Cultural Psychology, Culture, Imagination, Sociocultural Psychology, and Theories of Imagination

More Info: Editors: Tania Zittoun and Vlad Glaveanu

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Models of Creativity & of Creative Processes, Creativity, Creative thinking, Creative Process, and Interdisciplinary research

More Info: Editors James C. Kaufman, Vlad Glaveanu, John Baer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2016

A Handbook of Creativity and Culture is a timely project in a day and age when both topics are becoming more and more visible in the social sciences and humanities, as well as within societal debates in applied areas ... more abstractA Handbook of Creativity and Culture is a timely project in a day and age when both topics are becoming more and more visible in the social sciences and humanities, as well as within societal debates in applied areas (e.g., education, politics, business, etc.). At the same time, it reunites two extremely complex phenomena that have been intensely studied by psychologists and other social scientists for the past three decades. Moreover, as this project will show, it is precisely the joint concern for creativity and culture that can shed new light on both as well as their inter-relation. The main premise of the Handbook is that creative action is necessarily cultural while culture is shaped by individual and collective creative acts. To argue for the cultural nature of creative action doesn’t mean to deny the role of the individual mind but recognise the mind as social in its origin and expression. Conversely, to claim that creativity can shape culture acknowledges not only the visible, revolutionary creations of geniuses but also the evolutionary, gradual renewal of cultural practices taking place in the everyday. This Handbook will both systematise the latest scholarly knowledge regarding creativity and culture and constitute a landmark in the development of this emerging scientific domain. There are multiple perspectives that can be engaged to unpack the various relations between creativity and culture. They include existing theoretical frameworks within the psychology of creativity and cross-cultural psychology, cultural psychology, and indigenous psychology. Moreover, different applied domains such as organisational studies, educational research, marketing, media and technology, etc. can bring new insights drawn from actual practice. Finally, disciplines other than psychology have their own distinctive contributions to make, e.g., philosophy, anthropology, sociology, history, and so on. The present Handbook will be unique not only in being among the first to address the theme of creativity and culture but do so from a variety of theoretical and applied perspectives, including in an interdisciplinary manner.

Models of Creativity & of Creative Processes, Creativity, Creative Problem Solving, Cultural Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, and 3 more

More Info: Editor Vlad Glaveanu

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan, 2016

The creativity ‘vocabulary’ is an innovative short book that includes a collection of essay about creativity understood through the prism of (new) words. These words are meant to form a new vocabulary of creativity an... more abstractThe creativity ‘vocabulary’ is an innovative short book that includes a collection of essay about creativity understood through the prism of (new) words. These words are meant to form a new vocabulary of creativity and are introduced in the volume in alphabetical order. The premise of this book is that a new vocabulary of creativity is required if we are to think in original and productive ways about creative phenomena. In both scientific research and lay discourses about creativity we often come across a variety of terms such as innovation, invention, improvisation, discovery, giftedness, talent, intuition, transformation, emergence, reconstruction, combination, genius, eminence, divergent thinking, exploration, openness, etc. These terms are not ‘innocent’ but carry with them a way of understanding (and indeed, constructing) the phenomenon we are interested in. It has been repeatedly pointed out in the creativity literature (Glaveanu, 2010; Tanggaard, 2013; Saywer, 2012; Amabile, 1996) that the vocabulary of creativity is mostly oriented towards describing the individual, its attributes and internal processes. And even when we convey ‘elements’ outside of the individual creator (e.g., related to the material and social environment) there is often a disconnection between person and context supported, among other things, by the very terms we use to refer to one or the other. Indeed, the field is often ridden by dichotomies (Glaveanu, 2012) and, among them, the distinctions made between person, product, process, and environment (Rhodes, 1961) need to be questioned. The person and the environment are interdependent in creative work, the process can be a product and products themselves can contribute to their own making (Glaveanu, 2014). Unfortunately, however, the language of creativity we commonly use reifies such distinctions and doesn’t help us develop more relational and innovative ways of looking at (and talking about) creativity. In this context, the main contribution of this volume is that each chapter will use one concept – which is not often mentioned in connection to creativity – and consider the implications of commonly using it as part of our creativity vocabulary. The resulting small ‘vocabulary’ will have each entry written by an expert in the area of creativity, organisations and culture from Aalborg University, in Denmark, where a cultural conception of creativity is being developed by the three editors and their colleagues. The authors will also experiment with creative ways of writing without compromising scientific rigour but in ways that make this book accessible and thought-provoking. It is our hope that this short and original ‘vocabulary of creativity’ will inspire new theoretical developments by questioning the rigidity of thinking about creativity in a more or less normative, well-established manner (e.g., the traditional definition of creativity as novelty plus value often found in the literature). The concepts highlighted by each essay have the potential to help us cut across dichotomies and can inspire new ways of not only thinking about but also engaging in creative action in our everyday life. Concepts are never neutral descriptions of reality but have both a history and a certain ‘intentionality’ inscribed into them. By reshaping the language of creativity (see also Glaveanu, 2013) this book goes beyond a simple change of terms. It is an invitation to consider our assumptions about creativity and, literally, think outside the box of an old vocabulary.

