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Creative Arts, Part 2: How can interdisciplinary ways of working produce new ideas?
Posted: 02/09/20 09:17 |
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A student recently commented to me that trying different techniques out, although unrelated, had improved the quality of their work and they enjoyed the feeling of connection within a broader student body.
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Creative Arts, Part 1: What do we mean by Interdisciplinary?
Posted: 26/09/19 09:31 |
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Interdisciplinarity – is the study of two or more disciplines alongside a critical engagement with subjects in the wider world, that aims to communicate connections through thinking and practice. So, why might we need to engage with the wider world as part of interdisciplinary thinking? As we look beyond the confines of a Western orientated art history towards ideas and influences that emerge from a context of globalisation and cross-cultural engagement, creative artists respond to this in a variety of ways and some common strategies emerge.
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