Creative Perspective Research Articles

Research on the Revitalization of Cultural Heritage in the Perspective of Cultural Creativity: Reinvention of the IP of the Forbidden City

The communication mode of Internet new media contributes to the vigorous development of the cultural IP ecosystem. Guided by the concept of cultural IP, the Palace Museum develops a series of cultural and creative products to realize the inheritance, creative transformation, and modern expression of traditional culture, to enhance the influence and appeal of the Palace Museum culture. Taking the cultural and creative works of the Forbidden City as the case study object, this paper expounds on the common methods of creative interpretation and display of heritage cultural symbols in the contemporary context by analyzing four aspects of the cultural and creative works of the Forbidden City: abstract extraction of symbols, interactive narration, the awakening of cultural memory and integration of ancient and modern cultures. Based on the three characteristics of the main body, intermediary, and channel of cross-media communication of the cultural IP of the Forbidden City in the new era, this paper explores the practical path of "living" inheritance and communication of cultural heritage and provides ideas and references for the design of cultural and creative products of historical museums.

Chloe T. Sun. Conspicuous in His Absence: Studies in the Song of Songs and Esther

Chloe T. Sun. <i>Conspicuous in His Absence: Studies in the Song of Songs and Esther</i>

Semiotic Approach in Lighting Product Design

Today, in addition to the basic functions of saving from darkness, it is also important for the lighting products to carry aesthetic values. In the designs, it is aimed to show the spaces different than they are, even to highlight them, to present successful, creative, artistic images and to create visual effects.&#x0D; Lighting products are design products that contain aesthetic elements in terms of being selectable and attracting attention. Industrial products carry meaning in respect to their cultural and communal reality. Therefore, these products are means of communication, and signs are one of the important tools for establishing this communication. In terms of designers, it is important to use the signs conveniently to convey the product to the target group.&#x0D; The aim of this study is to reveal how the semiotic approach can contribute to the design process. It is foreseen that the designs that are created by the designers with the inspiration of semiotic approach can easily find response in terms of marketability and perceptibility in the target audience. &#x0D; In the study, as a method some home lighting products were selected from various sources and the examples were analyzed by using Peirce's triple semiotic classification of icon, index, and symbol. As a result of this semiotic analysis, it has been determined that using the visual elements in lighting product design is a frequently used method in design to make the products to be adopted by the target group. In the product design process, it has been seen that the semiotic elements guide the designers with deliberative placements, give them a creative perspective and inspire them.

Cultural Creative Perspective of Transhumanist Ideas in the Context of Modern Technologies

The latest technologies and their synthesis with visions of transhumanist ideas are considered as one of the main cultural concepts of the information society. The author managed to trace the history of the emergence of the artificial intelligence phenomenon and its influence on the formation of both new scientific foundition and technical paradigm, as well as on a whole layer of cultural phenomena that create the conditions for the emergence of a unique sociocultural and philosophical outlook, transhumanism. Moral and ethical conflicts were investigated, which push to rethink the existence of the person himself and his role in a potential transhumanist future. During the formation of the concept of artificial intelligence, many myths were created regarding its potential functioning and impact on civilization. It turns out that most myths are just a projection of human qualities onto digital computing machines. The myth-making role of mass culture in the study of artificial intelligence is determined. The importance of researching the ideas of transhumanism as a sociocultural doctrine, which focuses on expanding human potential due to the development of new technologies, including artificial intelligence, is clarified. Transhumanist ideas are described, which are increasingly equated with the views of eugenics, and the very idea of human improvement through technology is seen as an attempt to create a Nietzschean superman. The views of transhumanists were systematized, which made it possible to reach conclusions: transhumanism, first of all, revolves around the idea of improvement and development not of the future generation, but of the current one; for transhumanists, it is important not so much to create a new person as to become a new (non)person, that is, to change oneself, to become something bigger, something more perfect here and now. Transhumanism is characterized as the self-construction of a new person, in contrast to eugenics, which is the construction of a person for the benefit of the collective or for the benefit of the ruling layer. It has been proven that artificial intelligence and other modern technologies are an important marker of culture in the context of the transhumanism movement, the development of the latest technologies and their interaction with humans.

