This talk focuses on a case study of the game Le Grand Jeu (LGJ), which extends into a general analysis of the potential of games in the diversification of the economy, in particular with regard to money. Further, we explore LGJ’s capacity to expand the horizon of the possible, as is often called for in theories of degrowth and related literature. (Rescheduled from Seminar 3)

From the 4E Cognition approach, creativity in technological educational environments is conceived as an emerging phenomenon and historically condensed in skillful practices of material engagement, which opens up unprecedented possibilities during the coupling of person, materials and tools. In this presentation, the case of STEAM education is presented to students who attend a summer school for two weeks to address the generation of a smart garbage dump through project-based learning.

How often do you search and browse information online and by chance find something you did not even think you were looking for but that you find useful, inspiring, or surprising? This kind of information encountering (Erdelez & Makri, 2020) is at the basis of my talk. I will present the details of a pedagogical practise that taught master students of the Digital Humanities (DH) programme at the University of Groningen how to research their peers’ experiences of serendipitous information encountering as they explored a large digital audio-visual archive for materials to create audio-visual stories.

Creativity has been central to our education since the inception of Fontys Academy for the Creative Economy. For the communication course, since two years, we have been experimenting with a non-guided form to work with the unexpected. During so-called Press & Play sessions, we try to prepare the student minds to be open for serendipity by offering a choice program that revolves around inspiration, incubation and creation.