Creativity Studies
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description: Creativity Studies publishes original research on communication within the creative society, survey articles and conference reports. More information ...
publisher: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
language: en
publication name: Creativity Studies
issn: 2345-0479
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items: The creativity of Iban sub-ethnic group of Dayak people community in maintaining and preserving customary forests in Sungai Utik Hamlet, Batu Lintang Village, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Borneo
items: Effectiveness of a mindfulness-based training program to improve creative self-efficacy among a sample of secondary school students
items: Creating a new brand name: a research with the case study method
items: The creative processes in the cities: the case of Turkish literature
items: Creative communication in the socio-psychological context: driving and hindering factors of the acculturation of Ukrainian migrants
items: Dreaming, insomnia, and choreographic creativity of young female dancers: a cross-sectional preliminary study
items: The role of creative leadership in change management
items: Creativity of director’s solutions in Kyz-Zhibek play: colour, visual body movements, and their interaction
items: Perception of primary school teachers towards role of creativity in learning: a qualitative study
items: Creativity in contemporary higher education in the context of the artificial intelligence expansion
items: Modern creative methods of ballet staging and their reflection in the Kazakh ballet Zhusan
items: Make (dis)believe: creative spectacularization of the war on theatre stage in The Great Evil
items: Perception and definition of artistic craft within cultural and creative industries based on the qualitative data analysis
items: Creativity between nihilism and the search for meaning: Zeitgeist and creative innovation in body art
items: Unveiling digital creativity: enhancing teachers’ capacities in the digital education landscape
items: Tapping the creative potential of the city of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania, in external communication in social networks
items: Learning creative interpretation in the music classroom: the possibilities of the emotional expression method
items: The value of creative activities in the recreational field: the grounded theory perspective
items: The creativity of monuments: the case of bistable Belarusian identity
items: Effects of technology-enhanced active learning on the musical creativity of gifted students
items: Creativity and disinformation in artificial intelligence-driven fashion communication
items: Visualising anthropomorphism as a creative communicative mode in Samit Basu and Ashish Padlekar’s The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma: Panchatantra
items: The impact of social capital on innovative behaviour as a reflection of creativity: the case of education sector
items: Problem-based learning in developing students’ communicative skills and creativity in teaching English for specific purposes
items: Possibilities for evaluation to foster the soft skills of critical thinking, creativity, and communication in higher education
items: Art-technologies for creating an artistic image: issues of imitation and the transitivity of the creative process
items: An analysis of intrinsic motivators about the effect of social media usage on artistic creativity in university in China
items: Making abstract values tangible: how European University Alliances construct their visual identity in the perspective of creativity
items: Creativity in the education process of logistics students: a case study
items: Academic hope and self-regulation as predictors of creative thinking among undergraduate students

The creativity of Iban sub-ethnic group of Dayak people community in maintaining and preserving customary forests in Sungai Utik Hamlet, Batu Lintang Village, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Borneo
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description: This study aims to analyze the creativity of the Iban sub-ethnic group of Dayak people community in Sungai Utik Hamlet, Batu Lintang Village, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Borneo, in maintaining and preserving customary forests from the perspective of Earth ethics theory and Weberian social actions. The research model used community-based participatory research which consists of four phases, namely: 1) building basic principles and concepts of the research; 2) research planning; 3) information collection and analysis; and 4) action on findings. The results of the research showed that the community has creativity in managing customary forests, by communities while maintaining integrity, stability, and beauty. The motives for social actions to preserve customary forests were viewed from Max Weber’s theory, namely: 1) traditional actions – communities want to preserve customary forests for generations; 2) effective actions – customary forests were believed to be blood, breath, and considered as the father and mother of the community; 3) instrumental rationality – it can be seen that the central, regional, and traditional heads and Iban sub-ethnic group of Dayak people community strongly support the process of implementing customary forest management traditions; and 4) rationality of values – indigenous peoples had obtained an example of knowledge of integrity, stability, and beauty in customary forest management from their ancestors. Research findings show that the Iban sub-ethnic group of Dayak people community has a genius local concept in customary forest management. Knowledge and values applied in the creativity of customary forest management become an example of life values that are very meaningful and useful for indigenous peoples in understanding forest ecology. Future research still needs to increase creativity in customary forest management.
subject: Articles
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subject: customary forests
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subject: Earth ethics
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subject: Iban sub-ethnic group of Dayak people community
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subject: indigenous peoples
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subject: social action
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creator: Saiful Bahri
creator: Emi Tipuk Lestari
creator: Nawawi Nawawi
creator: Paiman Paiman
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-12
publication date: 2025-12-12
starting page: 698
ending page: 711
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.19186

Effectiveness of a mindfulness-based training program to improve creative self-efficacy among a sample of secondary school students
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description: To motivating creativity among students, creative self-efficacy is one of the most important indicators, as it refers to individuals’ beliefs about their creative abilities, their motivation towards creativity, and possession of the necessary knowledge for creativity. The main objective of this study is to identify the effectiveness of a training program based on mindfulness, in improving creative self-efficacy. 30 eighth grade students, experimental and control groups included 15 students. The training program experimental group received a training program of 13 sessions, while the control group was not included. Assessment using the creative self-efficacy scale showed that the experimental group students scored higher on the creative self-efficacy table and its subscales than the students in the control group, and showed a positive effect of the mindfulness-based training program in improving creative self-efficacy among a group of secondary school students.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: creative self-efficacy
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subject: mindfulness
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subject: secondary school
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subject: self-efficacy
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subject: training program
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creator: Ahmad M. Mahasneh
creator: Ahmad M. Gazo
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-12
publication date: 2025-12-12
starting page: 687
ending page: 697
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.17474

