Designing for Transformative Futures: Creative Practice, Social Change and Climate Emergency

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A4 Artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa

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C and C 2021 - Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Creativity and Cognition, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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We 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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| openaire: EC/H2020/870759/EU//CreaTures Funding Information: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 870759. The content presented in this document represents the views of the authors, and the European Commission has no liability in respect of the content. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 ACM.

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Dolejšová, M, Ampatzidou, C, Houston, L, Light, A, Botero, A, Choi, J, Wilde, D, Altarriba Bertran, F, Davis, H, Gonzales Gil, F & Catlow, R 2021, Designing for Transformative Futures: Creative Practice, Social Change and Climate Emergency. in C and C 2021 - Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Creativity and Cognition., 3465242, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, ACM, ACM Creativity and Cognition, Virtual, Online, Italy, 22/06/2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/3450741.3465242