The story of this special issue on critical perspectives in work and organizational psychology

AbstractIn this editorial, we tell the story of how the Special Issue on Critical Perspectives in Work and Organizational Psychology (CWOP) came about, how it fits within the broader agenda of building a critical community within Work and Organizational Psychology, and how future research and thought may be inspired by the collection of critical papers related to work and organizational psychology. We introduce the term “criticalizing” as a key concept in how the Special Issue was developed by the editorial team and the authors. Criticalizing moves beyond fixed static notions of “critical” scholarship toward a process of engaging in more fluid, expansive, and creative perspectives on the scholarship within work and organizational psychology. We illustrate how the set of papers within the Special Issue engages in such criticalizing of the field and offer new ways of thinking about and researching relevant topics in work and organizational psychology.

Pedagogical practice in pandemic times: possibilities and challenges of basic education in the amazonian context from a perspective of creativity

We have experienced a scenario of transformations in education, where a resiginification emerges in the pedagogical practices to meet the reflexes of the covid 19 pandemic. In this sense, we will seek to discuss the context of the Amazon region and the pedagogical practices from the perspective of creativity. The objective is to analyze the current situation in a FullTime School, identifying the possibilities of creative practices in a pandemic context, if these practices that are being projected by SEMD through the Plan for the Resumption of Activities value creativity. We will seek to answer the question: What possibilities and challenges have teachers faced when planning their practice in this online teaching proposal? The research will be by theoretical and empiric al study, qualitative approach, data collection tool questionnaire in Google Forms. The results show that there was no system of collaboration between teachers, school and SEMED at the time of preparation.

Ultrasound-assisted encapsulation of curcumin and fisetin into Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells: a multistage batch process protocol

Some of the challenges of yeast encapsulation protocols are low phytochemical internalization rates and limited intracellular compartments of yeasts. This study uses an ultrasound-assisted batch encapsulation (UABE) protocol to optimize the encapsulation of curcumin and fisetin by recovering nonencapsulated biomaterial and further incorporating it into nonloaded yeasts in three encapsulation stages (1ES, 2ES and 3ES). The effect of selected acoustic energies (166·7 and 333·3 W l-1 ) on the encapsulation efficiency (EE), yield (EY) and antioxidant activity retention were evaluated, and then, compared with a control process (without ultrasound treatment). Compared to the control, enhanced EEs were achieved for both curcumin (10·9% control to 58·5% UABE) and fisetin (18·6% control to 76·6% UABE) after 3ES and the use of 333·3 W l-1 . Similarly, the yeast maximum loading capacity was improved from 6·6 to 13·4 mg g-1 for curcumin and from 11·1 to 26·4 mg g-1 for fisetin after UABE protocol. The antioxidant activity of produced biocapsules was positively correlated with the bioactive-loaded content of yeasts when ultrasound treatment was applied. Overall, results from this study provide valuable information regarding UABE processes, and moreover, bring new and creative perspectives for ultrasound technology in the food industry.

The determinants of green entrepreneurship: The perspectives of leadership, culture, and creativity

AbstractThis study investigates the determinants of green entrepreneurship from the perspectives of leadership, culture, and creativity. We prove that environmental leadership of top managers positively influences green entrepreneurship directly, and it also positively affects green entrepreneurship indirectly via green creativity. Furthermore, environmental organizational culture cannot directly influence green entrepreneurship, but it can indirectly affect green entrepreneurship through green creativity positively. In addition, we verify that green creativity plays a partial mediator role on the relationship between environmental leadership of top managers and green entrepreneurship, as well as a full mediator role on the relationship between environmental organizational culture and green entrepreneurship. Moreover, we demonstrate that both of proactiveness and risk‐taking propensity of top managers moderate the positive relationship between green creativity and green entrepreneurship. The results suggest enterprises to improve environmental leadership of top managers, environmental organizational culture, and green creativity to improve green entrepreneurship. Additionally, firms must develop top managers' proactiveness and risk‐taking propensity to increase the extent of the positive relationship between green creativity and green entrepreneurship.

The Future of Education as a Creative Ecosystem: A Sociocultural Framework for the Development of Creativity.

