Creativity is a concept we’re all familiar with. But where does it come from? And do our intuitive understandings of creativity tally with what’s really going on?
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Can creative activism change the world? In 2015, we are seeing seismic shifts in the functions and forms of creativity – and technological change is amplifying its social role.
Given the chance to be creative, young people shine.
It’s not uncommon to hear people deriding reality TV. But isn’t the format just a response to the changing landscape of television?
In the age of the “creative economy”, reality programs are dominating Australian TV. The problem is, reality TV is squeezing the creativity out of our screen culture.
Labour has made a move to put creativity back at the centre of the education agenda in the lead-up to the May general election. In a recent speech, Ed Miliband drew attention to the reduction in arts education…
Playfulness is frowned upon in secondary school. It shouldn’t be.
Much of the creative work we value – whether it’s films, music, novels, or TV shows – requires a significant input of time and resources. The established method for raising the resources to fund such work…
I recently stumbled upon a post that describes the process of literary translation as “soul-crushing.” That’s news to me, and I’ve been engaged in literary translation for the better part of four decades…
Love or loathe him, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) offered a unique way of considering creativity in his first major work, The Birth of Tragedy, published in 1872. Competing creative energies…
Whether or not creativity can be taught is still a contested question, though it really shouldn’t be. The evidence is well and truly in on this question. The idea that creativity cannot be taught is based…
The view that art is essentially unworldly and creativity is play has a long history, dating back to the Romantics in the 18th century. According to this view, art must be kept separate from money, lest…
Many universities see themselves as profit-motivated enterprises, but there are still a fair few people working in them who think teaching and learning ought to have different aims from those of business…
A long-term trend of declining creativity test scores has renewed interest in mechanisms to stimulate and foster the development of creativity – at home, in schools, universities and workplaces. At the…
The possibility that advanced artificial intelligence (AI) might one day turn against its human creators has been repeatedly raised of late. Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, for instance, surprised…
The Feldenkrais Method is a way of exploring movement, posture and breathing through hands-on touch, used by dancers, musicians, athletes, actors and people living with and rehabilitating from a range…
Youth sports are viewed as a rite of passage in a child’s development. If the clichés that permeate sports broadcasts and locker room speeches are to be believed, sports participation teaches children…
Creativity – the generation of novel and useful ideas, products, or solutions – is seen as a valuable trait for people and organizations to possess. Organizations harness it to develop innovative products…
The album cover for Michael Jackson’s album Dangerous was painted by American pop-surrealist artist Mark Ryden. In it, he depicts a world in which the boundaries between human and animal, living and dead…
Somewhere, in the depths of your memory, you can probably still recall a quote or two from Shakespeare. Everybody in the UK studies the Bard at school – whether they go on to love him or hate him. As leading…
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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Professor of Philosophy and Director of Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Visual Artist and Lecturer in Teacher Education, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology & Psychopathology, University of Leeds
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Professor Emerita of Linguistics, American University
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Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Drexel University
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Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Iowa
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Professor of Engineering Innovation, Adelaide University
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Professor of Personality Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Oxford Brookes University
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PhD student, University of Warwick
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Professor, Innovation Design Engineering, Royal College of Art
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, UMass Boston
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Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut