OUGD501 - The Hijacking of creativity: The dilemma of contemporary art education

Debates in Art and Design Education

The Hijacking of creativity: The dilemma of contemporary art education by Jan Jagodzinski 

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Originally arts education was humanist in approach with self expression at the centre.
Humanist techniques such as ddrawing, printmaking etc considerd old fashioned unless explored with digital technologies which have increasingly become part of education.
Arts education is being used for capitalist purposes and is being pushed to satisfy industry / job expectations.

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Arts have to be seen as useful to the economy to continue getting funding.
Designers have skill sets aimed at industry .....
Design education provides a skill set aimed at industry with digital technologies important and necessary.

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Curriculums encourage discipline, perserverence and promotion.
The industry looks for the most productive and creative.
In Finnish education there is less focus on testing and more freedom to explore allowing for the more divergent thinking that is needed within industry.

pg 27 
'immaterial labour' (knowledge, information, imagination, ideas) is needed for capitalism to thrive.

pg 28 
Technological and economic successes linked to creativity.

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Creativity has been turned into a technique so it is 'open' to anyone.

pg 32
The idea of transcendence has created impossible definitions and expectations for creativity.
This elevation of creative thinking and the need for transcendence fuels the fear of not making it.