Creating a new brand name: a research with the case study method
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description: With the rapid growth of the fast-food restaurant sector in Azerbaijan, the number of domestic and international enterprises is increasing. With this, the brand name becomes very important. Based on this, the purpose of the study is to create brand names for new fast-food restaurants. The study is qualitative research and was analysed by case method. As a result of the study, brand names were suggested by participants, and these brand names were analysed. Suggested brand names were classified before being analysed. Brand names classified in 7 groups as creative, national, fast, delicious, local, global, and competitive were then analysed. Among the brand names suggested by the participants, the most suitable were for the creative concept. Brand names with the meaning national suggested by the participants in both cases are among the most recommended. When evaluated in general, a total of 118 brand names have been suggested, and among these names, more suggested names are suitable for the words national, creative, local, delicious, global, food, and fast. The rapid development of the fast-food sector in Azerbaijan and the interest of both local and global companies in this sector create a need for new brand names. In this respect, it is thought that the article will contribute to the academic literature and practitioners.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: brand naming
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subject: brand strategy
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subject: branding
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subject: case study
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subject: creativity
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subject: fast food
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creator: Bahman Huseynli
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-14
publication date: 2025-11-14
starting page: 663
ending page: 686
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.19523

The creative processes in the cities: the case of Turkish literature
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description: Utilizing a four-stage model of the creative process, this article explores the creative process of experiencing and representing the city in a selection of modern Turkish literature and illuminates how the creative process aligns with and informs writings on the Turkish city. The analysis is focused on the inspiration, dreaming, reflecting, and imagining procedures of the creative process incumbent upon writing the Turkish city; concepts that condition stages of creativity. This paper’s approach is in significant part a response to the theoretical problem of how the author situates the Turkish city, particularly regarding the capital Ankara, that is understood in the context of singularity and Istanbul, that is situated within a multiplicity of realities. This Ankara–Istanbul relationship is further referenced in the context of a discourse that is centered on the novel idea of an intersection of four tracts or a double chiasm. Several writers are referenced, especially the Turkish authors Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Elif Shafak, and Orhan Pamuk.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
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subject: creative process
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subject: Elif Shafak
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subject: Orhan Pamuk
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subject: Turkish cities
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creator: Leonard Stone
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-06
publication date: 2025-11-06
starting page: 650
ending page: 662
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.19566

Creative communication in the socio-psychological context: driving and hindering factors of the acculturation of Ukrainian migrants
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description: This study explores the economic acculturation of Ukrainian migrants through the lens of psychological, communicative, and contextual factors. In this study, we investigate the challenges, hindering factors and psychological drivers affecting employment and self-employment outcomes abroad. Based on 36 semi-structured interviews conducted across nine host countries. The findings reveal shared difficulties such as language barriers, bureaucratic complexity, and gender differences in adaptation experiences. While men more frequently pursued entrepreneurship, women reported greater emotional and situational barriers to employment. Successful economic integration was associated with internal factors such as motivation, perseverance, and communication skills, alongside external supports such as family and institutional assistance. Communication and creativity emerged as key resources for resilience. The study contributes by bridging the gap between economic participation and psychological adaptation in forced migration contexts and offers a foundation for future quantitative research on migrant acculturation processes.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: acculturation
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subject: communication
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subject: creativity
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subject: economic acculturation
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subject: migrants
  topic: keywords
subject: psychological factors
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creator: Kristina Kovaitė
creator: Mariia Kononets
creator: Olena Vynoslavska
creator: Paulius Šūmakaris
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-05-29
publication date: 2025-05-29
starting page: 282
ending page: 300
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.23273

Dreaming, insomnia, and choreographic creativity of young female dancers: a cross-sectional preliminary study
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description: Human creative activities have been postulated to be related to insomnia and dreaming during sleep. The current preliminary cross-sectional study investigated the associations between insomnia, dreaming, and creativity of choreography in young female dancers. Forty-six female contemporary dancers were included in the present online study and divided into two groups, creative choreographic dancers and non-choreographers, according to their experienced professional roles. The frequency and contents of dreams and nightmares were collected from the participants. In the choreographer group, the frequency of nightmares was significantly correlated with sleep duration and quality among Athens insomnia scale variables. Choreographers also exhibited a significant correlation between the frequency of nightmares and positive thinking tendencies. The non-choreographer group similarly revealed a significant correlation between the frequency of nightmares and Athens insomnia scale variables. The present results suggest that creativity in dance choreography is related to dream frequency, although it is less associated with dream content. Nightmare is less associated with subjective insomnia in creative choreographic dancers than in non-creative dancers, implying the involvement of neuro-psychological mechanisms related to the resilience process. Future research should explore the characteristics of creativity and regular sleep quality and could benefit from including external physiological measures to evaluate sleep propensities.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: choreograph
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subject: creativity
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subject: dance
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subject: dream
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subject: nightmare
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subject: sleep
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creator: Masaki Nishida
creator: Amina Goro
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-05-12
publication date: 2025-05-12
starting page: 197
ending page: 207
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.18095

