance and charm. The artists were compelled to use the Pintoe Aceh motif as the basis for creating window curtains and tablecloths. The primary objective of this creative endeavor is to contribute to the preservation of the Pintoe Aceh motif as a cultural heritage of the Acehnese community while producing a variety of original macramé products. The creative process involves four main stages: pre-design, design, realization, and presentation. The concept adopted embraces the concept of symbolic expression, combining modern art with tradition. This creation has yielded unique macramé products, specifically designed to enhance learning spaces, in the form of window curtains and tablecloths.

PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS IN MODERN LINGUISTICS

The development of speech culture and communication processes has been influenced significantly by the evolution of communication itself, marked by the incorporation of stable expressions, phrases, and fixed lexical combinations. This transformation has entailed a reevaluation of content and the author's intended message, particularly within the domain of phraseological units. A pivotal area of inquiry within contemporary linguistics involves the assessment of the quality of phraseological unit usage, the delineation of classification approaches, and the formulation of systematization methods tailored to the stylistic and contextual attributes of these linguistic constructs. This article undertakes an examination of the structural components inherent to phraseological units in modern linguistics. Furthermore, it investigates the intricacies of their semantic structure, their contextual utility, and their applications across diverse modes of communication. The article comprehensively considers the intricacies surrounding the evolution of language and the concurrent emergence of new phraseological units. It also addresses the influence of scientific and technological progress, which contributes to the development of novel forms and categories of phraseological units. The distinctiveness in the formation of phraseological units within various language groups can be attributed to a combination of factors, including folk traditions, the written cultural legacy, the creative endeavours of the populace, and the transformation of cultural paradigms. Furthermore, the article emphasizes the significance of systematizing phraseological units, with an emphasis on achieving a qualitative categorization of the most prevalent lexical constructions within the respective language groups under consideration. This article undertakes an in-depth examination of the mechanisms responsible for the generation of phraseological units, as well as the distinctive characteristics in comparing such units across diverse language groups. It also incorporates a comprehensive semantic analysis aimed at elucidating the content and avenues for reinterpretation inherent to phraseological units.

Technological Adaptation and the Role of Social Media in the Proliferation of the Newly Created Minim Script from Burkina Faso

This paper seeks to present an emerging, academically yet undocumented alphabetic script invented by Mahamadi Ouédraogo (*1983), an Islamic scholar from Burkina Faso. This script, called minim biisi (“Letters of Knowledge”) by its creator shows some historical continuities both to other West African Scripts as well as to Islamic traditions of cryptography and secret alphabets, yet at the same time offers interesting insights into the creative endeavours of a script creator in the digital age. Drawing on my fieldwork with the inventor of the script and some of his closest adherents in Ouagadougou, this contribution traces how Ouédraogo resolved the challenge of digitalizing his script by employing open-access font-creating software, thus avoiding regulating authorities such as the Unicode Consortium, Burkinabè policymakers, and software developers. It presents the various fonts he has created for his script and the possible issues and difficulties posed by some characteristics of his script, which are cross-linguistically rarely encountered. Additionally, it seeks to document how social media and social networks such as Facebook, YouTube, and WhatsApp play a role in the proliferation of this script and how these proliferation efforts are received by digital audiences. Due to the internationality of social media, these audiences are not only found within Burkina Faso, but also in the diaspora, which is reflective of the creative and decisive roles diasporas have played and continue to play in the creation and proliferation of West African Scripts, especially N’ko.

Image Piracy Detection on Social Media Platforms such as Instagram and Facebook

Abstract: Image piracy detection is a pressing issue on social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. This issue revolves around the unauthorised use of someone else's images without their permission, a practice that not only compromises the integrity of creators' work but also leads to copyright infringement and violations of intellectual property rights. An application designed to detect image piracy could prove highly beneficial, particularly for photographers, artists, and various other creators who depend on their images for their livelihoods. The primary purpose of such an app is to safeguard the artistic and intellectual property rights of creators, ensuring that their work is not exploited without their consent. Developing a robust image piracy detection app would serve as a critical tool for creators, offering protection against the misuse of their content. In practice, this means the app scans the platform for instances of potentially plagiarised content and promptly notifies the content owner. For creators, this kind of solution is essential, as it allows them to focus on their creative endeavours with confidence, knowing that their work is less likely to be stolen or profited from without their knowledge. It represents a shield against the unlawful reproduction of images and provides a legal basis for action in case of copyright infringement. Image piracy detection app is the prevention of unlawful profits. Unauthorised use of someone else's images often results in financial losses for creators. These apps play a pivotal role in mitigating such losses by flagging and addressing instances of infringement. Additionally, they educate users about the proper use of content, fostering a culture of respect for creators' rights and fair content usage. Furthermore, the presence of these tools acts as a deterrent, discouraging potential infringers from misusing images in the first place, which, in turn, reduces the occurrence of piracy

