Creative Perspective Research Articles

Assessment of Using Design Thinking to Foster Creativity in an Undergraduate Sustainable Engineering Course

Addressing complex global sustainability challenges requires a creative mindset, yet current engineering curriculum does not facilitate development of student creativity. Design thinking, as defined by the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford, is a human-centered, creative design methodology that can be used to foster cognitive aspects of student creativity. This empirical study evaluates the impacts of a design thinking process on student performance, including product creativity as a group measure and students’ individual perspectives of creativity within the context of sustainable engineering. Data was collected in three semesters of an undergraduate sustainable engineering course, two of which implemented design thinking. Student performance on sustainability design challenges was evaluated across four dimensions: novelty, usefulness, sustainability, and application of a design thinking process. Self-reported assessment methods, including pre- and post-surveys and focus groups were used to assess students’ perceptions of their creativity. Groups of students exposed to design thinking had significantly higher design project scores across the novelty, sustainability, and design thinking dimensions. This suggests that design thinking may enhance the quality of solutions to sustainability challenges in terms of creativity and sustainable design. Individually, students became more confident about their ability to be creative as a result of this course and the unique characteristics of design thinking. Collectively, our results suggest that incorporating design thinking into the engineering classroom facilitates student development of a creative cognitive process, enabling innovative solutions to complex engineering and sustainability challenges.

The Revitalization of Chengdu’s Cultural Heritage from the Cultural Creativity Perspective: Value for Engagement and Barriers

Since the 21st century, cultural creativity has become a prominent way to revitalize cultural heritage such as historical buildings and historical landscapes. However, many current practices are dominated by the government, and the factors affecting individual willingness to participate are still unclear. In this study, 28 respondents (16 men, 12 women) were recruited in Chengdu, China, through semi-structured interviews, and the interview data were qualitatively evaluated using thematic analysis. The results show that the influencing factors mainly include six themes: “inclusion of creative environment”, “economic investment risk”, “potential development space”, “information access channels”, “uncertainty of the creative product quality”, and “creation level.” The findings will have important implications for the protection and development of current and future cultural heritage and strengthen the construction of creative cities in specific cultural heritage contexts.

DIRECTOR’S INTERPRETATION OF KAZAKH DANCE: DEVELOPMENT TRAJECTORIES IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF CREATIVITY

The study investigates the director’s interpretations of Kazakh dance in the perspective of creativity on the example of works dated the last quarter of the 20th – early 21st century to determine the choreography’s development vectors with taking into account the aspect of creativity. This research is based on the small and large dance performances analysis. The study relevance lies in the fact that it can become a tool for determining the expression level of the national aspect in Kazakh dance art. The results of the study show the role of creativity in the dance education and its ffectiveness in the development of Kazakh dance art. This tool is necessary for the choreographer’s worldview theoretical analysis and his/her dance interpretation, for the Kazakh choreography subsequent enrichment, and preservation of Kazakh historical identity.

Abstracts from the Spectra 2018 Symposium Part 4: Interspecies

Abstracts from the Spectra 2018 Symposium Part 4: <i>Interspecies</i>

Visual Retrospection: Rhyming Art with Access

This work of creative nonfiction memoir reflects on the philosophical, ethical, and creative perspectives that informed the author’s book-length lyric essay, Visual Inspection. The essay connects the practices of art-making and access-making as concomitant ethical activities.

Performing Arts in Prisons: Creative Perspectives. Edited by Michael Balfour, Byrdie-Leigh Bartleet, Linda Davey and Huib Schippers. Bristol and Chicago: Intellect, 2019. Pp. xiv + 264. £66.08/$105.00 Hb.

Performing Arts in Prisons: Creative Perspectives. Edited by Michael Balfour, Byrdie-Leigh Bartleet, Linda Davey and Huib Schippers. Bristol and Chicago: Intellect, 2019. Pp. xiv + 264. £66.08/$105.00 Hb. - Volume 46 Issue 3

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) performance in small industrial village from perspective of creativity and online business (e-commers)

Purpose of this research is to know and explain influence of online business/e-commerce trading and creativity on performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in small industry village in east Jakarta. Out of Population of 115 administrators of this industry, samples of 90 active industry/store owners are taken based on Morgan and Kreijcie table. Samples are taken based on purposive sampling. Data collection is by giving questioners. Then the data is analyzed using linier regression. The result shows that online trading and creativity affects significantly positive to performance of this industry.