Creativity studies, Models of Creativity & of Creative Processes, Creativity, Creative Industries, Creative Learning, and 1 more

More Info: Edited volume. Editors: Vlad Glaveanu, Lene Tanggaard, Charlotte Wegener

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan, 2015

Introduces a basic framework for the study of distributed creativity Draws on systemic models of creativity and studies of creative collaboration as well as on cultural psychological sources and recent development... more abstractIntroduces a basic framework for the study of distributed creativity Draws on systemic models of creativity and studies of creative collaboration as well as on cultural psychological sources and recent developments within cognitive science Discusses consequences for theory, methodology and practical interventions This book challenges the standard view that creativity comes only from within an individual by arguing that creativity also exists ‘outside’ of the mind or more precisely, that the human mind extends through the means of action into the world. The notion of ‘distributed creativity’ is not commonly used within the literature and yet it has the potential to revolutionise the way we think about creativity, from how we define and measure it to what we can practically do to foster and develop creativity. Drawing on cultural psychology, ecological psychology and advances in cognitive science, this book offers a basic framework for the study of distributed creativity that considers three main dimensions of creative work: sociality, materiality and temporality. Starting from the premise that creativity is distributed between people, between people and objects and across time, the book reviews theories and empirical examples that help us unpack each of these dimensions and above all, articulate them into a novel and meaningful conception of creativity as a simultaneously psychological and socio-material process. The volume concludes by examining the practical implications in adopting this perspective on creativity.

Social Psychology, Creativity studies, Models of Creativity & of Creative Processes, Creativity, Distributed Cognition, and 1 more

More Info: Springer (Springer Brief series), 2014

Social Psychology, Creativity studies, Models of Creativity & of Creative Processes, Creativity, Group Creativity, and 2 more

More Info: Edited book (Vlad Glaveanu, Alex Gillespie, Jaan Valsiner), under contract with Routledge, to be published summer 2014

Creativity and culture are inherently linked. Society and culture are part and parcel of creativity’s process, outcome, and subjective experience.Equally, creativity does not reside in the individual independent of cu... more abstractCreativity and culture are inherently linked. Society and culture are part and parcel of creativity’s process, outcome, and subjective experience.Equally, creativity does not reside in the individual independent of culture and society. Vlad Petre Glăveanu’s basic framework includes creators and community, from which new artifacts emerge and existing artifacts are developed. He points to a relationship between self and other, new and old, specific for every creative act. Using this multifaceted system requires that researchers employ ecological research in order to capture the heterogeneity and social dimensions of creativity. Glăveanu uses an approach based on cultural psychology to present creativity in lay terms and within everyday settings. He concludes with a unitary cultural framework of creativity interrelating actors, audiences, actions, artifacts, and affordances.

