Creative Exchange Research Articles

Dungeons, Dragons, and Rogues: How Picaresque Literature Shaped the Thief Class in Dungeons & Dragons

This article advocates for a reevaluation of the thief class as a bridge linking literary narratives and tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs). It traces the roots of the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) thief class in Picaresque Literature against the wider importance of literature in the early TRGP scene, by comparing the thief class to the Picaresque rogue. Through a thematic analysis of articles from eight key TRPG periodicals published between 1975 and 1986, the article illustrates how “extensibility mechanisms” facilitated creative exchanges between hobbyist game designers, Fantasy fiction, and Picaresque Literature via the rogue archetype. These exchanges demonstrate a turn towards nuanced narrative-supporting mechanics, complex player character development, and including vibrant fantasy cities as settings for adventures in D&D, and TRPGs more broadly, influenced by Picaresque Literature.

Making Archives in Place: adopting a creative exchange approach in heritage research

ABSTRACT This paper provides a reflexive account of creative exchange in critical heritage studies research. It does so by recounting the methodological opportunities and challenges of researching on a large interdisciplinary heritage programme. We tested this creative exchange approach when undertaking fieldwork with a museum and a history society in the UK’s Clay Country in Cornwall, which resulted in a public-facing output: a short film titled ‘Archives in Place’. We argue that this creative exchange approach enabled us to cross-fertilise our heritage research themes of ‘transformation’ and ‘profusion’, and we illustrate how new insights were revealed through examples taken while we were recording, analysing and editing the short film. By means of conclusion, we encourage heritage researchers to critically engage with methods and to have confidence in experimenting with creative methodologies which have the potential to open up new perspectives for heritage studies.

A Neglected Design Style: Colonial Era Hybrid Architecture, Furniture and Interior Decoration in Aotearoa New Zealand

Colonial hybrid design has been a neglected style in Aotearoa New Zealand’s and design history. However, an overview of the corpus, its quantity and plurality, with both Māori and Pākehā makers working into the early twentieth century, indicates that a reappraisal is required. The case study of one Pākehā maker, J.H. Menzies, shows a combination of respect and ignorance of toi Māori (Māori art).[i] Despite the negative connotations of cultural appropriation, a kernel of genuine creative exchange is at the heart of this colonial phenomenon, as exemplified in his work. [i] I use this term generically to include all forms of art customarily practised by Māori, including (but not limited to) hoahoanga (architecture), toi whakairo (the art of carving) and kōwhaiwahi (painted patterns).

Semiotic Power in Films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul

This research aims to analyze the semiotic power in the films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul through a qualitative study approach. The researcher employs methods of textual and contextual analysis, utilizing semiotics theory and intermedial references, including intermedial topography. Data are collected from films, articles, interviews, and critiques. Additionally, in-depth individual interviews are conducted to reflect and support the data obtained from film analysis. The selection of purposive sampling focuses on feature-length entertainment films where Apichatpong Weerasethakul serves as both the screenwriter and director, and the films have received awards or nominations at international film festivals such as Cannes. The total number of films selected for analysis is five: "Blissfully Yours" (2002), "Tropical Malady" (2004), "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" (2010), "Cemetery of Splendour" (2015), and "Memoria" (2021). The research findings reveal that semiotic analysis, following semiotics theory, delves deep into the films, encompassing both denotative and connotative meanings. It emphasizing themes like medicine and public health, forests, myth, gender, politics, memory, love, sleep, truth & illusion, marginal people, time, instinct, and orchids. Through intermedial analysis, the use of symbols to create meaning is evident, fostering diverse media networks that broaden understanding and interpretation. These symbols span various genres such as auteur, ghosts of Thai folklore, experimental, sci-fi, Hollywood, and postmodernist. In-depth interviews correlate with themes of semiotic power related to forests, politics, medicine, and public health, facilitating creative exchanges. Even without direct communication, symbols convey connotative meanings effectively. With their performance skills and memories, the director and actors act as intermediaries, fostering profoundly meaningful works.