Systematic Approach for Power Electronics Jisso Engineers to Have Wide and Creative Perspective

Systematic Approach for Power Electronics Jisso Engineers to Have Wide and Creative Perspective

Creativity Outside School: The Influence of Family Background, Perceived Parenting, and After‐school Activity on Creativity

AbstractThe present research involved two studies that investigated the creativity development of Chinese children and young adolescents (9–14 years old). It was hypothesized that family socio‐economic status (SES), perceived parenting (e.g., parental autonomy support, involvement, and overcontrol), and after‐school activities contribute to the development of creativity. Study 1 showed that self‐rated creativity (mini‐c) was positively associated with children's perceived parenting and SES, whereas expert‐rated creativity (little‐c) and teachers’ rated creativity was positively associated with academic achievement. Study 2 replicated and expanded Study 1 by involving a larger sample and adding factors from the parents' perspective and new measurements of creativity. Study 2 found that children’s perceived parenting and SES were the most significant contributors to the mini‐c, followed by age. In terms of little‐c, the most significant contributor was children’s age, followed by children’s perceived parenting and SES. Moreover, participation in after‐school activities played a critical role in the development of creativity, as represented by both little‐c and mini‐c. The implications of this study are discussed.

Measure human capital because people really matter: development and validation of human capital scale (HuCapS)

PurposeNotwithstanding the findings of several published articles on human capital, there is scarcity of a comprehensive instrument to measure it. In this direction, the objective of present research is to develop a valid and reliable scale to assess human capital.Design/methodology/approachThis research was divided into two parts. Study 1 focused on literature review of human capital measures, development of items and exploring the factor structure of human capital construct on a sample of 184 employees. Study 2 was based on the survey of 212 employees, and reliability assessment and confirmatory factor analysis was performed to validate the factor structure of human capital construct.FindingsThe findings can be summarized in two ways. Study 1 present that human capital scale is multidimensional consisting of employee capability, leadership and motivation, employee satisfaction and creativity. The findings of study 2 confirms the validity and reliability of three factor structure of human capital construct consisting of 18 items in total.Practical implicationsThe study provides a multidimensional psychometric instrument which can help in measuring the human capital of the organization from the perspective of capabilities, satisfaction and creativity and leadership and motivation. Moreover, it can serve as an aid to human resource (HR) and human resource development (HRD) professionals for human capital assessment in the organizations.Originality/valueThis study provides a measure to assess human capital in Indian manufacturing sector organizations that makes a novel contribution to the area.

Novel Urban Ecosystems: Opportunities from and to Landscape Architecture

Novel assemblages of biotic, abiotic, and social components resulting from human-induced actions (e.g., climate change, land-use change, species movement) have been labeled as “Novel Ecosystems”, or “Novel Urban Ecosystems” when emerging in urban contexts. This concept has been shifting perspectives among some scientists and making them question traditional values about human-nature interactions in a rapidly changing era dominated by anthropogenic actions (Anthropocene). Controversial dimensions surrounding the Novel Ecosystems and Novel Urban Ecosystems terms may be preventing the evolution and further research of these concepts. The environmental problems that our society will soon face support a search for innovative solutions and transdisciplinary efforts. For that reason, this discussion should not cease, rather should expand to other fields of knowledge that can contribute with pertinent insights and collaborations. This way, this short communication aims to reflect on the opportunities from Landscape Architecture to the discussion, research, and application of the novel ecosystems concepts in the real world, particularly in the urban landscape, and also reflect on the opportunities of this debate to the Landscape Architecture field. Ultimately, Landscape Architecture can contribute with innovative and creative perspectives, acceding valuable and advanced tools, facilitating dialogues between fields of knowledge, and bridging gaps between science, people, and nature.

