What Can Art Do for You? is a new "mini-doc" created to accompany the Creative Catalyst Symposium organized by Madeleine Co & Ryerson University.
unesco
Protecting Our Heritage and Fostering Creativity
In today’s interconnected world, culture's power to transform societies is clear. Its diverse manifestations – from our cherished historic monuments and museums to traditional practices and contemporary art forms – enrich our everyday lives in countless ways. Heritage constitutes a source of identity and cohesion for communities disrupted by bewildering change and economic instability. Creativity contributes to building open, inclusive and pluralistic societies. Both heritage and creativity lay the foundations for vibrant, innovative and prosperous knowledge societies.
Unesco fosters a lot of different projects, Future Literacy involves a colleague of mine who won the contest "lecturer of the year 2015". She chose to use the prize money to the Future Literacy project and invited me to look for possibilities to add more creative teaching methods and learning tools into the program. I'll keep you posted!
creative change makers
Creative Catalyst brings together Canadian artists, designers, researchers, industry, and community members in discussion on how arts and culture catalyzes social innovation. In the face of "wicked" social problems, radical innovation is required to change perspective and shift culture. Artists and creatives are at the forefront of communicating social change, using artistic expression and creative practice to open up a space for critical reflection, dialogue, and idea generation. Creative Catalyst provides keynotes from:
International Centre of Art for Social Change; Center for Artistic Activism).
future literacy
How can organizations learn to “rigorously imagine” the future in order to make analytically robust and easily understood links between anticipation and action? Pioneer of a range of techniques for building Futures Literacy, Riel co-creates innovation, leadership and transformation with his clients, helping organizations to grasp the potential of the present for innovation and creativity.
http://slab.ocadu.ca/event/building-futures-literacy-with-riel-miller
declaration unesco
There is an urgent need for children, youth and adults to develop throughout life the flexible skills and competencies they need to live and work in a more secure, sustainable, interdependent,
knowledge-based and technology-driven world. SDG4-Education 2030 will ensure that all individuals
acquire a solid foundation of knowledge, develop creative and critical thinking and collaborative skills, and build curiosity, courage and resilience. http://en.unesco.org/themes/education-21st-century