ProteoCure: A European network to fine-tune the proteome

Proteins are essential molecular actors in every cellular process. From their synthesis to their degradation, they are subject to continuous quality control mechanisms to ensure that they fulfil cellular needs in proper and timely fashion.Proteostasis is a key process allowing cells or organisms to maintain an appropriate but dynamic equilibrium of their proteome (the ensemble of all their proteins). It relies on multiple mechanisms that together control the level, fate and function of individual proteins, and ensure elimination of abnormal ones. The proteostasis network is essential for development and adaptation to environmental changes or challenges. Its dysfunctions can lead to accumulation of deleterious proteins or, conversely, to excessive degradation of beneficial ones, and are implicated in many diseases such as cancers, neurodegeneration, or developmental and aging disorders. Manipulating this network to control abundance of selected target proteins is therefore a strategy with enormous therapeutic or biotechnological potential.The ProteoCure COST Action gathers more than 350 researchers and their teams (31 countries represented) from the academic, clinical, and industrial sectors, who share the conviction that our understanding of proteostasis is mature enough to develop novel and highly specific therapies based on selective tuning of protein levels. Towards this objective, the Action organizes community-building activities to foster synergies among its participants and reinforce training of the next generation of European researchers. Its ambition is to function as a knowledge-based network and a creative exchange hub on normal and pathologic proteostasis, focusing on developing innovative tools modulating the level of specific protein(s).

Des fenêtres culturelles à l’hôpital : susciter de nouvelles perspectives cliniques dans les établissements de santé

ContextThis article is based on doctoral research interested in the effects of “médiation culturelle” – the bi-directional interplay and effects of embedding a cultural experience or artistic process – on institutional behavior, environment, daily routine, and corporate culture. The specific focus here is an original institutional experience, entitled “Windows Open to the World,” that examines the effect of embedding an artist and artistic process into the everyday life of a regional rehabilitation center for patients with acquired neurologic disease or traumatic injury. This study was completed in partnership with the Biennale d’Art Contemporain of Lyon, via the Veduta platform and the artist/photographer Karim Kal, as part of the national Culture and Health program. MethodThis is exploratory research. In an institutional clinical setting, we present clinical observations and propose lines of reflection and analysis. ObjectivesThis study seeks to analyze the function of art on healthcare institutions (daily routine, corporate culture, environment) and professional practice. This study further explores the modulatory effect of embedding artistic and cultural experiences (“médiation culturelle”) on clinical staff, including the potential to improve providers’ feelings of well-being, renew professional interest and commitment, spark individual and team creativity, improve team cohesion, and reduce burn-out. ResultsAs an interventional device, the “médiation culturelle” process created new opportunities at the institutional level: in a dynamic interplay, embedding the artistic process created new common space and spontaneous gatherings; and time spent in discussion promoted collaboration between professionals, allowing new projects to come to life despite the current constraints of the institutional environment. The preparatory work required for any project, often undocumented and hidden from view, is shown by these results to be essential.These interdisciplinary projects are conducive to group work, prompting a review of and a strengthening of the team's approach to collaborative clinical care. Moreover, through the interactive creative nature of the artistic cultural intervention, these projects serve to generate enduring psychological interactions and emotional experiences between patients, artists, and professionals, ultimately forging more vibrant relationships through these shared experiences. These cultural interventions make it possible to reset and re-ignite the imagination in the institution, in support and advocacy of artistic creativity. Similarly, they rejuvenate the professional staff, stimulating new ideas, fostering creative exchange, and prompting collaboration with natural extensions to their clinical practice. These cultural projects can also serve as a kind of libidinal recharge for professionals, supporting their ability to generate and maintain patient motivation over time. InterpretationsIn the current context of deteriorating working conditions for health care professionals, psychologists within multidisciplinary teams are increasingly led to find creative means to support their colleagues’ work. Incorporating a system of artistic and cultural processes into institutional healthcare systems is a novel and innovative approach that humanizes the hospital environment, enriches the patient experience, and re-invigorates the professionals who work there.

Urban Infrastructure Changes and Their Influences on Inhabitants’ Well-Being: A Case Study of Transcultural Heritage Conservation in Lasem, Indonesia

ABSTRACT This research examined the role of the infrastructure and city element of Lasem, which does not merely form the appearance of the city but also shapes its identity. The distinctive architectural element reflects its richness of culture of a hundred years of transactional life of the area, whereas the infrastructure – the streets, greenery and rivers – is the enabler of this process. The ancient river transported goods while at the same time delivering its technique and exchange of creativity between the island and the continents. A hundred years later, the same infrastructure is used for the path used for rituals where it becomes a highway. The inhabitants, from multiple cultures, adapted the situation by still carrying out the procession along the same path. Even though several efforts to minimize the risk have been made, it would be better if urban policy would consider this aspect. Several methods were used in this research. Firstly, a case study method used to examine the distinctiveness of Lasem; secondly, the diachronic method has been applied to show the transformation of the city. The research results show that Lasem, with its ancient pattern of infrastructure, has become a home of diverse religions and sub-ethnicities. The infrastructure requires better consideration, due to its bearing the ancient proof of a living civilization.

