Purpose

Generate creativity and create awareness of perspective taking.

Description

With participants in inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations coming from different backgrounds, this activity helps to set the stage regarding analysing a problem from the position of each interested discipline/background and identify commonalities and differences.

Instructions

1. Give each participant one paperclip, one pencil and one A4.
2. Invite participants to make use of the paperclip in any way preferred, to create a drawing on the A4 in two minutes.
3. Ask each participant to pass their drawing to the person sitting to their left.
4. Ask each participant to give a title/description to the drawing.
5. Put all drawings on a table and invite participants to check all drawings and identify commonalities and differences between interpretations of each drawing.

Phase

Starting well

Competences

Perspective-taking
Creativity

Time

10 minutes

Group size

2 – 15 persons

Required materials

• A4 sheets of paper
• Pencils
• Paperclips

Tips & Experience

If the group is bigger than 15 persons, split the group in two.