The role of creative leadership in change management
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description: The problem that exists today is that it is extremely difficult to assess the influence of a leader on the change management system, since a significant number of his individual character traits or abilities are unknown, which contributes to this. It is important to establish which factors of creativity are more important than others. The key idea of the article is to demonstrate a methodical approach, how to evaluate and select the most effective qualities of creativity in a leader in order to increase the effectiveness of the change management system. The purpose of the article is to determine the level of importance of the factors of the leader’s creativity that influence change management in the organization. The object of the study is the level and structure of the leader’s creativity in the organization. The research methodology includes the method of analytic hierarchy process developed by Thomas L. Saaty, the method of expert review, which was strengthened by the Delphi method. As a result of the empirical analysis involving 40 experts from Ukraine and Poland, four key factors of leadership creativity were identified and ranked by influence: 1) openness to new ideas, 2) risk-taking ability, 3) flexibility of thinking, and 4) social interaction skills. Risk-taking ability emerged as the most influential factor in effective change management. After that, we presented the key directions of how they can be developed. These findings provide actionable recommendations for enhancing leader creativity in practical organizational settings. Rather than offering general advice for similar research, future research should test the applicability of this factor structure across different sectors, organizational sizes, and cultural contexts to validate and refine the proposed model.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: change management
  topic: keywords
subject: creative potential
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subject: creative strategies
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subject: creativity
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subject: innovative thinking
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subject: leadership creativity
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subject: method of analytic hierarchy process
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creator: Myroslav Kryshtanovych
creator: Yuliia Bekh
creator: Tetiana Zhyzhko
creator: Oksana Povstyn
creator: Oleksandr Molnar
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-09-22
publication date: 2025-09-22
starting page: 506
ending page: 522
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.22189

Creativity of director’s solutions in Kyz-Zhibek play: colour, visual body movements, and their interaction
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description: The artistic creativity trends of the contemporary theatrical process are aimed at complicating forms, deepening meanings, expanding the space for creating a new theatrical form, and, as a result, searching of the creative solution to comprehend the results of such experiments. Since contemporary theaters are targeted at developing and creating new performances, it is necessary to understand the potential of visual drama in the context of equality and effectiveness of all stage visual elements. As a variant of the adequate language search for the theater and society communication, visual dramaturgy becomes one of the fundamental in the context of the contemporary Kazakh theater development. In this study, the authors set out to identify and analyze the colour and body movement in their interaction on the example of the Kazakh national play Kyz-Zhibek (Kazakh: Qyz Jybek) directed by Dina Zhumabayeva in 2020, as it is visual intertext and reminiscence, addressed to the viewer reflection. As a creative solution to the study of the colour and body movement relationship in the visual network of signs organization of the play Kyz-Zhibek, such methods as semiotic analysis, vectorization by Patrice Pavis and the method of visual dramaturgy by Knut Ove Arntzen were used. In the study, we followed the goal of clarifying how the director creates and fills colour with body movement, strengthening and expanding meanings, and how this process can be studied and analyzed in order to be used for communication with the audience and in further contemporary theater studies.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: artistic creativity
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subject: Dina Zhumabayeva
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subject: drama performance
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subject: Kazakh national play
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subject: Kyz-Zhibek
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subject: plastic symbols
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creator: Anna Tsoy
creator: Damir Urazymbetov
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-05-20
publication date: 2025-05-20
starting page: 255
ending page: 268
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.16909

Perception of primary school teachers towards role of creativity in learning: a qualitative study
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description: Creativity has become one of the most coveted skills in today’s ever-changing world, where the sustainability of an individual is based on his/her creative potential. The need to foster creativity and innovation has long been a priority in the educational and corporate spheres. The current research focuses on perceptions primary school teachers hold regarding creativity and its role in learning, along with the identification of the creative student. The data is collected through focus group discussion. Teachers unanimously accept the role of creativity in enhancing learning and facilitating the child’s overall development. The study could be replicated in different countries, and the gap between perception and reality could be identified. This gap identification could be considered a basis for providing developmental intervention to the teachers to foster creativity among the children and formulate policy for educational management at the school level.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: creativity
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subject: creativity nurturing
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subject: focus group discussion
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subject: inquisitiveness
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subject: learning
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subject: teachers
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creator: Ekta Sharma
creator: Sandeep Sharma
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-05-15
publication date: 2025-05-15
starting page: 223
ending page: 238
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.17597

Creativity in contemporary higher education in the context of the artificial intelligence expansion
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description: In the paper it is discussed what are the potential possibilities to foster creativity in contemporary higher education in the context of the artificial intelligence expansion based on theoretical analysis of sources and the findings of a pilot empiric study. The aim of this paper is to discuss aspects for potential development of creativity in higher education in the context of the artificial intelligence expansion. The objectives are organized around the research question: what are the aspects of studies in the context the artificial intelligence expansion that students in higher education experience and note today as relevant for their studies (potentially – for professional activity)? Methods of critical analyses of references, theoretical considerations, reflections on authors’ personal experiences, and a pilot empiric study, involving respondents/students, were employed for the development of the paper. Results of an empiric study are presented together with the conclusions that students in higher education conceptualise expansion of the artificial intelligence quite broadly and to a major degree – optimistically, with some attention on creativity and quite extensive attention to changes in culture.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: aspects of studies in the context the artificial intelligence expansion
  topic: keywords
subject: creativity
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subject: expansion of the artificial intelligence
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subject: expectations for the learning
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subject: higher education studies
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subject: intercultural competence
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creator: Edita Butrimė
creator: Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-04-18
publication date: 2025-04-18
starting page: 185
ending page: 196
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.20230

