Between nerds and geeks: creativity at comic con
International Journal of Development Research
Between nerds and geeks: creativity at comic con
Received 03rd March, 2020; Received in revised form 11th April, 2020; Accepted 06th May, 2020; Published online 25th June, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Juliana Berg et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Based on the complexity theory, this objective study aims to acknowledge and characterize creativity at the Comic Con Experience 2017/2018/2019 pop culture event for young people, held in São Paulo, Brazil. This is a case study, using a qualitative approach involving observation, filming, photographs and notes of the social and cultural context favoring creativity developed not by chance, but constructed in synergy with environmental, conative, cognitive and emotional factors. In environments that encourage flexibility and divergent thinking, the imagination soars and creative levels rise. As a result, new cognitive and communicational connections are forged, in addition to perspectives capable of generating creativity and discovering new skills that may innovate outdated systems.
