The field of computational creativity examines the mechanisms by which technology can perform creative tasks, particularly in the arts. How can software create works of beauty, value and meaning?
Teach children to think creatively to solve tomorrow’s problems.
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What is creativity? Tomes as thick as car tyres have been written addressing this question. The recently-released Global Creativity Index offers some answers but that doesn’t mean they’re the right ones.
Psychologists have advanced a new theory linking neurotic unhappiness and creativity, arguing that natural worriers may have highly active imaginations and be more creative problem-solvers.
The idea of a common biological cause for the association between psychological distress and creativity is clearly an attractive one.
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Researchers have suggested a new theory for why neurotic unhappiness and creativity are often found in the same person. But is the assumption that creative people are more neurotic actually true?
Constantly lost in thought? You may want to make the most of it.
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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?
New forms of creativity are proliferating – with the help of technological advancement – and building new activist communities.
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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.
Young people from New Cross get to tell their own stories.
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It’s not uncommon to hear people deriding reality TV. But isn’t the format just a response to the changing landscape of television?
Contestants from the most recent series of Big Brother toast their success º but is that success killing TV creativity?
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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 is putting creativity centre stage.
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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…
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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…