Modern creative methods of ballet staging and their reflection in the Kazakh ballet Zhusan
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description: The manuscript explores the evolution of ballet staging, focusing on the integration of modern dance and classical ballet. It traces this trend to the second half of the 20th century, highlighting the impact of modern dance’s flexibility on classical ballet’s rigidity, leading to a postmodern era in ballet theater. The study acknowledges significant Western European, American, and Russian researchers in ballet. It discusses how the fusion of classical ballet and modern dance has enriched choreography and led to innovative staging techniques. The manuscript examines the transformation in the definition of ballet, the rejection of strict genre boundaries, and the rise of individual authorial signatures in contemporary ballet productions. The work delves into the postmodernist quest for creative freedom, with choreographers like Merce Cunningham (1919–2009) seeking to break traditional dance constraints. It addresses contemporary ballet trends such as polystylism, eclecticism, collage, and complex performance structures. Focusing on Kazakhstan’s Zhusan ballet, the manuscript analyzes its choreography, music, and artistic interpretation. Zhusan exemplifies the fusion of classical, Kazakh, and contemporary dance, featuring a poetic libretto and a compilative score. In conclusions, the manuscript emphasizes the contemporary ballet’s shift towards the choreographer-director’s subjective vision, a departure from traditional approaches. This critical analysis offers a historical overview and examines the dynamic nature of ballet staging, showcasing a blend of tradition and innovation.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: ballet staging
  topic: keywords
subject: choreographic innovation
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subject: classical ballet
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subject: creative methods
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subject: Kazakh ballet
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subject: modern dance
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subject: postmodernism
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subject: theatre
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creator: Ilzat Aukhadiyev
creator: Daulet Dosbatyrov
creator: Heili Einasto
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-05-15
publication date: 2025-05-15
starting page: 208
ending page: 222
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.20429

Make (dis)believe: creative spectacularization of the war on theatre stage in The Great Evil
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description: This article deals with the issue of production of belief on stage of the theatre. The research presented in the article aims to contribute to the discussion on how understanding tools and techniques of building fiction in theatre helps to deconstruct and understand mediatized images of reality. The case in point is a Lithuanian theatre production The Great Evil (orig. Didis blogis, 2015, director Árpád Schilling), which will be analyzed as an example of militarized conflict depicted as a spectacle. Analysis of the performance and of its reception using tools proposed by Erving Goffman allowed to find aesthetic means specific to the theatre that were used to present the spectacularization and artifice as weapons of modern warfare.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: dramaturgical analysis
  topic: keywords
subject: Erving Goffman
  topic: keywords
subject: Lithuania
  topic: keywords
subject: theatre
  topic: keywords
subject: theatricalization and communication
  topic: keywords
subject: war
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creator: Martynas Petrikas
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-04-04
publication date: 2025-04-04
starting page: 171
ending page: 184
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.21852

Perception and definition of artistic craft within cultural and creative industries based on the qualitative data analysis
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description: Culture and creativity are integral to European cultural and creative industries, pivotal in shaping Europe’s identity and global prominence. The focus on crafts within the cultural and creative industries ecosystem underscores their cultural significance. However, classifying crafts as artistic or traditional needs more systematic indicators. This article addresses this gap by proposing a methodology to evaluate the artistry of crafts. Twelve indicators were identified based on literature and in-depth interviews with Czech craft organizations to evaluate the artistry of the particular craft. Chosen respondents (legal entities and natural persons) self-evaluated these indicators, assigning weights based on importance. Results revealed varying weights, with mastery of the craft and originality deemed most significant. The proposed methodology offers a scalable approach to determining the artistry of crafts and aiding enterprises and policymakers in supporting cultural and creative industries. This study contributes to theory as well as practice by providing a comprehensive framework for identifying and evaluating artistic craftsmanship within the cultural and creative industries.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: art
  topic: keywords
subject: artistic craft
  topic: keywords
subject: creative clusters
  topic: keywords
subject: creativity
  topic: keywords
subject: cultural and creative industries
  topic: keywords
creator: Petra Rydvalová
creator: Tereza Michalová
creator: Lucrezia Škaloudová Puchmajerová
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-03-28
publication date: 2025-03-28
starting page: 150
ending page: 170
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.20796

Creativity between nihilism and the search for meaning: Zeitgeist and creative innovation in body art
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description: A recent tattoo style, the sticker sleeve, brings with it some peculiarities: for example, unlike other styles, the focus seems to be less on originality or artistry. Further, the motifs integrated often imply almost incompatible messages, from spirituality and the search for meaning to the denial of meaning. Based on content analysis and interviews, the article explores what this style reveals about creativity and the Zeitgeist. One can interpret this in the tradition of nihilism as a denial of meaning or as a general instead of concrete concept of meaningfulness. Furthermore, it can be seen as a symbol for a creative way of dealing with cognitive dissonance. A complicated relationship to individuality is articulated, on the one hand the overcoming of the desire for unconditional individuality in favor of the recognition of shared human features, on the other hand the call to look behind the surface and recognize individual meanings behind shared looks.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: dissonance
  topic: keywords
subject: meaningfulness
  topic: keywords
subject: nihilism
  topic: keywords
subject: tattoos
  topic: keywords
subject: Zeitgeist
  topic: keywords
creator: Maja Jerrentrup
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-06-12
publication date: 2025-06-12
starting page: 301
ending page: 318
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.17458

Unveiling digital creativity: enhancing teachers’ capacities in the digital education landscape
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description: This article aims to unveil the concept of teachers’ digital creativity, recognizing it as one of their fundamental capacities to meet the challenges posed by digital education. The theoretical segment of the article engages in a comprehensive discourse on the concept of teachers’ digital creativity. The theoretical discourse is complemented by an empirical study, engaging general education school teachers, to provide insights into their understandings and perspectives related to digital creativity. The empirical study was organized in Lithuanian general educations schools. Eleven interviews with teachers, who are already using digital tools and platforms in their teaching process, were conducted. The research findings not only enrich the understanding of teachers’ digital creativity in education, but also lay the groundwork for the further development of a robust framework of teachers’ digital creativity, offering practical considerations that may be essential for its effective formulation and implementation.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: digital education
  topic: keywords
subject: digital technologies and tools
  topic: keywords
subject: digitalisation of education
  topic: keywords
subject: teachers’ capacities
  topic: keywords
subject: teachers’ digital creativity
  topic: keywords
creator: Aleksandra Batuchina
creator: Julija Melnikova
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-03-18
publication date: 2025-03-18
starting page: 126
ending page: 149
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.20261

