Creativity: Cultural Identities in a state of becoming. Questions of art and art education in a global knowledge economy

CREATIVITY: what might/his mean for art and art educators in the creative economies of globalisation? This research focuses on art and art education In context of the knowledge economy. It considers creativity in respect of two philosophical frames - one is a means-end, performative mode ofinstrumental thought and action that infuses educational politics, policies and practices; and the other seeks not to presuppose a pre-scripted destination, does not set up a means-end, input-output expectation, neither does it marry itself to a grand world view ofprogressive economies.