Role of Leader-Member Exchange, Knowledge Hiding, Prosocial Motivation, And Impression Management Motivation for The Creative Potential of Employees

The main purpose of the research was to investigate whether employees who develop a high-quality leader-member exchange (LMX), do they also engage in knowledge exchange activities or they hide knowledge, and do their knowledge hiding affects creativity. Data for this investigation were collected from 413 subordinates and their respective 57 supervisors working in a pharmaceutical organisation operating in Jakarta, Indonesia. The collected data was then analyzed for regression and mediated moderation with MPlus. We found that LMX may have a negative side, as those in quality exchange relationships with supervisors may hide knowledge from others, which may affect the creative potential of employees. With this research, we have shown that interpersonal mechanisms in general and LMX in particular will not always be beneficial for the exchange of knowledge and creativity of employees. We contributed to creativity research by introducing prosocial motivation and impression-management motivation as having a moderating role in knowledge hiding and creativity relationships. Our research revealed that the motivation of a focal employee overrides knowledge hiding, the underlying social exchange, knowledge hiding, and creativity relationships. The motivation of focal employees influences the social exchange patterns by affecting knowledge hiding among coworkers, thereby enhancing/ suppressing their creativity. Limitations and future research directions were also discussed.

'I was lost in my life and they helped me find my way again': Befriendee and befriender experiences of the Spirasi Befriending Programme for survivors of torture in Ireland.

Befriending is one of the rehabilitative services embedded in the holistic approach adopted by Spirasi, the Irish National Centre for the Rehabilitation of Survivors of Torture. Their befriending programme offers survivors one-to-one companionship from trained volunteer befrienders. The literature suggests that befriending programmes can improve quality of life, provide emotional support and combat loneliness. However, there is little empirical research of the effectiveness of befriending programmes for torture survivors. The main objective was to explore, in complementary ways, the impact of the Spirasi befriending programme on befrienders and befriendees and to incorporate their voices into recommendations for optimising the service. The methodology consisted of five focus groups (two with befriendees, two with befrienders and one with both) and a portrait workshop facilitated by two community artists, where each befriending pair member created a portrait of their partner to express and visually explore the befriending relationship. Data comprised the focus group transcripts and written feedback on the portrait-creation process. The themes identified in both data sets firmly ground the befriending programme in Spirasi's holistic approach to recovery. For the focus group participants, befriending promotes integration; models trusting, kind and reciprocal relationships; combats loneliness and protects against suicide. They also highlighted the importance of regular befriender training, increasing the programme's reach and developing a befriender community of practice. The portrait workshop was found to strengthen relationships and provide a context of normality, acceptance and shared humanity through compassionate and creative exchanges. This paper highlights the benefits of the befriending programme within Spirasi's holistic approach and the importance of collaborative expressive arts activities in building befriending relationships. It provides recommendations for good befriending practice which are relevant to all organisations working with survivors of torture as well as those working with people seeking international protection more broadly.

The Relationship Between Fiction And Film: Research And Critical Perspective

Fiction and films are largely about a narrative that tells a story, both reflect social reality. Since the inception of cinema, fiction has attracted directors. The creative exchange between literature and cinema began in the last decade of the 19th century. The key difference between the two is the perception of the visual image and the concept of the mental image. Film is considered a branch of literature. In fiction we have the word, sentence, paragraph, chapter, and all the fiction. In the film we have the frame, scene shot, and sequence. The word in fiction and the image in the film are similar because they are visual phenomena, both seen through the eye. Recently, the link between fiction and film has been an intense and prolong reveal, but discussion continues among researchers, critics and reviewers on the credibility of film adaptation from text of fiction. Critics have defined the value and limitation of adaptation. An important point of discussion between researchers and critics is the ability of the written word to convey multiple layers of meaning and consciousness of events portrayed in film. However the main thrust of fiction is linguistic and the thrust of film is imagistic visual.