Tapping the creative potential of the city of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania, in external communication in social networks
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description: This article explores how social media platforms can be used to unlock the creative potential of the city of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania. The study focuses on the external communication of creative activities through Facebook and Instagram and assesses the effectiveness of the content in attracting public attention and enhancing the city’s image. The analysis of 25 posts shows that the city’s Facebook profile has a larger audience, but both platforms lack dynamic elements, such as videos or interactive content, which could increase audience engagement. The study highlights the importance of a clear and concise message, emotional connection through storytelling and the significance of strategic partners in enhancing the city’s image and attracting visitors. The results of the study show that in order to stimulate creativity innovative content formats such as videos or play elements should be used much more.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: content analysis
  topic: keywords
subject: creative city
  topic: keywords
subject: engagement
  topic: keywords
subject: external communication
  topic: keywords
subject: Facebook
  topic: keywords
subject: Instagram
  topic: keywords
subject: city of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)
  topic: keywords
subject: public relations
  topic: keywords
subject: social media
  topic: keywords
creator: Mišel Karolina Nikolajeva
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-09-10
publication date: 2025-09-10
starting page: 453
ending page: 467
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.22816

Learning creative interpretation in the music classroom: the possibilities of the emotional expression method
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description: The article discusses the problems of interpretation of a piece of music and presents a part of an extensive research on 26 filmed lessons, where the emotional expression method is used to reveal innovative possibilities for encouraging creative interpretation. The emotional expression method is used here as a way of stimulating musicality and musical, including interpretative, skills, and self-expression, by expressing the content of a work’s emotional intonations, or the experiences of a “fictional hero”, evoked by the integration with non-musical art forms. In this one alternative empirical experiment we used Emery Schubert and Dorottya Fabian’s taxonomy of expressive features in music performance, which was developed in 2014 and focuses on expressivity in music performance, defines the specificity of interpretations, determines the differences between performances, and allows to identify the style of the various different interpretations. The participants (19 female and 7 male students) were selected for the experiment by means of representative case sampling. The main aims of the 26 experimental lessons were to stimulate the pupil to develop a personal relationship with the piece being performed, its “fictional hero”, to improve the pupil’s interpretation of the piece, and to stimulate the discussion of moral values by asking specific questions focused on the fulfilment of the goals of emotional and ethical education. The results of the study were evaluated by four experts – teachers of different specialisations in the subject of the instrument. The evaluation procedure was based on the review of the experimental filmed lessons and the filling in of templates of evaluation protocols (104 in total) prepared in advance by the researchers. The study revealed the positive impact of emotional expression method on harmonising the music-making process, where traditional teaching makes it challenging to quickly achieve changes in sound quality, dynamics, phrasing, expr…
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: creativity
  topic: keywords
subject: emotional expression method
  topic: keywords
subject: expressiveness
  topic: keywords
subject: problems of music interpretation
  topic: keywords
subject: stage anxiety
  topic: keywords
creator: Lolita Jolanta Piličiauskaitė
creator: Giedrė Gabnytė Bizevičienė
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-04
publication date: 2025-11-04
starting page: 635
ending page: 649
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.22736

The value of creative activities in the recreational field: the grounded theory perspective
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description: The current article employs a constructivist grounded theory approach to analyze the relationship between recreation and creativity. Researchers explore how engaging in imaginative recreational activities foster and sustain social connections, emphasizing the importance of social settings and interactions. In the context of recreation, creativity is highlighted as a crucial process enriched with educational and developmental elements, characterized by originality and usefulness. The value of creative activities is particularly stressed, noting their ability to transform emotions, replace negative feelings with positive ones, and enhance self-confidence among young people. This self-confidence serves as a medium for socialization and self-development. Additionally, the role of communication is emphasized, as creative activities provide youth with opportunities to communicate and build social ties.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: communication
  topic: keywords
subject: creativity
  topic: keywords
subject: grounded theory
  topic: keywords
subject: recreation
  topic: keywords
subject: young people with fewer opportunities
  topic: keywords
creator: Dovilė Lisauskienė
creator: Robert Leščinskij
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-02-27
publication date: 2025-02-27
starting page: 113
ending page: 125
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.20790

The creativity of monuments: the case of bistable Belarusian identity
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description: During the last decades, Belarus has experienced a wave of monument construction, i.e., the monuments as creative practices through which certain historical, cultural and political meanings are constructed and articulated. The process confirms some scientists’ insights that the Belarusian identity is actively created today. However, the scientists who are interested in its construction on a practical level have not paid attention to the process of monument creation in Belarus as it also creates and articulates state identity. The analysis of the monument-making process has revealed that three identity narratives co-exist in Belarus: national-cultural and two political-historical ones, i.e., commonality with Russia and political independence from Russia. The potential contradiction of these political-historical narratives shows that the Belarusian identity is in a dichotomous and uncertain state. Although the spread of the political independence from Russia narrative allows us to talk about the existence of an independent national identity of Belarus (one of the most prominent manifestations was the mass protests in 2020, unpredicted by many scientists) in parallel with the existence of a strong historical-political narrative of commonality with Russia, the identity of Belarus remains in a bistable condition. For this reason, the further development of the Belarusian identity remains uncertain in the long-term perspective.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Belarus
  topic: keywords
subject: Belarusian identity
  topic: keywords
subject: monumental practices
  topic: keywords
subject: narratives
  topic: keywords
subject: social constructivism
  topic: keywords
subject: state identity
  topic: keywords
creator: Valentinas Beržiūnas
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-02-20
publication date: 2025-02-20
starting page: 100
ending page: 112
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.19764

