Lara Rodgett
Transgressing Creativity

MRes

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Summary

Creativity is a human right. It should not be a privilege or a necessity. But many of our top-down human-focused systems inhibit our understanding of this thinking, which is detrimental to humans, non-humans and the planet. On multiple levels, accessibility is a crucial barrier to change, and the semantic boundaries of creativity urgently need to be reframed to address this.

This body of research questions how we might engage with the climate crisis in a non-direct manner by making creativity more accessible through introducing the Four C Model of Creativity and focusing on Little-c, or everyday, creativity. By reframing our understanding, from an external-facing skill focusing on the ‘who’ and ‘what’, to an internal-facing tool exploring the ‘where’, there is potential for positive behavioural change.

This research explores the importance of dialogue, reflection, and care within social and ecological systems framed by the wicked problem of creativity. By introducing design methods and tools to a psychological model, the research assembles a framework for accessible micro-scale interventions that question how we can easily share knowledge within the everyday to expand our understanding of creativity on an individual and collective level.

Tools for micro-scale interventions:

Conversation
Webpage + Quiz
Zine
Stickers

Research Questions

1. How can the introduction of the Four C Model of Creativity expand people’s understanding of creativity from an external-facing skill to an internal-facing tool?

2. How can design inspire behavioural change within through interventions to reframe the boundaries of creativity knowledge?