Creativity studies, Models of Creativity & of Creative Processes, Creativity, Group Creativity, Cultural Psychology, and 1 more

More Info: Transaction Publishers, 2014

The present thesis aims to explore creativity as representation, action and cultural participation in the context of a traditional folk art. It develops a cultural psychological approach to the phenomenon, one that co... more abstractThe present thesis aims to explore creativity as representation, action and cultural participation in the context of a traditional folk art. It develops a cultural psychological approach to the phenomenon, one that considers creativity situated between creators, creations, audiences, and a complex background of norms and beliefs. A tetradic framework is thus formulated trying to capture the dynamic between self and other, “new” and “old” in creative production and in particular their inter-relation through processes of integration, externalisation, internalisation and social interaction. This model guided the research design, starting from the three main questions of the thesis: how people attribute creative value to the craft, what makes the activity of decoration creative and how children’s engagement with this practice develops during ontogenesis. The folk art chosen for this study is Easter egg decoration in two socio-cultural milieus in Romania, the urban setting of Bucharest and the village of Ciocăneşti. This craft was selected for its rich symbolism and polyphony of practices that situate it at the intersection between folklore, religion, art and a growing market. In this context, the first research included in the thesis investigates patterns of creativity evaluation in the case of ethnographers, priests, art teachers and folk artists and highlights their relation to the practices and beliefs particular for each of these groups. The second study uses a pragmatist-inspired model to analyse creative action in the case of decorators from the urban and rural setting and outlines the general stages and micro-genetic aspects of creativity specific for both contexts. Finally, the last piece of research considers creativity development in the two settings above as shaped by different practices of socialisation and enculturation. In the end, reflections are offered on the general conception of egg decoration as mastery in ways that bring to the fore the interdependence between tradition and creativity and suggest the existence of habitual forms of creative expression.

Creativity studies, Art, Creativity, Cultural Psychology, Painting, and 3 more

More Info: PhD thesis, The London School of Economics, 2012

Lucrarea de fata este structurata sub forma a sapte capitole dintre care primele patru reprezinta cadrul teoretic, al cincilea descrie o cercetare preliminara extrem de valoroasa pentru studiul nostru (realizata in p... more abstractLucrarea de fata este structurata sub forma a sapte capitole dintre care primele patru reprezinta cadrul teoretic, al cincilea descrie o cercetare preliminara extrem de valoroasa pentru studiul nostru (realizata in pragul aderarii la UE) iar capitolele sase si sapte prezinta pe larg cercetarea personala. Datele pentru aceasta au fost recoltate în luna martie 2007, prin urmare cu putin timp dupa aderarea efectiva a Romaniei la Uniunea Europeana, o perioada cu mare incarcatura simbolica care a favorizat cristalizarea reprezentarilor pe dimensiunea roman - european si surprinderea lor chiar in faza atat de dimanica a formularii sociale. Repetarea acestor investigatii in viitor ar putea sa ofere în acest sens date pretioase cu privire la dinamica relatiilor inter-grup asa cum este ea reflectata in plan psihosocial, conceputa si mai ales traita de romani.

Social Representations, Stereotypes and Prejudice, Romanian Studies, European Union, and Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Este un adevăr de necontestat faptul că, indiferent de vârstă, factori economici sau epocă istorică, un loc principal în activitatea copiiilor îl ocupă desenarea. Astfel, este la fel de evident că, desenul, înainte de... more abstractEste un adevăr de necontestat faptul că, indiferent de vârstă, factori economici sau epocă istorică, un loc principal în activitatea copiiilor îl ocupă desenarea. Astfel, este la fel de evident că, desenul, înainte de a fi considerat obiect al artei, reprezintă una din primele modalităţi de exprimare utilizate de copil în etapele timpurii ale ontogenezei sale. Această carte s-a născut din dorinţa de a elabora o nouă viziune asupra activităţii de desenare. Fără a exclude perspectiva estetică, tradiţională, lucrarea marchează dezvoltarea unui nou mod, psihopedagogic, de a judeca şi analiza desenele. Ce ne propunem este oferirea unui „ghid practic” (din care să nu lipsească reperele teoretice), uşor de folosit de către părinţi, educatori, sau de toţi cei interesaţi să cunoască mai bine psihologia copilului şi să descopere noi modalităţi eficiente de realizare a procesului educativ.

