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ERIC Number: EJ1387444
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Aug
Pages: 15
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EISSN: EISSN-1476-8062
Analysing Creative Design Process: A Set of Tools to Understand Activity in Its Socio-Cultural and Historic Context
Saris, Brenda; Doyle, Stephanie; Loveridge, Judith
International Journal of Art & Design Education, v42 n3 p439-453 Aug 2023
Previous theoretical frameworks used to research and explain creative design processes tend to privilege individual expression and not address the context in which the process occurs. This is problematic due to the ways in which creative activities are embedded in and shaped by socio-cultural and historic contexts. In this article we focus on the ways in which cultural historic activity theory (CHAT) and its analytical activity systems can be used to reveal creative processes in context. We draw on the tools and concepts of CHAT and data from a study of visual communication design (VCD) students and lecturers situated within a transnational higher education (TNHE) context at a university in China. An analytical framework was constructed to research practices used in creative design process learning. The dynamic nature of CHAT offers design process research methods a set of analytical tools to capture the powerful parts played by artifacts and interactions within specific sociocultural and historic learning contexts.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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