Effects of technology-enhanced active learning on the musical creativity of gifted students
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description: Technology-enhanced active learning increases not only gifted students’ interest in learning but also facilitates the promotion of their musical creativity. This study uncovers gifted students’ attitude toward technology-enhanced active learning and its effect on their musical creativity. This mixed-methods study used an experimental design followed by semi-structured interviews. We developed a control group (n = 19) and an experimental group (n = 21) of the randomly selected gifted students’ age of 11–13 years old from science and art centres institution at secondary schools in Turkey. We designed an intervention to deliver music curricula through technology-enhanced active learning for the experimental group and without technology-enhanced active learning for the control group. Three experts used a rubric to measure the musical creativity of gifted students. A pre-test and post-test indicated that there was an effect of technology-enhanced active learning on the musical creativity of gifted students. Semi-structured interviews with students also suggested that gifted students have positive attitude towards technology-enhanced active learning. Students have a positive attitude towards the technology-enhanced active learning approach owing to five reasons: finding education programs beneficial, self-expression, improvement in composing skills, improvement in using technology while composing, and eagerness to continue technology-enhanced active music learning.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: creativity
  topic: keywords
subject: curriculum
  topic: keywords
subject: gifted students
  topic: keywords
subject: music education
  topic: keywords
subject: secondary school
  topic: keywords
subject: technology-enhanced active learning
  topic: keywords
creator: Adem Maba
creator: Mümtaz Hakan Sakar
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-02-14
publication date: 2025-02-14
starting page: 79
ending page: 99
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.16335

Creativity and disinformation in artificial intelligence-driven fashion communication
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description: Fashion is an industry of constant changes and reflects societal alterations; therefore, fashion brands must always seek creative and innovative communication strategies for a positive brand reputation and be at the forefront of technology. Fashion communication shapes society’s needs and perceptions of reality, which are currently shifting due to the high density of various artificial intelligence technologies, including those that can recreate reality. Therefore, consumers are easy to deceive, and creative ways of communicating using artificial intelligence lead to creative ways of disinformation. The question arises as to which topics of creative use of artificial intelligence in the field of the fashion industry are the most widely studied and what the research gaps are. An integrative literature review focusing on papers published between January, 2016 and January, 2024 was conducted to answer the research question and clarify the tendencies of future research. The findings of this research show the emerging machine-washing concept as the topics that scholars are mostly focused on – the recreation of reality using deepfakes and altered images, digital influencers, and their messages.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: artificial intelligence
  topic: keywords
subject: creative communication
  topic: keywords
subject: digital influencers
  topic: keywords
subject: disinformation
  topic: keywords
subject: fashion communication
  topic: keywords
subject: machine-washing
  topic: keywords
subject: misinformation
  topic: keywords
creator: Sigita Kamašauskė
creator: Živilė Sederevičiūtė-Pačiauskienė
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-02-06
publication date: 2025-02-06
starting page: 64
ending page: 78
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.20891

Visualising anthropomorphism as a creative communicative mode in Samit Basu and Ashish Padlekar’s The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma: Panchatantra
type: item
description: In today’s ocular-centric era, vision and visuality play a significant role in representing ideas. This article analyses anthropomorphism as a communicative mode that helps readers comprehend a story’s underlying meaning, using a socio-semiotics metafunction as a lens. The study focuses on Samit Basu and Ashish Padlekar’s adaptation of the famous Panchatantra collection, The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma: Panchatantra (published in 2015), where creatures with the ability to speak are the central characters. This story emphasises a diverse group of characters from the world of Panchatantra who communicate their problems to Vishnu Sharma, their chosen guardian, through the transformation of animals into humans. Through the use of animated letters, mascots, and anthropomorphic parameters, barriers can be eliminated in a creative approach. The paper underscores the significance of studying signs and interpreting visually represented social phenomena in order to articulate culture, society, and historical context. The research is divided into two sections: the first section explores the function of images by analysing image artefacts that question the presence of anthropomorphism. In contrast, the second section introduces the four degrees of anthropomorphism and their characteristics. The hypothesis posits that anthropomorphism can effectively convey meaning, especially in stories aimed at children. This study seeks to contribute to a greater comprehension of the use of anthropomorphism as a creative mode of communication in contemporary literature.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: anthropomorphism
  topic: keywords
subject: communicative mode
  topic: keywords
subject: creative adaptation
  topic: keywords
subject: graphic novel
  topic: keywords
subject: socio-semiotics
  topic: keywords
creator: Cynthiya Rose J S
creator: Bhuvaneswari R
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-02-03
publication date: 2025-02-03
starting page: 43
ending page: 63
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.16652