Developmental Psychology, Education, Pedagogy, Drawing, and Childrens Drawings

More Info: With Ioana-Corina Glaveanu

Publisher: Editura Studenteasca, 2004

This chapter focuses on the relationship between creativity and prosocial values, in particular those associated with cooperation and collaborative activities. Despite the fact that, in developmental studies and the l... more abstractThis chapter focuses on the relationship between creativity and prosocial values, in particular those associated with cooperation and collaborative activities. Despite the fact that, in developmental studies and the literature on education, creativity and values are often treated separately, our premise here is that both psychological theory and educational practice would greatly benefit from reuniting them within an integrative framework. In this chapter, we consider creativity and prosocial values as they develop within the Self–Other dynamic specific for communal living and sociability (see Simmel, 1949; Jovchelovitch, 2015). We start by outlining the theoretical foundation for our argument and reflect on schools as socio-cultural contexts that socialize children to become creative and moral agents.We then unpack the relation between creativity, cooperation and prosocial values with particular reference to studies done in Brazilian schools. Following this, we propose a tentative set of guidelines for nurturing creativity and cooperation in the classroom. We conclude with a few reflections on the role of dialogue and reflexivity for enhancing moral creative behavior. However, before developing these ideas, a more basic question needs to be addressed first.

Education, Creativity, Values Education, Human Values, Values, and 6 more

The perspective of creativity as rooted in difference opens up new questions for researchers and educators concerning the sharing of perspectives and, most importantly, the role of contradiction between perspectives w... more abstractThe perspective of creativity as rooted in difference opens up new questions for researchers and educators concerning the sharing of perspectives and, most importantly, the role of contradiction between perspectives within the educational act. While differences of perspective between students, teachers, or students and teachers, can be considered a precondition for the emergence of new and valuable ideas or practices, this condition is necessary but not suffi cient. The process of engaging with difference in a productive or creative manner includes, being aware or, recognising, and valuing different perspectives, but this process itself doesn’t explain how exactly novelty emerges in classroom settings. Furthermore, not any kind of difference fosters creativity under any circumstances. What type of difference is favorable for creative action in educational settings? The present chapter addresses this question based on a series of theoretically-informed empirical examples.

Pragmatism, Education, Creativity, Educational Psychology, Sociocultural Theory, and 3 more

The present study investigates media discourse about “late pregnancy” (LP) which, in the Frenchspeaking Swiss press, refers to postmenopausal pregnancy. LP is a relatively new phenomenon giving raise to debates in the... more abstractThe present study investigates media discourse about “late pregnancy” (LP) which, in the Frenchspeaking Swiss press, refers to postmenopausal pregnancy. LP is a relatively new phenomenon giving raise to debates in the media and within the broader society about whether this new form of motherhood, and the application of medically assisted procreation in this context, is legitimate or not. Drawing upon a dialogical approach to the theory of social representations and media discourse analysis, we investigated a set of 44 articles extracted from six leading newspapers between January 2005 and February 2011. The aim of the analysis was twofold: first, we intended to identify the themes of the media debate on LP and to unveil the cultural assumptions and social representations they rely upon; second, we examined the specificity of the scientific and medical discourse within this debate. Our findings show that moral considerations are at the very core of the debate and they engage scientific and medical concerns as means of legitimising certain perspectives on motherhood and upbringing. These findings are discussed in light of the communicative activity type specific for media reporting and its normative tendency in the construction of consensual realities in a given society.