This article explores the social and educational impact post COVID-19 on education through the perspective of creativity. This is a reflective and forward-thinking piece of how creativity can transform the future of education. The article is structured into five parts. First, the opportunities and barriers that COVID-19 offers in preparing students for an uncertain future. Second, the recognition of the vital role of creativity in the future. Third, the article discusses the value of creativity in education. Fourth, the teachers' role in stimulating creativity and how its practices can be encountered in 21st-century education is commented on. Fifth, the last section presents perspectives for the future of education in an uncertain and complex world, introduces the concept of creative ecosystems for education, and summarizes the key points related to the aspects to which education should devote its efforts in the coming years. The article questions if more creativity-focused education is possible in the future and promotes a deep reflection in this particular context for teachers and educational institutions about the topics that need more attention during this time of change.

Daoism, Novelty, and Usefulness: A Philosophical Exploration of Creativity

ABSTRACTThis paper elucidates a Daoist perspective of creativity by focusing on novelty and usefulness. Drawing on the thought of Zhuangzi, it is noted that he advocates original and unorthodox views by challenging social norms and traditional practices. He also questions the prevailing notions and assumptions concerning the usefulness and uselessness of things and people. To liberate humans from conventional commitment and judgment, Zhuangzi recommends two Daoist concepts. The first is “fasting of the heart‐mind” (xin zhai) where a person empties oneself of preconceived ideas and practices. The second Daoist notion is “wandering” (you) where one responds to people, things, and situations in an open‐minded, appreciative, playful, and spontaneous manner. There are three major implications arising from a Zhuangzian conception of creativity: it contributes to an existing literature gap on the philosophy of creativity, extends the research on Eastern formulations of creativity that hitherto have centered on Confucianism, and challenges and re‐constructs the prevalent understandings and presuppositions concerning creativity and related terms.

Creative approach of the South African advertising industry towards the black consumer

Successful advertising emerges as a creative and effective communication strategy. When advertising to the diverse South African black consumer markets, the creative team must be familiar with the values, needs and aspirations of the potential consumer and their creative ability to effectively act upon the value system of the consumer realises in the design of the advertising message.This article concentrates on the findings of a qualitative research study to investigate the creative approach of the South African advertising industry towards the black consumer. The need for a receiver oriented creative perspective is established and reinforced through the design of two communication models which high light practical guidelines to be implemented by the advertising industry

The Embodied Journey of an Idea: An Exploration of Movement Creativity in Circus Arts

ABSTRACTKnowledge about embodied creativity is in its infancy. In circus arts, performers are nowadays ‘owning’ their creativity making this performance domain fruitful to study embodied creativity. Building on socio‐cultural creativity perspectives and radical embodied cognitive sciences, the current study aimed at exploring movement creativity by tracking the journey of embodied ideas in a Circus School. Specifically, this research questioned how the interactions between actors, audiences, affordances, and actions support the emergence and evolution of movement ideas. A narrative ethnographic research design, gathering process observations in situ, was used to scrutinize the movement ideas generated by student‐artists, teachers, and artistic advisors over a 4‐month period. Reflexive thematic analysis led to the design of an exhaustive mapping which illustrates the key findings. Namely, the journey of an embodied idea is influenced by stimulating spaces and collaborative socio‐cultural environment which ignite the actors' desire to create. This desire, in turn, unfolds into multiple ideational pathways paved with research strategies (e.g., improvisation, constraints, variability) and emotions (i.e., pleasant and unpleasant). Embodied ideas then go through an assessment process leading (or not) to its growth. Results are discussed in light of embodied, pedagogical, and emotional considerations offering an alternative to the conceptualization of idea.

A meta-analytic examination of the gender difference in creative performance.

Studies examining gender and creative performance ratings have offered mixed results. The current meta-analysis integrates insights from gender role theories (Eagly, 1987; Eagly & Karau, 2002) with Woodman et al. (1993) interactionist perspective of creativity to identify factors that explain these observed inconsistencies across studies. Cumulating decades of research from 259 independent studies (N = 79,915), we find a male advantage in creative performance (δ = .13). An examination of contextual moderators reveals that this gender gap is contingent on several social and cultural factors. We observe a decline in the creativity gender gap when the country-level cultural context of the sample is communal and an increase when it is agentic. Results also show that the gender disparity declined over time, but industry gender composition did not influence the gender gap. Interestingly, we find that the gender gap is larger when creative performance is self- versus other-reported. Finally, methodological contingency factors such as publication status, study setting, creativity type, and occupational creativity requirements were also assessed. Overall, our findings clarify gender's relationship with creative performance and underscore the importance of undertaking contingency-based approaches in future research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Critical and creative perspectives of gifted students on global problems: Global climate change

