MUO-E8028 - Creative Teamwork, Lecture, 15.9.2023-22.9.2023

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Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

  • Understand the conditions of creative and constructive design processes
  • Support creativity in teamwork
  • Acknowledge the role of creative approaches in addressing sustainability challenges

Credits: 1

Schedule: 15.09.2023 - 22.09.2023

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Mikko Jalas

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation): Mikko Jalas, mikko.jalas@aalto.fi Tuuli Mattelmäki, tuuli.mattelmaki@aalto.fi Gloria Lauterbach, gloria.lauterbach@aalto.fi Lõmaš Kama, lomas.kama@aalto.fi

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    The course introduces concepts and methods to support creativity in different work processes. During the course, students work on individual assignments and in multidisciplinary teams on an assignment relating to creative teamwork.

  • applies in this implementation

    Creative teamwork is built on perception, empathy, dialogue, attention, humor and, naturally, creativity. Living at times of socio-environmental crises, teamwork is as crucial as never before. In the course Creative Teamwork, we practice changing our perception from ”one” to ”other”, focusing on our surrounding, the changes the surrounding is going through and our embeddedness in this process. To practice this change of perspective, the course location - Lapinlahden Lähde - is a generous environment, allowing mapping exercises of a great variety of agents, times, and positions. Therefore, we start the course with a tour through Lapinlahden Lähde to set the grounds for a active engagement with the place and the agents part of it. On day 1 (15.9) you will in groups conduct interviews with humans and more-than-humans (rocks, water, noise, trash, flying squirrels etc) and build connections between the botanical, built and material systems of the location. Between day 1 and day 2 you will create as a group stories that give voice to these mapped agents. On day 2 (22.9) you will narrate these stories while guiding the other groups through your visioned Lapinlahde Lähde.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Successful completion of the course requires:

    Participation in all sessions

    Delivery of individual assignments

    Participation in groupwork and the delivery of group assignment

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    1 ECTS = 27 hours.

    Participation in lectures and workshops, 12 hours

    Groupwork, 6 hours       

    Literature, 3 hours

    Personal tasks, 3 hours

    Personal reflection, 3 hours

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    5 Gender Equality

    10 Reduced Inequality

    11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

    12 Responsible Production and Consumption

    16 Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language : English

    Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn I
    2023-2024 Autumn I

    Enrollment :

    Registration for courses: Sisu.

    This course is available only for Master's degree students of Creative Sustainability. (And students in the BA programme of Design who have been selected to enter the Creative Sustainability studies.)

Details on the schedule

  • applies in this implementation

    1st day morning, 9-12 - 9.00-9.15 Meeting at the auditorium, course intro - 9.15-9.45 Tour through the Lapinlahden Lähde area (convene at the courtyard at 10) - 10.00-11.00 Circle of constructing the teams through free association - 11.00-12.00 Lecture Gloria Lauterbach and discussion of course assignment 12.00-13.00 Lunch break 1st day afternoon, 13.00-17.00 - Lecture Tuuli Mattelmäki on creative practices - 60 min min groupwork (community tasks Lapinlahden Lähde in teams) - Work on teamwork project until end of course day 2nd day, 9.00-17.00 - Presentation of the teamwork project to all other teams - Ending course in auditorium with shared reflection on the teamwork and the content of the presentations

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