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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... experience! I begin by thanking Mike 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 ...
... experience! I begin by thanking Mike 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 ...
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... experiences to mental health. During peak experiences known as flow, people are at their most creative. Researchers studying positive psychology have discovered that flow and creativity contribute to a happy, fulfilling life ...
... experiences to mental health. During peak experiences known as flow, people are at their most creative. Researchers studying positive psychology have discovered that flow and creativity contribute to a happy, fulfilling life ...
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... experienced a flourishing of creativity that some believe is the historical equivalent to prior bursts of creativity in European symphonic music. In the 1970s, the New Hollywood era in film was a major creative break in movie production ...
... experienced a flourishing of creativity that some believe is the historical equivalent to prior bursts of creativity in European symphonic music. In the 1970s, the New Hollywood era in film was a major creative break in movie production ...
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... experiences led him to choose a ca- reer in psychology (interview in http://mmp.planetary.org/scien/csikm/csikm70 .htm, accessed 2/19/2004). Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi found his way to the graduate school at the University of Chicago, the ...
... experiences led him to choose a ca- reer in psychology (interview in http://mmp.planetary.org/scien/csikm/csikm70 .htm, accessed 2/19/2004). Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi found his way to the graduate school at the University of Chicago, the ...
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... experience, inner motivation, self-actualization, and creativity. Creativity is one of the most positive, life-affirming traits of humanity, and people in all walks oflife report that they feel at their peak and in flow when they are ...
... experience, inner motivation, self-actualization, and creativity. Creativity is one of the most positive, life-affirming traits of humanity, and people in all walks oflife report that they feel at their peak and in flow when they are ...
Índice
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Contextualist Approaches | 115 |
Artistic Creativity | 175 |
Everyday Creativity | 261 |
Epilogue | 315 |
References | 319 |
Index | 347 |
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