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However, this article argues that there is significant potential in enhancing creativity in the early stages and that this can contribute to youth learning and tackling complex challenges. Using a Danish educational setting as a starting point, the article illustrates how using performative objects in teaching situations fosters creativity in the early stages of a design process. The article concludes that creativity is not merely an individual skill but a social practice and process, where using performative objects creates a conducive context for creativity.  \nKeywords  \ncreativity, performative objects, creative contexts, education, complex challenges  \nIntroduction  \n‘...the more time a subject spent in defining and understanding the problem and consequently using their own frame of reference informing conceptual structures, the better able he/she was to achieve a creative result (Christiaans, 1992). Defining and framing the design problem is therefore a key aspect of creativity.’ (Dorst & Cross, 2001, p. 431)  \nToday’s challenges, such as climate change, food shortages, and inequality, require new approaches and competencies that foster creativity and the ability to act (EVA, 2020) . These challenges are complex and addressing them requires understanding “competing underlying values and paradoxes”(Carcasson, 2016) . Several authors highlight that creativity is one of the most essential skills for success in the 21st century (Glaveanu et al., 2020; Gray, 2016; Rahimi et al., 2024) . There is no single or straightforward solution to today’s challenges. Lambert (2017) argues that complex political, social, and environmental issues require creative solutions and societies. However, there appears to be a gap in the literature regarding how creative methods can be explicitly designed to evoke and support mindsets that foster tackling complex problems (Pearson, 2022) . This article will discuss, guided by the research question: How does facilitation and staging of objects support creativity and contribute to developing competencies to tackle complex problems among youth in an educational setting? The research question is investigated through performative objects and staging creative contexts, focusing on the early stages of a participatory design process. We define performative objects as non-human actors that support a creative context and facilitate negotiations and reflections within collective action.  \nScholars recognize the value of citizens’ contributions to the co-creation of knowledge in a process that is not only practical but also collaborative and empowering (Duea et al., 2022) . In  \nmore traditional design processes, creativity occurs when the designer realizes and recognizes something significant, making creativity an outcome of the designer’s insight (Dorst & Cross, 2001) . However, in participatory design, everyone affected by the situation can contribute creatively to the design process (Bratteteig & Wagner, 2012) . Creativity within participatory design is considered one of its essential virtues, alongside collaboration, curiosity, empowerment, and reflexivity (Steen, 2012) . Although Steen (2012) describes these as separate entities, they are highly interdependent.  \nWhile creativity is vital in design processes, more research is needed on the contextual and social significance of fostering creativity among participating actors. The early stages of a participatory design process are often quite ambiguous and challenging to navigate due to various potential obstacles and the differing needs of participants (Sanders & Stappers, 2012) . Traditionally, in participatory design, this navigation relies on ","cbCaig1Shm1TLS6Q","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaig1Shm1TLS6Q","pdf",813007,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## Problem framing and complex challenges\n## Research question and definitions\n# Creativity as interactive and collaborative processes\n## Creativity as a social practice","[{\"question\":\"What does the article argue about when creativity happens in design processes?\",\"answer\":\"Creativity is not limited to the ideation phase; it has significant potential in the early stages of a design process as well.\"},{\"question\":\"How are performative objects defined in the article?\",\"answer\":\"They are non-human actors that support a creative context and facilitate negotiations and reflections within collective action.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the article’s conclusion about creativity’s nature?\",\"answer\":\"Creativity is a social practice and process, and using performative objects helps create a conducive context for creativity rather than treating it as only an individual skill.\"}]","Using performative objects to foster creativity in an education setting to tackle complex challenges | PDF",1792090750,48]