The impact of social capital on innovative behaviour as a reflection of creativity: the case of education sector
type: item
description: Social capital enables sharing, trust, solidarity, proper norms and respectful behaviours, and organisational participative management. Employee innovative behaviour is vital for organisations as it provides a competitive advantage. This study aims to determine the impact of social capital and its sub-dimensions, friendly acceptance, norms of behaviour, trusting/reciprocity, and governance on innovative behaviour and its sub-dimensions, participative leadership, external work contacts, and innovative output on innovative behaviour. The data were gathered from 264 school administrators and teachers through a questionnaire. The SPSS Statistics 25.0 program was used to test the research hypotheses. Reliability and validity analysis results are sufficient. The results showed that social capital (overall) and its all-sub-dimensions, except trusting/reciprocity, significantly and positively impact innovative behaviour. However, most of the sub-dimensions of social capital have no significant impact on the sub-dimensions of innovative behaviour.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: external work contacts
  topic: keywords
subject: friendly acceptance
  topic: keywords
subject: governance
  topic: keywords
subject: innovative behaviour
  topic: keywords
subject: innovative output
  topic: keywords
subject: participative leadership
  topic: keywords
subject: social capital
  topic: keywords
subject: trusting/reciprocity
  topic: keywords
creator: Fikret Sözbilir
creator: Sıdıka Kaya
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-09-29
publication date: 2025-09-29
starting page: 538
ending page: 557
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.22016

Problem-based learning in developing students’ communicative skills and creativity in teaching English for specific purposes
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description: Tertiary education uses a variety of teaching methods to cater for different learning styles, encourage critical thinking, and prepare students for real-world challenges. Common methods include lectures, seminars, independent study, and collaborative learning. This diversity reflects the complexity of higher education and helps to create a dynamic learning environment that fosters lifelong learning and critical thinking skills. Problem-based learning, a prominent teaching method, focuses students on an inquiry-based approach, presenting them with real-life problems that require the application of knowledge, critical thinking, creative approach, and collaboration. Problem-based learning is very effective in teaching English for specific purposes at tertiary level because it involves students in projects that require the use of the target language, thus enhancing language acquisition and fostering communicative skills. This method benefits students by promoting active learning, improving communication, encouraging creativity, and developing problem-solving skills. A study at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania, involving students from creative and technical fields, found that most students found problem-based learning beneficial, although creativity students were more enthusiastic. The results suggest that while problem-based learning improves understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of study programmes, technical students are more sceptical about the effectiveness of problem-based learning. Despite some negative attitudes on the part of some students, problem-based learning remains a valuable tool in English for specific purposes education, supporting the development of language and professional skills.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: communication skills
  topic: keywords
subject: creativity studies
  topic: keywords
subject: English for specific purposes
  topic: keywords
subject: problem-based learning
  topic: keywords
subject: technical studies
  topic: keywords
subject: tertiary education
  topic: keywords
creator: Jolita Šliogerienė
creator: Irena Darginavičienė
creator: Jelena Suchanova
creator: Dalia Gulbinskienė
creator: Viktorija Jakučionytė
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-01-29
publication date: 2025-01-29
starting page: 30
ending page: 42
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.22343

Possibilities for evaluation to foster the soft skills of critical thinking, creativity, and communication in higher education
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description: Soft skills are the foundation of a solid and consistent lifelong education in a changing world. Students’ self-reported achievement motivation is a good indicator of their level of self-awareness. A rigorous assessment of the process’ results is necessary for an effective soft skill education program. There are significant flaws in the way the university’s curriculum handles soft skill assessments. Therefore, the question is: given the resources at hand, how can one properly ascertain which soft skills requirements change the most over a university education? To identify changes at the start and finish of studies and prepare instruction for soft skill suggestions during university studies, this study intends to measure the differences in self-assessment indicators of students’ creativity, critical thinking, and communicative abilities in university settings. The purpose of this study is to verify a variety of tools for assessing students’ soft skills and figure out how effectively they can recognize variations throughout multiple university study stages. This could aid in the preparation of recommendations for soft skill instruction in courses, which could be beneficial for university graduates’ future employment. Among first- and last-year university students, a self-assessment study on soft skills was conducted. The results show that students’ soft skills are not equally impacted by their university education. The critical thinking abilities of first- and fourth-year students only tend to improve but do not differ reliably.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: abilities
  topic: keywords
subject: changes
  topic: keywords
subject: self-assessment
  topic: keywords
subject: skills
  topic: keywords
subject: students
  topic: keywords
creator: Stanislav Dadelo
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-01-15
publication date: 2025-01-15
starting page: 13
ending page: 29
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.20943

Art-technologies for creating an artistic image: issues of imitation and the transitivity of the creative process
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description: The article reveals certain aesthetic patterns in the creation of augmented reality content, namely the importance of modelling the real environment, transitivity, and simulation of traditional practices of creating sculptural forms. These issues are analyzed on the author’s projects examples organized through the augmented reality use (applications REMS Companion App and MININ Art). An aesthetic patterns interdisciplinary research of augmented reality content perception allows us to draw significant conclusions about the artistic uniqueness of virtual images. The article reveals certain regularities in the creation of augmented reality content, including the peculiarities of imitation of traditional sculptural techniques and materials texture. It has been established that in order to create a realistic embodiment of virtual models in a real environment and to make these objects three-dimensional, it is important to take into account the peculiarities of chiaroscuro. Technologically, this can be done by installing a light source in the virtual scene that will illuminate objects at a certain angle. Consideration of the results of technological experience of content generation suggests that augmented reality allows the artist to create a transitional creative environment by imitating real space. When virtual content is detached from its marker (the image of real space), the specific author’s context is lost. As a result, we can safely talk about the content uniqueness created with the help of augmented reality technology. Having all the signs of artistic creativity, these models can be called augmented reality sculptures – a form of synthetic digital and visual art.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: artistic image
  topic: keywords
subject: augmented reality
  topic: keywords
subject: augmented reality sculpture
  topic: keywords
subject: creativity
  topic: keywords
subject: culture
  topic: keywords
subject: digital technology
  topic: keywords
subject: imitation
  topic: keywords
creator: Tetiana Sovhyra
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-01-09
publication date: 2025-01-09
starting page: 1
ending page: 12
doi: 10.3846/cs.2025.16794

