First thing I always do when starting a new research, is to define the key terms in the question.
"What methods can be employed to develop our creativity in relation to technology and studio practice?"
We can tell our key words are creativity and technology/studio practice.
But in order to make it all more clear, let's write down their definitions. Even if we clearly know their meanings, getting closer to their definitions can give us more ideas ideas and let us approach the question in detail.
Method - a particular way of doing something;
Creativity - the ability to produce original and unusual ideas, or to make something new or imaginative;
Technology - (the study and knowledge of) the practical, especially industrial, use of scientific discoveries;
My first associations with these words were kind of different to their original definitions, so I guess looking them up at the dictionary clarifies the terms, even though I already did knew their meaning. When it comes to creativity, I immediately thing of art, the act of creating art. But the word itself represents more of the ability of that, and is not limited only in art, but can be applied literally in every domain or situation. The case is similar with technology too- my first associations are everyday objects of technology we use (laptops, phones, etc). Then again, the term itself holds much more to itself.
Technology, noun/
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"What methods can be employed to develop our creativity in relation to technology and studio practice?"
We can tell our key words are creativity and technology/studio practice.
But in order to make it all more clear, let's write down their definitions. Even if we clearly know their meanings, getting closer to their definitions can give us more ideas ideas and let us approach the question in detail.
Method - a particular way of doing something;
Creativity - the ability to produce original and unusual ideas, or to make something new or imaginative;
Technology - (the study and knowledge of) the practical, especially industrial, use of scientific discoveries;
My first associations with these words were kind of different to their original definitions, so I guess looking them up at the dictionary clarifies the terms, even though I already did knew their meaning. When it comes to creativity, I immediately thing of art, the act of creating art. But the word itself represents more of the ability of that, and is not limited only in art, but can be applied literally in every domain or situation. The case is similar with technology too- my first associations are everyday objects of technology we use (laptops, phones, etc). Then again, the term itself holds much more to itself.
1.
the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts,engineering, applied science, and pure science.
2.
the application of this knowledge for practical ends.
3.
the terminology of an art, science, etc.; technical nomenclature.
4.
a scientific or industrial process, invention, method, or the like.
5.
the sum of the ways in which social groups provide themselves with the material objects of their civilization.
We can that technology is a process. Is it every process though, can everything be technology, anything made by hand maybe?
definitions - Cambridge dictionary
definitions - Cambridge dictionary
