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Call for Papers: Creativity and Creative Industries in Challenging Times - Day conference and expert meeting *NEW* - The keynote speakers will be Alfonso Montuori and Paul Rutten (see bio below) Venue: NHTV Imagineering Academy, Breda, The Netherlands Thursday, 29 November 2012, in Breda, The Netherlands Deadline for submissions: 30th September 2012 Send to: [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Theme, Scope and Focus: In his provocative article ‘Welcome to Postnormal Times’ Sardar (2010) argues that chaos, complexity, and contradictions are central to what he suggests to call “postnormal times”. Growing connectivity and growing globalisation are resulting in growing complexity but at the same time they give rise to new methodologies of value creation. Sardar goes on to write that The most important ingredients for coping with postnormal times, I would argue, are imagination and creativity. Why? Because we have no other way of dealing with complexity, contradictions and chaos. Imagination is the main tool, indeed I would suggest the only tool, which takes us from simple reasoned analysis to higher synthesis. While imagination is intangible, it creates and shapes our reality; while a mental tool, it affects our behaviour and expectations. We will have to imagine our way out of the postnormal times. The kind of futures we imagine beyond postnormal times would depend on the quality of our imagination. Given that our imagination is embedded and limited to our own culture, we will have to unleash a broad spectrum of imaginations from the rich diversity of human cultures and multiple ways of imagining alternatives to conventional, orthodox ways of being and doing. (p. 443) Sardar’s essay raises a host of interesting questions and possibilities which some will be elaborated on by the first keynote speaker of our expert-seminar, Professor Alfonso Montuori of the Transformative Inquiry Department at California Institute of Integral Studies. He argues that creativity is transforming in the West from the individualistic/atomistic view of Modernity towards a more contextualised, collaborative, complex approach. In his presentation Montuori will address several aspects of creativity that are particularly relevant to the discussion of postnormal times. Paul Rutten, independent researcher and visiting Professor in Creative Industries and Innovation at Antwerp University will then reflect on the declaration of the creative industries as a national priority sector by the government in the Netherlands. The morning plenary session is designed to bring together both academics and practitioners to discuss the theoretical and practical relevance of creativity in such challenging times. The day will be introduced by Diane Nijs, Associate Professor in Imagineering at NHTV. In the afternoon, there will be an expert meeting for which we welcome contributions on following themes: - Creative industries - Creativity and innovation - Creative clusters - Creativity and complexity - Creative cities and creative regions - Creative development policies - Creativity and events - Creativity and imagineering - Creativity and storytelling The Expert Meeting is designed as a small-scale event for researchers to present and discuss their work with colleagues. Please submit an abstract of your proposed submission (maximum 300 words) to Lénia Marques ([log in to unmask]) at the Academy for Leisure at NHTV Breda by 30th September 2012. Bio Alfonso Montuori Alfonso Montuori is Professor and Department Chair of the Transformative Studies Ph.D. and Transformative Leadership M.A. at California Institute of Integral Studies. In 2003-2004, he was Distinguished Professor in the School of Fine Arts at Miami University, in Oxford Ohio, and in 1985-1986 he taught at the Central South University in Hunan, China. A former professional musician, he is the author of several books and numerous articles on creativity, complexity, and education. Alfonso is also a consultant focusing on creativity and executive development. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Kitty Margolis, the noted jazz singer, and has co-produced her award-winning recordings. Alfonso Montuori is Professor and Department Chair of the Transformative Studies Ph.D. and Transformative Leadership M.A. at California Institute of Integral Studies. A graduate of the University of London, he is the author of several books and numerous articles on creativity and improvisation, complexity, and education. Alfonso also consults with organizations and individuals on professional and personal development. Born of an Italian father and Dutch mother, Alfonso grew up trilingual (because his parents insisted on speaking to him in their mother tongue), and spoke five languages by age 12. He was born in Holland, and grew up living in Lebanon, Greece, and England before coming to the United States in 1983. In London Alfonso worked as an interpreter for Scotland Yard and as a professional musician on saxophone and flute, making numerous recordings with his own band and as a session-man, and gigging extensively throughout England for several years. Today, Alfonso continues his passion for music through his collaboration with his wife, the jazz singer Kitty Margolis, as producer of her award-winning recordings. He has taught at the College of Notre Dame, the Saybrook Institute, and South-Central University in Changsha, Hunan Province, in the People’s Republic of China (1985-86), where he developed and taught the first course in management and organization theory. In 2003-2004 he was Wiepking Distinguished Professor in the Fine Arts department at Miami University. His books include Evolutionary Competence (Gieben, 1989); From Power to Partnership (co-authored with Isabella Conti, Harper San Francisco, 1993); Creators on Creating (co-edited with Barron & Barron, Putnam, 1997); and Social Creativity, vols. 1-2 (co-edited with Ronald E. Purser, Hampton Press, 1999). Alfonso is presently working with Ron Purser on a graduate textbook on creativity and innovation in organizations due to be published by Southwestern/Thomson in 2005. He has written articles in publications such as Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, Journal of Management Education, Pluriverso, and Journal of Humanistic Psychology. His translations include Constraints and Possibilities (Gordon & Breach, 1996) by Mauro Ceruti; Solidarity or Barbarism: A Europe of Diversity against Ethnic Cleansing (Peter Lang, 1997); and The Narrative Universe (Hampton Press, 2002), both by Gianluca Bocchi and Mauro Ceruti. Alfonso has consulted on executive and management development and creativity and innovation with numerous international corporations, including Procter & Gamble, Network Appliance, Training Vision (Singapore), Pacific Bell, Stentor Group (Canada), Kaiser Permanente, Interstate Insurance, Omnitel-Olivetti (Italy), ENEL (Italy), U.S. Department of Labor, University of Missouri Kansas City, Nestle Beverage, Pilkington Barnes Hinde, 3Com, Progressive Insurance, and others. He started, and is General Editor of, Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity, and the Human Sciences at Hampton Press, which has published important works by Gregory Bateson, Gianluca Bocchi & Mauro Ceruti, Edgar Morin, Ervin Laszlo, and other leading thinkers; he is Associate Editor of World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution; and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Transformative Education; Tamara: The Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Theory; Pluriverso (Italy); Narrare il Gruppo; Integral Review, and Elites (Italy). Alfonso is also a member of the General Evolution Research Group. Bio Paul Rutten Paul Rutten is professor at Antwerp University, lecturing in the master of Cultural Management and Creative Industries on project- and innovationmanagement in the Creative Industries. Besides of this lecturing Paul is also researcher at University of Leiden and a visiting professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Paul is a specialist in the field of creative industries, media and digitalisation. He has a PhD in the Social Sciences Radboud University and worked as senior researcher and consultant at TNO Delft on Strategy, Technology and Policy. Paul is a member of the Board of the Dutch Creative Residency Network and he advises the Dutch Government on the policy concerning Top-Industry Creative industries. Conference venue The meeting will be hosted by the Academy for Leisure at NHTV Breda, the leading teaching and research institution in leisure, tourism and creativity in the Netherlands. The Academy for Leisure is located close to the station in Breda, which is a 40 minute journey by high speed train from Schiphol airport. Event fee The fee for academic delegates to the event will be €150, including coffee, lunch, drinks reception and materials. References Montuori, A. (2011) Beyond postnormal times: The future of creativity and the creativity of the future. Futures 43: 221-227. Rutten, P., Marlet, G. and van Oort, F. (2011) Creatieve Industrie als Vliegwiel: Onderzoek in opdracht van Creative Cities Amsterdam Area. Haarlem: Paul Rutten Onderzoek. http://www.ccaa.nl/download.php?id=54209 ----------------------------------------------------- Op deze e-mail zijn de volgende voorwaarden van toepassing : The following disclaimer applies to the e-mail message : http://www.nhtv.nl/disclaimer -----------------------------------------------------