Research Design Connections: Judging Creativity

by Sally Augustin, Ph.D. | May 1st, 2022

Researchers have evaluated what people from different cultures categorize as creative.  Data were gathered from people living in Russia and the United Arab Emirates.  Kharkhurin and colleagues found that “The concept of creativity varies by culture. Creative daring appears to be a key feature of creativity in the Western, but not in the Eastern tradition.  In the Western understanding, creativity implies originality, novelty and uniqueness, for the sake of which previous canons can be rejected.  The Eastern concept of creativity is based on the ability to creatively interpret existing traditions (and on giving equal importance on the aesthetic side).” “Portrait of an Alien.”  2022.  Press release, HSE University, https://iq.hse.ru/en/news/551331486.html Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive scientist, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesignconnections.com), a monthly subscription newsletter and free daily blog, where recent and classic research in the social, design, and physical sciences that can inform designers’ work are presented …