New research articles were published in the issue of the VILNIUS TECH scientific journal Creativity Studies (Vol. 16, No. 1). The Managing Editor of this journal, Jovilė Barevičiūtė, presents the main highlights of the new issue and the most prominent themes and relevance of research papers on this issue. The editor also outlines the main aspects of the topics covered in Creativity Studies 16(1):
- Design and art history;
- Creative industries and creative economy;
- Theatre, film, and music industries;
- Creative communication;
- Media studies;
- Urban studies;
- Creative aspects in education;
- Creativity and culture;
- Creativity in the COVID-19 pandemic;
- Creativity and law;
- Creativity and innovation management.
The editor also points out that, as is customary, there have been a number of articles in the fields of education, art and design studies, management, creative industries, and creative thinking research, and, as a new addition, articles on creativity in law.
In the current issue of Creativity Studies 16(1) features articles:
- Perception of Creative Identities by Artistic and Non-Artistic Individuals: Consequences for Management – Michał Szostak
- Theatre and Creative Communication During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of National Kaunas Drama Theatre, Lithuania – Ina Pukelytė
- Aspects of Creativity in Adult Animation: An Overview of Censorship and Self-Censorship in Western Countries – Tomas Mitkus
- Criteria for the Evaluation of Innovativeness of Independent Film Production Company in the Perspective of Creativity – Ieva Vitkauskaitė
- Creating Claustrophobia in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk – Viktorija Lankauskaitė
- Theoretical Presumptions of the Creative Industries Innovation Productivity Performance – Deimantė Krisiukėnienė, Vaida Pilinkienė
- Concept Creation in Action: Internet Space as a Meteorological Pressure System – Gytis Dovydaitis
- Creativity as an Experience and as a Complexity: Visual-Narrative Research of the Artworks of Tsipy Amos Goldstein – Shahar Marnin-Distelfeld
- The Cultural Criticism of Lewis Mumford and the Creative City Planning as an Answer to the Ecological Crisis of Modern Civilisation – Gábor Kovács
- Creative Economy and the Quintuple Helix Innovation Model: A Critical Factors Study in the Context of Regional Development – Ariele Rodrigues-Ferreira, Herlander Afonso, José André Mello, Rebeca Amaral
- Practicing Creative Thinking and Its Relation to Academic Achievement – Samer Ayasrah, Mutawakil Obeidat, Qutaibeh Katatbeh, Abdalrahman Aljarrah, Mohammed-Ali Al-Akhras
- A Comparison Study from a Creative Thinking Perspective in Different Domains as Art Education and Non-Art Education Students – Kani Ulger
- Creativity of Students in Favour of Their Entrepreneurial Intentions: Empirical Evidence from Poland – Krzysztof Wach, Svitlana Bilan
- Creativity and Innovation in the Design of Public Service Announcements: Classification and Design Models – Nataliia Skliarenko, Ivan Gryshchenko, Olena Kolosnichenko, Natalia Ostapenko, Marina Kolosnichenko
- Reimagining Careers in Unpropitious Creative Fields Through the Meta-Creativity of Alternative Creativity: Implications for the Music Industry – Lauren Moxey, Ryan Daniel
- Intercultural Stereotypes and the Role of Critical and Creative Thinking in Overcoming Them – Justinas Braslauskas
- Measurement Invariance, Validity, Reliability, and Factor Structure Examination of the Creativity Nurturing Behaviour Scale for Teachers: Comparisons Across Gender in Thirteen Countries – Ekta Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Mohammed Amin Hamed Al-Qudah, Canan Yildiz, Dickson Adom, Debra Ferdinand, Zaina Mustafa Mahmoud Hamad, Alexandra Stavrianoudaki, Reza Afhami
- Group Dynamics and Creativity: A Research with Young Adults in Reggio Emilia, Italy“ Sofya Komarova, Frashia Ndungu, Alessia Gavazzoli, Roberta Mineo
- Formation of Creative Thinking of a Lawyer in Modern Conditions of Development Including the Influence of Covid-19 Pandemic – Farouq Ahmad Faleh Alazzam, Mueen Fandi Nhar Alshunnaq
- The Way of Enforcing the Cultural Rights of Prisoners in the Polish and Hungarian Prisons: The Aspects of Creativity – Márta Miklósi, Daria Becker-Pestka, Attila Károly Molnár
- Features of Managing the Creative Development of the Socio-Economic System in the Conditions of Influence of Covid-19 Pandemic – Marta Kopytko, Andrij Zaverbnyj, Iryna Diachuk, Uliana Nikonenko, Olena Khalina
- Field of Creative Culture: A Study of Creative Movement and Innovation of Terracotta Culture in Jatiwangi, Indonesia – Agus S. Ekomadyo, Nurrohman Wijaya, Vera J. Vardhani, Annas T. Maulana, Hernadi Suhendar, Vanessa Susanto
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