Light Forms in Urban Environment

The paper proposes a method for generalizing and understanding the achievements of modern lighting design by means of classifying light forms and their main features are specified. The variety of types and complexity of light forms are due to avant-garde experiments in the art of the early and mid 20th century and is consistent with the successive change in artistic styles. Advances in computer technology and programming have made it possible to combine lighting elements, visual, colour and optical effects in one form. The new lighting techniques were developed for illuminating the architectural environment, various buildings, structures and forms in the spaces of world exhibitions. In this paper, the following light forms of the urban environment are investigated: projection mapping, light-graphic, light-painting and installation, sculptural, media surfaces and media facades, structural and vertical, energy-saving and virtual. The classification of light forms makes it possible to identify their structure and image, their correspondence to different eras in art, to predict the possibility of their transformation in the perspective of modern visual creativity.

The Social Nature of Translation: The Shift from Textual to Contextual

Adopting Latour’s 'Actor Network Theory’, This paper aims to highlight the Sociological Turn of translation studies and approach translation practice as a social action. Accordingly, the process of translating is tackled from a creative perspective. We attempt to illustrate that translation is no longer a word for word substitution; however, it is a cultural product that aims at reproduction of meaning. Furthermore, translation is more than a matter of linguistic realization and language comparison, and is incorporated in the social and cultural context. The present paper explores not only the influence of the individual translation agent, but also the impact of these agents working together as a network in translation production with a particular insight into the huge movement of translation which had been funded and supported during the Abbasid Era(Golden Age), we attempt to explore how translators interact with other actors and actants to produce knowledge. It has been concluded that translation actors and their individual social impact can be infuential upon the ultimate translation product. Consequently, the translator is not merely a technician who authomatically transfers the meaning of a text from one language into another one. Instead, he is an agent of change and transformation.

Creativity towards Design Based Learning in STEM Education

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Creativity is a key component in the last century skills and has been highlighted in curricular research globally especially in Indonesia. This research therefore aimed at analyzing and identifying perspectives of creativity by pre-service teachers when a likely solution step was generated in the DBL. Three separate design based learning activities were undertaken by 13 female and 11 male pre-service teachers. Two separate methods have been used for analysis of data gathered from pre-service teachers’ writings and drawings, half-structured interviews, and field notes. In quantitative study of pre-service teachers' works and in exploring the notions of creativity, fluency, flexibility, and originality. In this study descriptive analysis was used. In semi-structured interviews and field notes the findings of the descriptive analysis included quality anal­yses. Description analysis showed the highest showed in creativity and flexibility, but the lowest was originality. The findings of content analysis further showed a variety of factors influencing the uniqueness of pre-service teachers ideas including exposure of people to ideas, knowledge of design based learning and the prototyping of pre-service teachers' ideas. The study results might enhance the usage of DBL to help educators and researchers understand the strengths and limits of their pupils through the creativity and STEM education.&lt;/p&gt;

Exploring creativity management of design for additive manufacturing

ABSTRACT While many argue that Additive Manufacturing (AM) opens up new possibilities in design due to its higher degree of design freedom, it is also suggested that it can increase creativity in product design. It has been further proposed that creative outcomes are limited by the imagination of the designer: designers are often asked to take full advantage of the new design potentials given by AM, yet without having the supports that are needed to increase their creativity. Current literature focuses neither on supporting creative perspectives in Design for AM (DfAM) nor on how to manage the higher degree of design freedom that can be present. As a consequence of this noticeable gap in the literature, this paper continue to explore what areas that need to be considered in creativity management, to fully support designers in utilising their creative abilities in relation to AM in design. The paper proceeds through a literature study on creativity in DfAM and presents a case study with experienced designers who are just starting to work with AM in their design practices. This paper contributes to the field with the notion of a creativity layer laid upon DfAM, visualized by three characteristics of creativity (expertise, creative thinking skills and motivation) drawn from previous research. This results in three concrete propositions of areas that need to be considered in future research on how to include a creativity management perspective in DfAM.

Proactive Personality and Employee Creativity: A Moderated Mediation Model of Multisource Information Exchange and LMX.

Integrating the social perspective of creativity and the goal-regulatory process perspective of proactivity, this study investigates how proactive personality influences two forms of employee creativity-incremental creativity and radical creativity through multisource information exchange. Using a moderated mediation framework, this study suggests that leader-member exchange (LMX) moderates the positive association between proactive personality and those two forms of employee creativity. The results of this study, drawn from the sample of 500 employees and their immediate supervisors in a large state-owned company of China, support most of the hypotheses. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings, as well as the limitations of this study and the directions for future research, are discussed.

