Contemporary Daoism Organic Relationality and Curriculum of Integrative Creativity

<p>Creativity in the West is often perceived as cutting edge and ground-breaking in a singular act of giving birth to the new. However to what degree has this model of breaking away from others and the world contributed to the current crisis in education society and ecology even before the tragic COVID-19 pandemic and responses to it? How can our re-imagining of creativity contribute to the mutual flourishing of humanity and of relations between humans and the planet? Daoist creativity based upon relationality and interdependence has much to offer to today's curriculum as a complicated conversation to sustain life and renew the world. Integrative emergent embodied co-creative and ecological Daoist creativity has a built-in opening to difference through the organic relationality of <em>Yin/Yang</em> dynamics. </p><p>This book focuses on one essential thread in Daoism-integrative creativity through organic relationality-and weaves its interplay with Western thought through multiple and intertwined dimensions of curriculum. Exploring <em>Dao</em> as dynamic and setting creative curriculum in motion this book juxtaposes the notion of <em>Wuwei</em> and self-organization to conceptualize emergent classroom dynamics and re-envisions the inner landscape of education through negotiating dialogues between the Jungian psyche and Daoist dynamics. Further it explores gendered implications of Daoism to interact with feminism and formulates the pursuit of inner and outer peace through creative harmony to inform nonviolence curriculum. Synthesizing cross-cultural insights and wisdom it provides an in-depth and intuitive understanding of the interactions between Daoist and Western creativity and elaborates a curriculum of integrative creativity for students teachers and their educational community. Let us all attend to the urgent call for individual and collective awakenings and for creativity that connects.</p>