94728 Creative Experiment

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Subject level:

Postgraduate

Description

This subject builds on 94710 Creative Methods and Practices PM) / Creative Catalyser (CIC). Students take the design of a staged creative experiment and apply it in a collaborative, workplace setting. The experiment is supported through 3 tutorial workshops building skills in iterative feedback and refinement. The experiment is documented using creative journaling techniques and evaluated as a multimodal, reflection designed to seed continuous engagement.

Contribution to the development of graduate attributes

1.1 Critically analyse and creatively reconfigure established patterns, assumptions and understandings of real-world problem situations utilising frameworks of complexity and systems thinking

1.2 Conceptualise approaches for strategic interventions within organisations and professional fields as dynamic and complex systems

1.3 Create productive strategies for contributing to thriving and sustainable innovation networks and ecosystems

2.1 Apply theoretical and philosophical perspectives to critically analyse assumptions and the ways disciplines, paradigms and practices guide thinking in academic, professional and everyday contexts

2.2 Examine different fields of thought, including indigenous worldviews and cultures, to elicit insights for professional practice

2.3 Apply advanced research methods to gather, adopt, adapt, apply and synthesise knowledge, principles, concepts, practices and methods from across various domains to generate new knowledge and practices

2.4 Critically reflect on their own professional practice and develop strategies for integrating different models of transdisciplinarity to catalyse innovation in their own contexts

3.1 Analyse different patterns, frameworks and methods and test their value for investigating and addressing complex challenges in professional fields

3.2 Conduct independent and collaborative inquiry to identify challenges and new developments in professional fields, and conceptualise transformations or new practices required to respond to emerging challenges

3.3 Create and execute experimental projects that integrate approaches from a range of disciplines and fields of practice to evaluate the strategic potential of proposals

3.4 Engage with diverse worldviews and exercise ethical judgement in evaluating the impact of innovation on stakeholders, communities and the environment

4.1 Investigate and analyse the conditions required to develop the collective capacity within or between organisations, across sectors and/or internationally to respond to complex global challenges

4.2Interpret, integrate and advocate for various perspectives to persuade and influence relevant stakeholders to mobilise organisational or societal transformation

4.3 Generate strategies for nurturing new practices, paradigms and professions and propose pathways to change that sustain innovation potential within organization(s)

Teaching and learning strategies

This is a subject is immersive, applied and implemented by participants in applied, workplace contexts. It is self-paced and supported at regular intervals through workshops providing peer and academic feedback.

Content (topics)

• Apply and document applied experiment
• Reflect, iterate and adapt for context
• Build engagement and collective creative agency
• Communicate findings and inspire continual commitment

Minimum requirements

Participants must attempt the Reflective journal assessment task and achieve an overall pass mark in order to pass this subject.

Other resources

Required Readings

Doran, Vo and Watson, 2022 , Creative Reboot, Catalysing Intelligence.