Abstract

This paper outlines the development of an art practice based research methodology specifically modelled to investigate the significance of creativity and creative practice in setting up sites for shared understanding. Big Blue Ball: Pictures, people, place is an international research project that investigates the making of meaning in a contemporary intercultural lifeworld, where global cultural flows are increasingly interconnecting and transforming our societies. Through the development of a practice based research strategy that draws on the visual and creative arts, Big Blue Ball: Pictures, people, place has aimed to build on our understandings of both the nature of meaning making and the significance of creativity and creative practice in setting up sites that can support innovative thinking about contemporary cultural issues of a globally interactive world.