SP0070 THE CREATIVE CONUNDRUM: TO CONNECTING OR DISCONNECT

This course invites students is to proliferate the growing discourse about creativity. Featured as one of the important 21st century skills, contemporary creativity is lauded as a necessary commodity to contribute to the success of young people in business, industry and education. Yet, it brings about ample questions about the nature of creativity, and the conundrum whether creativity has become an obsession or a necessity. The module takes students on a refl exive and creative journey in which they engage in aesthetic exchanges with self, peers and members of diverse communities to articulate and proliferate the commodifi cation and exchanges of creativity. As a student, you will gain deep engagement and understand how creativity in ways of being, thinking and acting has an essential place in contemporary society.