"The West invents, the East copies" - in fashion, art or consumer goods, how often have you heard some variant of this assertion? This month we're challenging this notion and view that innovation and progress are found primarily in the West. We're looking at how creativity from the East is received by a Western audience, and look at examples of cultural exchange.

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Scholarly Articles on Culture and Creativity

Sundararajan, L., & Raina, M. K. (2015). Revolutionary creativity, East and West: A critique from indigenous psychology. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 35(1), 3–19. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037506
Kyung Hee Kim, Hang Eun Lee, Ki-Byung Chae, Lori Anderson & Christopher Laurence (2011) Creativity and Confucianism Among American and Korean Educators, Creativity Research Journal, 23:4, 357-371, DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2011.621853
Shao Y, Zhang C, Zhou J, Gu T, Yuan Y. How Does Culture Shape Creativity? A Mini-Review. Front Psychol. 2019;10:1219. Published 2019 May 28. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01219
http://culturalstudiesnow.blogspot.com/2017/09/great-summary-of-orientalism-by-edward.html

Examples Used:

http://www.intersectionalanalyst.com/intersectional-analyst/2017/1/7/who-gets-to-be-an-authority-on-ethnic-cuisines
https://fashionunited.uk/news/podcast/podcast-a-history-lesson-from-melissa-leventon-on-the-clothing-of-the-thai-queen-sirikit/2020033148243
https://www.jiujitsutimes.com/beyond-the-bending-with-sifu-kisu-martial-arts-consultant-for-avatar-the-last-airbender/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/brutally-honest-oscar-ballot-irishman-was-boring-tarantino-amazing-1275576/item/best-picture-2020-brutally-honest-ballot-1-1276072
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pee-mak-approaching-all-time-434716