I have a feedback session with friends about the Creative Social Night we did together in Bangkok.
Organising small group activities yields a greater impact than one might initially perceive. It’s not merely about networking. The turnout of ten attendees was quite positive for the local area. Anything involving a microphone would appear disproportionately large.
Consider the value participants will receive from the event.
Next comes the post-activity phase. A startup has emerged. They want to get in touch with each other. Someone expressed interest in finding a partner. We’re seeking connections with a group of creative professionals and individuals who want to join us.
Fortunately, more people participated than expected, and we might even see a broadening of the age range of attendees. However, there’s a systemic issue related to switching groups during small group discussions and managing time effectively.
Creative Social Night happened on Sat July 8 at 7 pm – 12 am in Bangkok.
In the survey that I did, people in this field wanted to talk with other people who also work in the same field too. So, I planned to do relax and fun social night where people can talk and make the connection,
only film photo that I got from that night
We have 11 people join the event and have 5 staff including me.
The Schedule and plan
- Introduction / Icebreaking: bring one thing that represent who you are
- Sharing Circle (Have u ever)
Example of Questions : Who ever received a damn brief?, Who has been assigned tasks beyond their duties?, Has anyone ever been told that your face shouldn't be doing this job?
and We will end with you are not alone.
- How would the mid-year recap rate overall quality of life satisfaction? Work and anything related (1–10) How was the last half-year written and shared? in terms of work.
- Small Group Questions with Conversation Starter
- Post it brainstorming :
Questions :
What are the obstacles to creating activities or communities for creative people?
Think about what activities are suitable for the creative industry. Or do you think people in the creative industry would want to join?
What is the image of the community of creative people in our dreams?
How do you feel after participating in the activity?
- Social / Drinking / Snack / Swap Stuffs / Having FUN until midnight
This week we focus on what workspace in Education will look like in the future.
Our group researched and imagined what it would be.
Learning space will look different from nowadays because of technology and the critical thinking of a human. We come up with the idea of gender-neutral humans, the structure and function of the space.
They can be 3D or 4D. We will reduce gender bias and ethnographic prejudice using technology such as Cyborgs and Virtual Space.
It can be learner-centred spaces that embody the principles of student-led learning. There’s no one-size-fits-all design; in addition to student ages, available resources, and building constraints, designs must consider variables ranging from the local climate to cultural conditions.
The roles of Students, Teachers, Researchers and Staff are only limited by time and activity. So, one person can be in more than one role. They can be a student in the morning and a teacher in the afternoon.
I come up with the idea of the Type of creative spaces from the research.
the focused creative work.
Solitary Space
allows thinking and meditation, which is characterised by a silent atmosphere
Team Space
invites people to communicate with each other, which is characterised by noise, playfulness and team interactions
Tinker Space
allows people to experiment and build stuff, e.g. in the university’s workshops
Presentation Space
where people can actively present and show their work or passively consume input (such as lectures)
Transition Spaces
like hallways, which are used for informal exchange and chats and to withdraw from
Thoring, K., Desmet, P. and Badke-Schaub, P. (2018) “Creative environments for design education and practice: A typology of Creative Spaces,” Design Studies, 56, pp. 54–83. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2018.02.001.
This week, we focus on mapping a workplace that we are interested. We choose Barbican Centre London. This unique venue presents diverse art, music, theatre, dance, film, and creative learning events. Our group think this place is a big self-learning place and related to our education topic.
My interview
I interview Chalipa Dulyakorn (Namo), founder of Inskru Page – a space for teaching and sharing. The Social Enterprise in Education. There are 3 questions that I ask her. (For more information about Inskru, click!)
Describes your work scenario?
She creates a website for the teachers, and they can add blogs, information, techniques for teaching, and talking with other teachers in Thailand.
She is the founder, so she Manages the organization, makes the team work smoothly. Focus on working with impact, making the team happy and sustainable.