In this research, in order to reveal the perspectives of gifted students on global problems, critical and creative thinking processes related to the topic of climate change, which is one of the global problems, were examined. The study group of the research, in which the qualitative research method was used, consisted of a total of 21 students, 13 girls and 8 boys, aged between 12 and 14, studying at the 7th grade level who were diagnosed as gifted (130 IQ and above) in a Science and Art Center in Turkey. The data of the study were collected through the methods and techniques (mind map, fishbone, brainstorming, drama) used to determine the critical and creative thinking processes of gifted students. The data obtained were transferred to Nvivo program (v1.51), analyzed with descriptive analysis method and a list of themes was created. When the results of the research are evaluated in general; it is concluded that gifted students are aware of the global problems, draw attention to the global problem of climate change, which is one of the global problems, and are able to produce critical and creative solutions to this problem.

The Impact of Individualism and Collectivism on Employee Radical and Incremental Creativity

Although individualism-collectivism orientations play pivotal roles in determining individual creativity, the conclusions on the topic are inconsistent. Based on sensemaking theory, our research aims to examine how individualism and collectivism differentially affect individual creativity by classifying creativity into radical creativity and incremental creativity. Time-lagged data from 342 Chinese employees and their supervisors indicated that vertical individualism has a stronger positive impact on radical creativity than on incremental creativity, whereas horizontal individualism has no significant effect on radical or incremental creativity. Meanwhile, the positive effect of vertical collectivism on incremental creativity is stronger than that on radical creativity; in contrast, the difference between the effects of horizontal collectivism on radical creativity and incremental creativity is insignificant. Our research further underscores the crucial theoretical perspective of multifaceted creativity for explaining how individualism-collectivism values drive employee creativity and highlights the vital implication for predicting employee creativity on the basis of employees’ cultural values (individualism vs. collectivism).

Leader boundary-spanning behavior and creative behavior: the role of need for status and creative self-efficacy

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to examine the positive relationship between leader's boundary-spanning behavior and employee creative behavior. Moreover, the research investigates a three-way effect by exploring leader's boundary-spanning behavior, need for status and creative self-efficacy on employee creative behavior.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a cross-sectional survey involving 260 supervisor-subordinate dyads from various companies in South Korea. The research tests the hypotheses through a hierarchical regression analysis.FindingsThe authors provided empirical evidence that leader's boundary-spanning behavior positively related to employee creative behavior. Moreover, the result demonstrated that the effect of leader's boundary-spanning behavior on creative behavior was the strongest in the context of high need for status and high creative self-efficacy.Research limitations/implicationsThe research contributes to the three streams of literature on boundary spanning, creativity, and leadership by exploring leaders' boundary-spanning behavior, employees' need for status, and employees' creative self-efficacy.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest that organizations should promote leaders' boundary-spanning behavior, thereby enhancing employees' creative behavior. Also, the study highlights the critical role of individual factors, such as the need for status and creative self-efficacy, and situational factors that determine the level of creative behavior.Originality/valueIntegrating the componential model of creativity and the interactionist perspective of creativity, this research examines the positive influence of leaders' boundary-spanning behavior on creative behavior. Furthermore, the research exhibits how leader's boundary-spanning behavior, need for status and creative self-efficacy could develop creative conditions to promote employee creative behavior.

THE CREATIVE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN XR APPLICATIONS

In this study, the conceptual relationships between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (AR) are examined from the perspective of design and creativity. The article raises three main questions. What outcomes are obtained when AI and XR concepts are combined? Today, how and to what applications are these findings applied? How can the combination of Artificial Intelligence and Extended Reality technologies transform the design and art of the future? The results of the content analysis were classified according to "Conceptual Innovations" "Technical Innovations" and "User Experience". Artificial Intelligence and Extended Reality have been shown to benefit people in the fields of creativity and design, based on current examples.

Analysis of Graphic Perception Education for Young Children Based on Fuzzy Clustering Analysis.