An analysis of intrinsic motivators about the effect of social media usage on artistic creativity in university in China
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description: With the development of the information age, social media has become an important channel for students to communicate, interact and obtain information online. This research combines analyses of social media use and factors linked to intrinsic motivation to examine the influence of these factors on university students’ creativity through the Internet. The discussion presented here starts from the viewpoint that intrinsic motivation plays an important role in the correlation between social media and students’ creativity. This study randomly surveyed 416 students from Chinese universities majoring in art to investigate the impact of social media on their levels of creativity. The analysis focused on understanding these students’ intrinsic motivation to engage in Internet use. The conclusions show that social media has a considerable impact on their creativity. Under the influence of intrinsic motivation, students’ creativity can be considerably boosted. Furthermore, it also shows that different intrinsic motivations have different effects on creativity levels. Therefore, the study is suggested that the education sector in China still needs to pay more attention to the development of students’ creative approaches to achieve better educational outcomes.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: artistic creativity
  topic: keywords
subject: entertainment
  topic: keywords
subject: immersion
  topic: keywords
subject: information
  topic: keywords
subject: intrinsic motivation
  topic: keywords
subject: professional advancement
  topic: keywords
subject: self-expression
  topic: keywords
subject: social interaction
  topic: keywords
subject: social media effect
  topic: keywords
subject: university students
  topic: keywords
creator: Lei Wang
creator: Julina Binti Ismail Kamal
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-11-06
publication date: 2024-11-06
starting page: 495
ending page: 518
doi: 10.3846/cs.2024.20024

Making abstract values tangible: how European University Alliances construct their visual identity in the perspective of creativity
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description: The European University Initiative established 64 transnational alliances of higher education institutions. Each of these European Universities Alliances seeks to align universities to enhance academic excellence and competitiveness of the European Higher Education Area. While branding of higher education institutions has become a professionalized practice, creating a transnational alliance poses challenges beyond traditional academic visual identity. The aim is to map out visual and discursive self-representation patterns of European University Alliances on their websites, involving European values such as for example, international cooperation, student mobility, and inclusivity. Using multimodal discourse analysis, this study examines online construction of academic identities of selected European University Alliances. It analyses (1) composition, colour, and typography used in European University Alliances’ logotypes; (2) the features of photographs and graphics; and (3) the typology of names and keywords in mission statements. The findings highlight the importance of generic imagery and compositional devices evoking positive emotional responses as well as recognizable cultural symbols and colours that align with the values of academia and “Europeanness”.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: academic visual identity
  topic: keywords
subject: European universities
  topic: keywords
subject: European University Alliance
  topic: keywords
subject: visual identification
  topic: keywords
subject: web pages
  topic: keywords
creator: Robert Radziej
creator: Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-11-25
publication date: 2024-11-25
starting page: 532
ending page: 547
doi: 10.3846/cs.2024.20020

Creativity in the education process of logistics students: a case study
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description: The article deals with the issue of creativity and the creative process in the education of students. The key to successful thinking is creative teamwork. The power of “team creativity” lies in cross-inspiration, which is of particular value in the case of interdisciplinary teams. The more the students associated with a project differ personally, the more chance there is for them to come up with creative solutions. The article also presents a case study. It presents an example of a 4-step creative process, using Visual Basic for Applications programming. In teams students solve a task related to the analysis of selected economic measures. In the subsequent stages of the process, they solve the problem set by the lecturer using the so-called “collective mind” ideas. The case study was preceded by an analysis of surveys in which students referred to their knowledge of creative teaching methods and assessed their attractiveness. The literature study conducted analyzed teamwork in the process of student education and the creative process that fosters creative thinking. Two economic metrics were analyzed to determine the product group’s contribution to the company’s profitability and demand profile. Using Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, two procedures using Visual Basic for Applications computer programming were developed and verified in a case study based on quantitative data.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: creative process
  topic: keywords
subject: creativity
  topic: keywords
subject: economic indicators
  topic: keywords
subject: logistics
  topic: keywords
subject: students
  topic: keywords
subject: Visual Basic for Applications
  topic: keywords
creator: Paweł Ślaski
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-12-12
publication date: 2024-12-12
starting page: 686
ending page: 697
doi: 10.3846/cs.2024.20589

Academic hope and self-regulation as predictors of creative thinking among undergraduate students
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description: Universities always strive to qualify students to be creative in their careers, so researchers in the creativity domain seeks the factors that affect creative thinking to understand this concept more deeply. As a result, the current study aimed at exploring the predictive power of self-regulation and academic hope in the creative thinking among undergraduate students. A total of 481 (249 males, 232 females) undergraduate students from different universities in Saudi Arabia participated in this quantitative correlational study, and completed the scale of self-regulation scale, the academic hope scale, and the creative thinking scale. The findings showed that the level of creative thinking of the undergraduate students was medium, but they have high levels of the academic hope and self-regulation. It was also found that self-regulation and academic hope were good predictors of creative thinking. It was recommended that educators and practitioners should consider academic hope and self-regulation if they want to foster creativity thinking.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: academic hope
  topic: keywords
subject: creative thinking
  topic: keywords
subject: predictive power
  topic: keywords
subject: self-regulation
  topic: keywords
subject: undergraduate students
  topic: keywords
creator: Thaer A. Ghbari
creator: Ahmad H. Harahsheh
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-12-12
publication date: 2024-12-12
starting page: 698
ending page: 708
doi: 10.3846/cs.2024.16223