A narrative review of group analytic literature on clinical supervision: Seeking coherence and correspondence

A systematic narrative literature review was carried out with the aim of identifying key themes in the group analytic literature on clinical supervision, and to inform the development of theory, practice and research in this area. The systematic literature search identified 103 relevant publications, nearly all involving case vignettes of supervisory practice and theoretical reflections on group analytic supervision, with only a handful of published research studies in this field to date. Four core themes were identified in this literature, indicating what group analysts have considered to be the key functions of clinical supervision—one primary theme: Providing critical holding and containment, and three other themes radiating out from this primary concern: Supporting capacity to bear and process emotionally, sustaining ability to think deeply and widely, and counteracting isolation and enabling creative exchange. The nature of each of these themes is elaborated, and this material is critically considered in terms of the group analytic contribution to the clinical supervision field (considering theoretical coherence) and its relationship with the wider literature on supervision (considering correspondence with other disciplines). In conclusion, some implications and recommendations are outlined.

Knitwork: Creativity and the Manufacture of British Designer Knitwear in the 1980s

This article deals with the production of hand-knitted fashionable clothing in the British knitwear sector during the so-called designer boom of the 1980s. Drawing on a variety of sources including contemporary newspapers, investigative accounts, television documentaries, and instruction manuals, alongside newly-collected oral testimony from knitwear designers and their knitting outworkers (knitworkers), it explores creativity and the co-dependencies of manufacture and design in this sector. It challenges the pervading stereotypes that have long haunted the homework sector in British fashion, and argues that in knitwork, knitters have powerful creative agency over the clothes they produce. It demonstrates that far from being mute and obedient producers, knitworkers have made a significant contribution to the history of British knitwear, not only as skilled and talented makers but as influencers of its design heritage too. In this way, this article reconceptualises our understanding of what is meant by creativity in manual production and offers new ways of illuminating the significant creative exchange between maker and designer which until now has been neglected in the literature on both homeworking and the history of knitting more generally.

МОЖЛИВОСТІ ГРАНТОВИХ ІНСТРУМЕНТІВ ЄС ПРОГРАМНОГО ПЕРІОДУ 2021-2027 ДЛЯ ПРОФЕСІЙНОГО ЗРОСТАННЯ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ГРОМАДЯН

In times of war, it is important to identify the full range of available grant funding that can help in professional and personal growth ofstudents and academics. Such an understanding is important for a strategic approach to planning of training and developing the necessary skills.The article is devoted to the range of grant funding tools that the European Union offers to young people and adults to support their personal and professional development, as well as to promote ac-tive citizenship and social integration. The peculiarities of each program, their main tasks and the budget of EU grant programs available for the period 2021-2027 have been studied and characterized in detail, in particular: Erasmus+, Creative Europe, European Solidarity Corps, aimed at the support and development of interdisciplinary and other modern skills by citizens of Ukraine, in particular young people.The article examines a wide range of EU grant instruments available to Ukrainian citizens during wartime, including opportunities for training, research, business development, and the film industry. Among them: Home of Europe -created tosupport professional and creative exchange between Ukrainians and their colleagues in EU countries and Great Britain, focusing on culture and creative sector, education, medicine, social entrepreneurship, media and youth work; ALLEA centralizes infor-mation on the support of Ukrainian scientists and students of the world scientific community; The liai-son office of Ukrainian think tanks in Brussels also has links to grant programs for think tanks, re-search institutions, researchers, students and experts in Ukraine and the EU. Various academies of sciences offer support in the form of grants, scholarships, employment and other types of assistance to Ukrainian scientists working in Ukraine or abroad.

Review: The Dreamer and the Dream: Afrofuturism and Black Religious Thought, by Roger A. Sneed

Review: <i>The Dreamer and the Dream: Afrofuturism and Black Religious Thought</i>, by Roger A. Sneed

