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Designing for transformative futures: creative practice, social change and climate emergency
conference contribution
posted on 2023-06-10, 01:47 authored by Markéta Dolejšová, Cristina Ampatzidou, Lara Houston, Ann LightAnn Light, Andrea Botero, Jaz Choi, Danielle Wilde, Ferran Altarriba Bertran, Hilary Davis, Felipe Gonzales Gil, Ruth CatlowWe discuss three cases of transformative creative practice that aim to address large-scale societal issues related to the climate emergency by taking a series of interconnected, small-scale actions. Drawing on our first-hand perspectives, we reflect on how the cases address such issues by proliferating across different social contexts and supporting creative engagements of diverse stakeholders. We offer this empirical reflection at a time of rapid social and ecological change that has affected all life on the planet. Eco-social challenges and structural inequalities caused by shifts in global economic, political and technological power require new approaches and transformative actions to stabilize and restore ecosystems on which life depends. Our research shows that creative practice in art and design has a critical role to play in these processes of transformation. By discussing the opportunities and challenges encountered by our three cases within their transformative efforts and analyzing how they proliferate across diverse scales, we aim to expand the emerging scholarship on the transformative potential of creative practice.
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CreaTures - Creative Practices for Transformational Futures; G2878; EUROPEAN UNION
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Proceedings of Creativity and Cognition Conference 2021Publisher
ACMExternal DOI
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1-9Article number
a3Pages
9.0Event name
C&C '21: Creativity and CognitionEvent location
VirtualEvent type
conferenceEvent date
June 22 - 23, 2021Place of publication
New York, NY, United StatesISBN
9781450383769Department affiliated with
- Engineering and Design Publications
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- Sussex Sustainability Research Programme Publications
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2021-11-16First Open Access (FOA) Date
2021-11-16First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2021-11-15Usage metrics
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