Why, What and How to Help Each Citizen to Understand Artificial Intelligence?

A critical understanding of digital technologies is an empowering competence for citizens of all ages. In this paper we introduce an open educational approach of artificial intelligence (AI) for everyone. Through a hybrid and participative MOOC we aim to develop a critical and creative perspective about the way AI is integrated in the different domains of our lives. We have built and now operate a MOOC in AI for all the citizens from 15 years old. The MOOC aims to help understanding AI foundations and applications, intended for a large public beyond the school domain, with more than 20,000 participants engaged in the MOOC after nine months. This study addresses the pedagogical methods for designing and evaluating the MOOC in AI. Through this study we raise four questions regarding citizen education in AI: Why (i.e., to which aim) sharing such citizen formation? What is the disciplinary knowledge to be shared? What are the competencies to develop? How can it be shared and evaluated? We finally share learning analytics, quantitative and qualitative evaluations and explain to which extent educational science research helps enlighten such large scale initiatives. The analysis of the MOOC in AI helps to identify that the main feedback related to AI is “fear”, because AI is unknown and mysterious to the participants. After developing playful AI simulations, the AI mechanisms become familiar for the MOOC participants and they can overcome their misconception on AI to develop a more critical point of view. This contribution describes a K-12 AI educational project or initiatives of a considerable impact, via the formation of teachers and other educators.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13218-021-00725-7.

Forever Gor Gor, changing fans: Leslie Cheung posthumous fandom revisited

ABSTRACT Yiman Wang’s 2007 chapter investigates Hong Kong superstar Leslie Cheung’s enormous fandom during the first few years after his suicide in 2003. Seventeen years have passed but Cheung’s posthumous fandom has continued to grow, passing onto younger generations and forming a unique cross-border cultural phenomenon. This article presents a case study of a local fan site in Chengdu, China, Zhongqing Café, its owner Mr Lv, and its fan community. Based on data I collected on a visit to the Café in 2019 and my observation of its social media activities, the article examines how the Café functions as a cultural, economic, social, and familial space for local and trans-local Leslie fans. It offers a glimpse into Cheung’s posthumous fandom in Mainland China from affective, creative, economic, political, generational and identificatory perspectives. The article draws attention to the emergence of fan-entrepreneurs and their significant role in sustaining stars’ posthumous fame. It also highlights the process of deification, normalisation and depoliticisation in young Chinese fans’ consumption of Cheung, and argues this should be understood in relation to their need to build individual and collective identities within China’s current social and political context.

Videogame development training approach: A Virtual Reality and open-source perspective

Videogame development is software development; though, videogame projects require unusual developers&amp;rsquo; technical and creative skills when compared with non-game projects. Based on the teaching experience of the Computer Simulation subject of the Computer Science Engineering program for undergraduate students, it was built a training strategy for videogame development projects oriented to software developers. As a result, it is presented the strategy described in terms of videogames for immersive virtual reality with open source platforms, but it can be adjusted to other technologies. This proposal links Project-Based Learning (PBL) with the SUM videogames development process, by including material, tools, and a creative perspective.

Unlocking and closing the gender gap in creative performance: A multilevel model

SummaryBuilding upon and extending the interactionist perspective of creativity, social role theory, and role congruity theory, we develop an integrated multilevel model to examine gender differences in creative self‐efficacy and determine how the contextual factor of team psychological safety shapes employees' creative self‐efficacy and, through this motivational mechanism, influences their creative performance. Using data from a sample of 335 employees from a large food manufacturer collected over three time periods, we theorize and demonstrate the pivotal role of creative self‐efficacy in explaining gender differences in creative performance. Our findings indicate that women may have lower creative self‐efficacy than men in organizational contexts. However, team psychological safety restores parity between men and women through a cross‐level moderated mediation, such that psychological safety has a stronger effect on women's creative self‐efficacy than that of men, resulting in increased creative performance for women. These findings offer interesting implications for research on gender differences in creative performance and for human resources by pinpointing methods of bridging the existent differences in the creative self‐efficacy of men and women in organizations.