Talking to the team about their problems, what they should do next, how to improve their work, and giving feedback.
Working hours are 10 am – 7 pm, but it’s can be flexible.
How do you feel about the relationship aspect of your work? Such as talking to your boss, collaborating with a team, and communicating with others while working?
She has a good team that makes her feel calm and relaxed.
At first, finding someone with the skills she wants is hard. So, it makes her feel stressed.
There will be a problem if someone doesn’t talk to her about the problem or give feedback about work. It will make her feel uncomfortable.
It’s always hard to communicate with people outside the company; they don’t know anything about education and want a high goal. So, she works hard to make them understand what she and the company can do.
If you idealize your workplace in the future, what would that look like?
She wants to have a transparent educational ecosystem. There is a clear budget from the state.
She wants a workspace where people working in education or social enterprise are in the same place to exchange and meet face to face.
She wants to work from anywhere and meet each other depending on each team, but one week will definitely meet one day.
She wants on Friday everyone to come to do anything that is not the work you must do. You can travel, play, study, or talk about anything. Or you can stop working.
The dream team is that each person is the initiator and can have a ‘Why’ in him/herself. It’s active learning because we give people a lot of freedom. They must have an owner in themselves because she doesn’t follow up on the work.
Creative Day that Inskru has…
Demo Day – Each team has something to show off. And what failed? Please share and tell.
Have one special day per month, do not work, and let one employee take the whole team to travel or do activities that he/she likes as he/she arranges to build relationships with each other. Get to know each other’s identity more.
I want to reflect on many things that have happened in my life.
The project, the reading. And the lectures. There’s uncertainty and confusion.
I have to meet new people from MACCC, and it’s hard for me.
I don’t like making new connections or friends. Friendship can’t develop in one week. I need more time, and I know I have five weeks to go.
Group dynamics are essential. You must deal with new people. People interact with one another in a small groups. The stages of Group Development this week are forming and storming. Forming is that we all have agreements, Directions, and purpose. Storming is when we have conflicts and struggles (Tuckman, 1965).
Tuckman, B.W. (1965) “Developmental sequence in small groups.,” Psychological Bulletin, 63(6), pp. 384–399. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1037/h0022100.
On Wednesday, I went to the exhibition name ‘Nocturne’ by Ingela Ihrman at Gasworks gallery. There’re sculptures and videos about Oilbird. The main exhibition is Oilbird with Nestling (2021). The artist uses a camera to record in conditions of self-isolation during the pandemic. I feel like it’s about empathy and a sense of motherhood. The bird mother takes care of her baby and feeds her baby with food. She tries to find food from outside to keep her baby alive and safe. I love how the video tells a story by using subjects that can find in the normal life of humans and use them in the context of the animal’s life. It’s can reflect tenderness.
The space of this gallery makes me surprised because the space is small, but the artist can create the experience for this exhibition to fit the size of this space. Starting with a video about the digestive tract of a giant snake, then sculptures of the snake and bird. Ending with the main video about the oilbird.
Oilbird with Nestling (2021)
On Friday, I work with my project group (The Apple Group). It’s not the first time that we met because we met on Wednesday at Gasworks and got to know each other background. That’s helped us a lot; we know what we going to talk bout in the meeting. We discussed future work. There are many topics that we can go with, such as Environmental/Sustainable, Gender/Sex Concerns, Well-being/Mental Health, and Technology Installation.
What is the office going to look like in the future?
What do we work for?
Do we work for money or happiness?
We all have limited resources, so what will we do with that problem?
Can it be Non-profit space?
Can it be flexible time to work?
There are many questions that we talked about, and we need to decide soon.
We want to design a space or something that can interactive with people too.
This week made me feel lost and anxious, but I tried my best to deal with and hold myself together. Be in the present and stop worrying about the future that does not happen. These things teach me how to live in the real world and that anything can happen at anytime. This is just the beginning. I can do it by myself and with help from my tutors and my friends.