The implications of generative AI for creative composition in higher education and initial teacher education

This position paper explores the impact of generative AI on creativity and creative production in higher education, with focus also on initial teacher education. Creative outputs are an essential part of the business of higher education across different disciplinary areas, along with pedagogical and assessment practices matched to these outputs. However, the advent of generative AI has sparked a reconsideration of how we think about creativity, creative output, and the hybridity of relationships between generative AI and humans in creative endeavours. This emergent technology also has significant implications for teacher education and for the develop of new teachers who need confidence with using AI in learning contexts. We suggest that new thinking and critical dialogue are essential in developing educational futures in which generative AI is understood for its affordances, limitations, and dangers.

Embracing educational transformation: exploring personalised, collaborative and contextualised education through dilemma theory

ABSTRACT Higher education institutions must prepare students for success in the dynamic knowledge economy by providing a high-quality educational experience. As the world and our understanding of learning processes continually evolve, educators face the challenge of developing innovative strategies to engage and motivate students in their own learning. Scholarly literature advocates a shift away from traditional educational methods towards personalised, collaborative, and contextualised education. This transformation can be understood through the lens of Dilemma Theory, which reveals that current educational approaches predominantly align with Western cultural values. The suppression of opposing values has created a need for approaches that reflect a broader spectrum of values. It is important to recognise that navigating value conflicts is integral to creative endeavours and resolving these conflicts enables progress towards successful outcomes. This article is written to help educational leaders, policy makers, teachers, and administrators seeking successful and sustainable educational change in their institutions.

The Painterly Poe: Architect, Artist, Author

Abstract Many scholars have read Edgar Allan Poe as uniquely enmeshed in an interdisciplinary and intermediary web connecting the visual and practical arts. Poe’s prose is intrinsically multimodal and multisensory, a transgression of disciplinary boundaries that leads to a horrific affect. This article examines three of Poe’s short stories with attention to the figure of the artist, architect, and author within his fiction, arguing that these characters can be read as exemplars of Poe’s aesthetic philosophy laid out in “The Philosophy of Composition.” Poe pushes and explores the limits of disciplinary boundaries by showing the various conjunctions and conflations inherent to artistic practice. In his stories, Poe explores what distinguishes literature from other creative endeavors. It is his fascination with the porous nature of artistic boundaries that drives both the form and content of his tales—and it is this very liminality, this porousness, that makes them truly the harbingers of horror as a genre.

The Lives Have It: Curating the Medieval Past at English Heritage Castles

This paper outlines some of the challenges to the public curation of the medieval past at castles, as experienced in the author’s curatorial capacity at English Heritage. Echoing the work of recent scholarship on the heritage presentation of castles, this paper contends that the breadth of narratives explored on such sites has been limited to a national, male-dominated legacy. This paper outlines key stakeholders in the public curation of castles, as well as the media at the disposal of English Heritage curators, before presenting an approach which centres the historical narrative around people. It argues that, by placing people, past and present, at the centre of the public curation of medieval castles, obstacles and limitations from previous approaches can be overcome. This paper concludes with a critical reflection, outlining some ways in which these challenges have been overcome using this approach at a recent project at Warkworth Castle (Northumberland). The article emphasises the capacity of traditional curatorship interplayed with creative endeavours, to bypass obstacles to telling a compelling but also challenging public history of medieval castles.

Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation: A Study of India's Legal Framework

Innovation, economic growth, and technical advancement all benefit greatly from protections afforded by IPR. This article investigates the influence of India's legislative framework on intellectual property rights (IPR) and innovation. It investigates patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets throughout India and assesses how well they work to encourage creative endeavours. This study delves into the complexities, difficulties, and potential of India's intellectual property rights (IPR) environment, and it suggests workable changes to increase innovation and competitiveness in India.