Abstract
The need for increased creativity in education is currently being proposed in much innovative thinking on higher education as universities are forced to recreate themselves. Today’s students are the most technologically connected in history. Technology is shaping modern relationships with others, with ourselves, with it. Conversation is being sacrificed for connection, compromising our capacity for self-reflection. People are increasingly connected, yet increasingly lonely. There is an aggressive almost fearful avoidance of the capacity for solitude, and technology is a willing accomplice. We are collectively being lulled to sleep. The antidote is to build greater self-awareness with it, with others, and with ourselves. The need for an education through the arts has never been greater. The teaching example of the experimental Black Mountain College (BMC) of North Carolina (USA) from the 1930s to the 1950s is once again relevant with its dedication to educational and artistic experimentation, including cross-disciplinary collaboration and the fostering of individuality. A liberal arts education is again the example for the future as a directive to action, the development of character, and an education for life as an active citizen.
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Siu Challons-LiptonExecutive Director and Professor of Art History, Department of Art, Design and Music, Queens Univeristy of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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Creativity Visual Literacy
Digital Media
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