Creative Universities: Reimagining Education for Global Challenges and Alternative Futures
Author: Anke Schwittay
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Print Length: 200 pages
Genre: Non-Fiction / Social Science, Educational Theory and Practices
Topic: Education, Higher Education, Creativity, Imagination, Justice, Equity & Fairness, Sustainability, Ecology & Climate
How can higher education contribute to tackling today’s complex challenges?
In this wide-ranging book, Anke Schwittay argues that, in order to inspire and equip students to generate better responses to global challenges, we need a pedagogy that develops their imagination, creativity, emotional sensibilities and practical capabilities.
Schwittay proposes a critical-creative pedagogy that incorporates design-based activities, experiential teaching, serious play and future-oriented practices. Crucially, she demonstrates the importance of moving beyond analysing limitations to working towards alternatives for more equitable, just and sustainable futures.
Presenting concrete ideas for the reimagination of higher education, this book is an essential read for both educators and students in any field studying global challenges.
“This thoughtful, critical and creative book opens up a wealth of directions for reimagining universities, it is a cornucopia of ideas for designing a new educational practice adequate for a world facing profound environmental, economic and social disruption.” Keri Facer, University of Bristol
“For those planning and designing undergraduate degree programmes in the social sciences, Creative Universities is a veritable treasure trove of ideas for reflexive practice.” LSE Review of Books
Table of Contents
List of Figures, Tables and Images
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Invitation
2. Remaking Academic Identities
3. Designing Fuutres
4. Reclaiming Economies
5. Repairing Ecologies
6. Prefiguring Alternatives
7. Capstones
Notes
References
Index
Anke Schwittay is Professor of Anthropology & Global Development at School of Global Studies, University of Sussex. She is the co-founder and former Research Director of the RiOS Institute, a Silicon Valley based organization, and have been consulting for the World Bank Institute, the United Nation’s Global Alliance for ICT and Development and RedR. She works at the intersection of global development, anthropology and design. Her current work explores student housing cooperatives, in the UK and beyond.
Source: https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p349088-anke-schwittay
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