Creative Universities
Reimagining Education for Global Challenges and Alternative Futures
By Anke Schwittay
Published
Oct 1, 2021Page count
200 pagesISBN
978-1529213652Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Oct 1, 2021Page count
200 pagesISBN
978-1529213645Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Oct 1, 2021Page count
200 pagesISBN
978-1529213669Imprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Oct 1, 2021Page count
200 pagesISBN
978-1529213669Imprint
Bristol University Press
Creative Universities
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In the Media
'Imagine! Creative teaching for global challenges and alternative futures' on Transforming Society
'Designing back from the future: building scenarios to engage students with global challenges' by Anke Schwittay
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.
“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
'...this book walks readers through how to combine critique and creativity in an accessible, engaging, personable, and intellectually stimulating manner. It provides theoretical foundations, practical tools, and rich examples of structural and institutional teaching and learning interventions for enacting alternative education futures.' Adult Education Quarterly
“Schwittay argues for the creation of alternative educational and social futures through the design of new learning environments; the development of student curiosity, introspection and imagination; prototyping activities and the taking of creative risks. This is a timely, important and optimistic book – a conceptual and practical antidote to the challenges of our times.” Craig Hammond, Liverpool John Moores University
“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
Anke Schwittay is Professor of Anthropology and Global Development at the University of Sussex. Further information about her work can be found at www.creativeuniversities.com.
1. Invitation
2. Remaking Academic Identities
3. Designing Futures
4. Reclaiming Economies
5. Repairing Ecologies
6. Prefiguring Alternatives
7. Capstones