Geometric ability includes elements of identification, conceptualization, combination, drawing, and reasoning, and graphic perception is an important part of it. Kindergarten science education includes geometry instruction. Children are guided to perceive the relationship between shapes and figures through direct perception, first-hand experience, and practical operation through concentrated educational activities, and form image-concrete thinking over time, enhancing their perception and experience of the relationship between shapes in the objective world, and accumulating certain mathematical perceptual experience. Clustering is a branch of unsupervised pattern recognition that is very useful. Fuzzy clustering, which establishes the uncertainty description of samples to categories and can objectively reflect the real world, has become the mainstream of cluster analysis research. The graphics perception education of children is investigated using fuzzy clustering analysis. The main topic of this paper is how to apply children's graphics to the design of children's educational institutions and open up new creative perspectives for the design of children's educational institutions. The method of graphic perception education: perception education for preschool children is proposed based on the multichannel characteristics of preschool children's aesthetic perception and with reference to the theory of perception. The experimental results show that the improved algorithm reduces segmentation time by 171.48 s when compared to the traditional FCM algorithm for both noisy and high-quality images and that it is significantly faster than the FCM algorithm in terms of segmentation speed. As a result, the model construction of a set of children's graphic perception education for the cognitive characteristics of the age group children can provide corresponding references and references for related topic research.

Modifying Sensory Afferences on Tablet Changes Originality in Drawings.

According to some recent empirical studies revealing that creativity is linked to sensorimotor components, the current research was aimed at evaluating whether sensory afferences could modulate originality in drawing of children and adolescents. Sixty-nine children from 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 8th grades were required to produce a man who exists and a man who doesn’t exist with fingers or stylus on a tablet and with a pen on paper. Drawings were assessed with an originality scale comparing original drawings to unoriginal ones. Since, in comparison to drawings made on paper with a pen, drawing with fingers enhances proprioceptive information, this condition was expected, according to cognitive load theory, to favor originality in drawing by reducing cognitive resources devoted to motor control of the graphic gesture (lowering intrinsic load). On the contrary, since the use of a stylus involves a proprioceptive loss of information, which enhances intrinsic load by increasing cognitive resources devoted to motor control, it was expected that drawing with a stylus on the tablet would lead to the least original drawings. Results only partially confirmed these hypotheses. While the use of fingers on the tablet led to the highest original scores, using a stylus on the tablet did not impair originality in drawing of children and adolescents. On the opposite, the use of a stylus led 3rd–8th graders to perform better than with pen on paper. This modulation of the tool on originality does not confirm the hypotheses formulated in accordance with the cognitive load framework. However, it could be explained according to an embodied perspective of creativity considering the creative process as relying on a sensorimotor prediction process in which sensory afferences are central to generating and evaluate creative ideas. This research opens new avenues on creativity and proposes to consider the development of predictive motor control as a significant part of creativity development.

СОЗЕРЦАТЕЛЬ VS РАЗОЧАРОВАННЫЙ СТРАННИК: ДВОЯЩИЙСЯ ПЕРСОНАЖ В «ЗАМЕТКАХ» А. ПЛАТОНОВА

Statement of the problem. “Notes” by A. Platonov are included in the corpus of his early lyrical and philosophical stories. These include the works of 1921 “The Beggar’s Thirst”, “In the Starry Desert”, “Poem of Thought”, “The Impossible”. However, until now “Notes” has not been analyzed as part of this range of works. The purpose of this article is to analyze the type of hero, poetics of the plot, to show the unity of the “Notes” with other lyric and philosophical stories written by Platonov; to reveal the dynamics of the hero’s image and the strategy of the plot of the story; to reveal his special place among the named works; to show the connection of Platonov’s hero-wanderer with Zarathustra F. Nietzsche, as well as the Nietzschean origins of some motives in Platonov’s stories. Conclusions. Unlike other lyric and philosophical stories, “Notes” have a two-part structure. The principle of counterpoint, organizing the two parts, is justified by the author’s logic: it moves from a speculative fascination with the sight of “endless spaces” and “distant villages” to disillusionment with real life. Thus, both parts exist in agreement with each other, forming a single textual whole with a contrasting basis embedded in it. With his “Notes” Platonov completes one of the areas of his own creativity, sums up his complex lyric, philosophical and utopian reflections. In further creative perspective, the utopian prospectuses turn more and more clearly into their genre opposite.