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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: 16.09.2022 - 23.09.2022

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):

MUO-E8028 - Creative Teamwork, Fall 2022

Teacher in charge of the course: Mikko Jalas, mikko.jalas@aalto.fi, tel 0403538247

Other teachers: Gloria Lauterbach, Aalto University department of design, tel 0465464906


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

    Fall 2022 theme: "Exploring/mapping the ecosystem, we are part of"

    Creative teamwork is built on perception, empathy, dialogue, attention, and, naturally, creativity. Living at times of socio-environmental crises, teamwork is as crucial as ever 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 guided tour through Lapinlahden Lähde to set the grounds for a deeper engagement with the place and the agents that are part of it. On day 1 you will in groups conduct interviews with humans and more-than-humans alike and create maps visioning the dialogues between the botanical, built and material systems of the location. Between day 1 and day 2 you will create in groups stories that give voice to these mapped agents. On day 2 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

  • applies in this implementation

    Participation in both of the teaching days is mandatory.

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

Study Material
  • applies in this implementation

    Pre-assingment: Read two book chapters of the course literature (Reader_MUO-E8028 - Creative Teamwork Fall 2022_.pdf)


Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    5 Gender Equality

    10 Reduced Inequality

    11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

    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.)

  • applies in this implementation

    Please note that much of the teaching will take place outdoors. Please prepare for the weather and remember to bring warm clothes. Please also note that you can bring your lunch or have lunch at the cafeteria at your own cost.

Details on the schedule
  • applies in this implementation

    Location: Lapinlahti area, address: Lapinlahdenpolku 8, 00180 Helsinki, https://lapinlahdenlahde.fi/

    Meeting at the courtyard of Lapinlahti, or in the case of rain, inside the main lobby


    DAY1 16.9.2022

    9.00                      Meeting at the courtyard of Lapinlahti, or in the case of rain, inside the main lobby

    9.15.-10.15          Introduction

     

    Break

    10.25-11.10         Tour of Lapinlahti. Try to think what you see and what you do not see. Try to locate traces something that is only vaguely present.

    11.10-11.30         Promenade of agents: interesting starting points or possible agents.

    11.30-12.00           Giving the exercise: Get to know a non-human agent or non-present agent (examples will be given). Provide insights in a form of an ‘interview’ discussion about the interests, intentions, or conditions of existence of the entity. What kinds of interdependencies can you locate? Who’s is trying to sustain what, and what are the justifications?

    12.00-13.00           Lunch (bring your own or buy from café. Prices at café: daily soup: 8,50/ sandwiches: 4,80/ warm salty cakes: 5,50)

    13.00-14.30         Meeting with Leena Lankoski, Mark Hughes and Mikko Jalas. In three groups.

    break

    14.45-15.15         Teamwork practices and exercises

    15.15-17.00         Work with your groupwork assignment and the ‘interviewee’ at the site?

     

    In between 16. and 23.9.

    Work with your interviewee at the site and/or do research on it.

    Create an interaction piece, e.g. interview with your agent.

    Plan a15min session for the class with your agent.

    Mark your actor/interviewee on a map at a Miro board. DL 22.9.klo 12.

     

    DAY2 23.9.2022 (meet at the courtyard)

    9.00-11.20           A walk with seven destinations (7*15 min + transit time). The format of your 15 min session is free. Please consider if you can engage your classmates.

    11.20- 12.20        Lunch

    12.20-14.40         A second round of a walk with seven destinations

    break

    14.50-15.40         Reflection on groupwork: What aspects of sustainability did the interviews and experiences during the walk relate to? Organise the interviews and possible learning in a scheme.

    15.40-16.15         Presentation of 7 schemes, each 3 minutes.


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