Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human InnovationOxford University Press, 19/01/2006 - 368 páginas Explaining Creativity is an accessible introduction to the latest scientific research on creativity. In the last 50 yearss, psychologists, anthropologists, and sociologists have increasingly studied creativity, and we now know more about creativity that at any point in history. Explaining Creativity considers not only arts like painting and writing, but also science, stage performance, and business innovation. Until about a decade ago, creativity researchers tended to focus on highly valued activities like fine art painting and Nobel prize winning science. Sawyer brings this research up to date by including movies, music videos, cartoons, videogames, hypertext fiction, and computer technology. For example, this is the first book on creativity to include studies of performance and improvisation. Sawyer draws on the latest research findings to show the importance of collaboration and context in all of these creative activities. Today's science of creativity is interdisciplinary; in addition to psychological studies of creativity, Explaining Creativity includes research by anthropologists on creativity in non-Western cultures, and research by sociologists about the situations, contexts, and networks of creative activity. Explaining Creativity brings these approaches together within the sociocultural approach to creativity pioneered by Howard Becker, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Howard Gardner. The sociocultural approach moves beyond the individual to consider the social and cultural contexts of creativity, emphasizing the role of collaboration and context in the creative process. |
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... Csikszentmihalyi for introducing me to the field of creativity research. Then, I owe a debt to my students, who have helped me discover how best to explain creativity. I'd like to thank all of the musicians, actors, and artists who I've ...
... Csikszentmihalyi for introducing me to the field of creativity research. Then, I owe a debt to my students, who have helped me discover how best to explain creativity. I'd like to thank all of the musicians, actors, and artists who I've ...
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... (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990b). A better explanation of creativity can help people to achieve these positive, healthy experiences. Explaining creativity can help educators teach more effectively. Educational psychologists are increasingly ...
... (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990b). A better explanation of creativity can help people to achieve these positive, healthy experiences. Explaining creativity can help educators teach more effectively. Educational psychologists are increasingly ...
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... Csikszentmihalyi's 1996 book Creativity is based on interviews with approximately 100 highly creative individuals; all of these individuals create in areas highly valued in dominant cultural groups in Western, European cultures: the ...
... Csikszentmihalyi's 1996 book Creativity is based on interviews with approximately 100 highly creative individuals; all of these individuals create in areas highly valued in dominant cultural groups in Western, European cultures: the ...
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... Csikszentmihalyi found his way to the graduate school at the University of Chicago, the legendary but eccentric intellectual haven that's been called “a blend of monastery and Bell Labs” (DePalma, 1992, p. B11). Csikszentmihalyi studied ...
... Csikszentmihalyi found his way to the graduate school at the University of Chicago, the legendary but eccentric intellectual haven that's been called “a blend of monastery and Bell Labs” (DePalma, 1992, p. B11). Csikszentmihalyi studied ...
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... (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990b). In grad school in the 1960s, Csikszentmihalyi was drawn to these theories because they had the potential to explain the pleasures he had always felt while climbing mountains (see figure 2.1). His research ...
... (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990b). In grad school in the 1960s, Csikszentmihalyi was drawn to these theories because they had the potential to explain the pleasures he had always felt while climbing mountains (see figure 2.1). His research ...
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Contextualist Approaches | 115 |
Artistic Creativity | 175 |
Everyday Creativity | 261 |
Epilogue | 315 |
References | 319 |
Index | 347 |
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