The emergent loop of interdisciplinary exchange

This exegetical analysis of performance drawing highlights its character as an interdisciplinary process. Specifically, I demonstrate that the interrelation of drawing and performance, that occurs in the active, live-audience drawing processes, is a unique interdisciplinary exchange. This analysis utilizes the concept of ‘intra-action’, as defined by Karen Barad, to reveal the multidirectional and emergent processes of the interdisciplinary exchange exhibited through drawing as performance. Furthermore, this interdisciplinary exchange is likened to a Möbius loop. Exploring ‘intra-action’ and the Möbius loop analogy, I examine the interdisciplinary drawing process through the cooperative performance drawing work initiated by myself, Kellie O’Dempsey (Australia) and Jennifer Wroblewski (United States): Resistance Movement (2017–18). This work exemplifies the interdisciplinary process of performance drawing as the initiator for creative exchange. To examine this proposition, I isolate the components of drawing, performance and the spatio-temporal, and analyse how these components operate through Resistance Movement. While Barad’s theory of intra-action relates to the entanglement of matter in the universe, I use the theory to explore the entangled aspects of performance drawing that create a single, unified experience for both artists and viewers. The three elements – drawing, performance and the spatio-temporal – combine, resulting in intra-action. Thus, creating a unique, interdisciplinary event.

:The Collected Letters of Sir George and Lady Beaumont to the Wordsworth Family, 1803–1829, with a Study of the Creative Exchange between Wordsworth and Beaumont

:<i>The Collected Letters of Sir George and Lady Beaumont to the Wordsworth Family, 1803–1829, with a Study of the Creative Exchange between Wordsworth and Beaumont</i>

Notes from Archive to AR: towards a creative knowledge exchange

Archive to AR was a knowledge exchange project that took place during 2019 and 2020, and which was funded in its second phase by an XR Stories Small Collaborative R&amp;D grant. A collaboration between the University of Sheffield, Sheffield-based digital agency Hive IT, and the National Railway Museum, its aim was to develop an idea and partial prototype for a mixed-reality game based on the National Railway Museum’s archive, which could be played on a phone or a tablet. Drawing on my experience as a practitioner-academic working on Archive to AR, the aim of this article is to present and reflect upon the creative practice-related methodological outcomes of the project. My intention is to consider which principles for doing knowledge exchange (KE) emerge when embodied, creative process is prioritised and, in line with a practice-as-research approach, the KE space is cast as a site of knowledge production as well as exchange. Part provocation, part ethno-autographic reflection and part analysis, this paper’s overall aim is to contribute to the ongoing conversation about how KE and creative work can overlap within a new ‘third space’ for academia in a way that prioritises process and method, but which is nevertheless conducive to high-quality artistic outputs.

Adopting BuddyPress Platform as an Online Community of Practice for Professional Development

A community of practice can be formed to adopt professional development programs for teachers, according to the researcher’s experience in Saudi Arabia. A community of practice is a group of people who share common interests, values, and goals. Thus, the absence of research encouraged this study. It is an investigation of how the theory of online CoP mediates between teachers with common interests and specialists. Teachers class teaches the value of realistic practice and real-life examples. Like other professional development programs such as workshops or training, we observe how this can help employees establish their own identity. This article highlights the value of establishing a community of practice among teachers or others with similar interests. This method increases teacher enthusiasm, creativity, and idea exchange by broadening professional dialogue.

Contextualizing founder identity in coworking spaces

ABSTRACT Coworking spaces – which combine an office workspace with a social space – enable collaboration, creativity and knowledge exchange, and offer opportunities to develop social and professional networks for users. Using a multilevel approach, we integrate data from two sources – at the level of the coworking space (N = 57) and the entrepreneur (N = 317) – and apply SEM to test our hypotheses. Our study finds that innovation-based narratives generated by coworking space providers significantly influence new venture growth for entrepreneurs within the space. The results also show that the alignment between the entrepreneur’s identity and the perceived social structure of a coworking space (the immediate entrepreneurial space) positively influences new venture growth. Taken together, we propose an extension to the founder identity literature by integrating psychological and sociological theories of identity to explain how the reciprocal relationship between context and identity is critical to new venture performance.

The Face of Another: Isozaki, Deme, and the Postmodern Turn

Abstract Focusing on the early work and collaborations of the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, this paper researches links between the robotic culture of postwar Japan and the surge of figuration in postmodernism, challenging the commonly held view that this architectural movement emerged in the West. Specifically, the paper looks at how Isozaki's robotic creation for Expo '70 embodied the notion of theatrical mask, which characterized both postmodern ideals and early Japanese robotics, and influenced his own architectural work. Delving into Isozaki's creative exchanges with the film director Hiroshi Teshigahara and the novelist Kōbō Abe, coming into contact with each other in the 1950s, a synergy between cinema, literature, and architecture is highlighted, considering their speculations about possible technological means of reconstructing the human face in light of the symbolic dimension of this enterprise for Japan as a nation, and for architecture as a discipline.