International Journal of Arts and Technology (IJART)
Call For papers
Special Issue on: "Creativity and Interdisciplinarity - a Discursive
Tension?"
Guest Editors:
Interdisciplinarity and creativity are the buzz words of the moment.
However, these terms are often employed without consideration for their
complementary value. The policy agendas that drive current developments
in research are often instrumentalist, conflating creativity with
innovation and interdisciplinarity with novel epistemologies. Such
research often engages new technologies, with a consequent emphasis on
novelty for its own sake. Related research debates are interestingly and
inevitably manifesting as a result of the accelerated interactions
within and between disciplines. This special issue invites contributions
which explore relationships between interdisciplinary research
methodologies and creative practices informed by various forms of
technology, both old and new.
Subject Coverage
Notes for Prospective Authors
Deadline for full drafts: the 29th of April, 2011.
Papers should be emailed to Sophia Lycouris (s.lycouris@eca.ac.uk) and
Mark Wright (mark.wright@ed.ac.uk).
A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for
submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere
All papers are refereed through a peer review process.
Dr Sophia Lycouris, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
Dr Mark Wright, University of Edinburgh, UK
on behalf of Research Group CIRCLE (www.eca.ac.uk/circle)
Responses are sought to questions which include, but are not limited to:
* If 'interdisciplinarity' is in itself a modality of research,
rather than a set of defined methodologies, then what are the
implications of such a context for the final outcome of research?
* How do we apply interdisciplinary methodologies to specialist
knowledge without inappropriately transplanting concepts from one
discipline to another?
* What are the implications of 'interdisciplinarity' for research
relying on a sophisticated structuring of elements that originate in
different disciplinary fields, far beyond the basic processes of
assembling, arranging or collecting such elements?
* Does an emphasis on rhizomic connections, linkages, overlaps and
crossovers and lateral thinking (outside the box) inevitably lead to
novel and creative apprehension? What are the forms and value of such
novelty and creativity?
* There is significant anxiety concerning the translation of
interdisciplinary methods into ways of working, how to establish
productive relationships and applications amongst familiar elements and
the exploration of unfamiliar terrains. How do we evaluate what works
and what does not? How do we deal with the gaps between disciplines - do
we attempt to build bridges or exploit the consequent tensions?
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