Discourse Analysis, Social Psychology, Social Representations, Common Sense, and Medically Assisted Procreation and Biotechnology

Publication Date: Sep 25, 2013

Publication Name: Revue Internationale De Psychologie Sociale

Psychology, Creativity studies, Art, Models of Creativity & of Creative Processes, Creativity, and 2 more

Journal Name: Learning and Individual Differences (AERES Rank A / 2012 ISI Impact Factor 1.507)

Publication Date: 2013

Education, Creativity, Colombia, Critical Psychology, Cultural Psychology, and 5 more

Publication Date: 2015

Publication Name: Education 3-13

ABSTRACT The present article argues for the need to incorporate a theory of identity in the study of creativity and develops a socio-cultural framework of creative identity drawing inspiration from work on social repr... more abstractABSTRACT The present article argues for the need to incorporate a theory of identity in the study of creativity and develops a socio-cultural framework of creative identity drawing inspiration from work on social representations. Creative identities are considered representational projects emerging in the interaction between self (the creator), multiple others (different audiences), and notions of creativity informed by societal discourses. An important temporal dimension is added to this model making the self–other–object triad expand into time and highlighting the changing nature of our representations of creativity and creative people. A basic typology of creative identities is proposed and illustrated with examples ranging from the work of artists and TV show hosts to everyday contexts such as the school and ordinary practices like craft activities. Promoted, denied and problematic identities are defined and contrasted in order to gain a better understanding of how identity – a simultaneously individual and collective project – fosters or, on the contrary, can impede creative work. In the end, a more comprehensive vision of creative identities as social, dynamic, contextual, multiple and mediated is formulated and arguments offered for why this perspective is important for both theory and practice.

Psychology, Cognitive Science, Self and Identity, Creativity studies, Models of Creativity & of Creative Processes, and 6 more

Publication Date: 2014

Publication Name: New Ideas in Psychology

The twentieth anniversary of Culture & Psychology offers an occasion for us to reflect on the development of ideas within the journal and the discipline of cultural psychology at large, as part of a look towards their... more abstractThe twentieth anniversary of Culture & Psychology offers an occasion for us to reflect on the development of ideas within the journal and the discipline of cultural psychology at large, as part of a look towards their future. In other words, we aimed in this special issue to create a ‘prospective retrospective’. This introduction to the special issue has two objectives: first, it describes the results of a survey distributed among the cultural psychology community about how they understand the discipline, its fundamental sources and questions that it should address for its future. Second, it provides a preview of the different contributions to the special issue, which themselves highlight key articles in the journal’s history and how ideas found in them can be further developed for the future of cultural psychology today. Thus, it was our intention to promote the integration of ideas through time, an ethos that Culture & Psychology has advocated since its founding 20 years ago.

Psychology, Social Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Culture, and 1 more

In this interview Prof. Alex Haslam discusses his past and present work in social and organisational psychology and the multiple ways in which these two fields are inter-connected. He considers the guiding threads wit... more abstractIn this interview Prof. Alex Haslam discusses his past and present work in social and organisational psychology and the multiple ways in which these two fields are inter-connected. He considers the guiding threads within his scientific activity from the famous BBC Prison Study to more recent work on leadership. Covering both theoretical to applied considerations, this interview addresses important questions for psychologists working in organisations and elsewhere in society. It offers a glimpse into the fascinating world of ...

Publication Date: 2000

Publication Name: PsycEXTRA Dataset

More Info: COURSE OVERVIEW: This course provides an introduction to Social and Applied Psychology. Social Psychology is concerned with the understanding and explanation of human social behaviour. Understanding social behaviour requires the investigation of many phenomena, ranging from the way individuals perceive and think about the social world, the way they form and maintain social relationships, to the way they think and act in group settings. Applied Psychology is concerned with using the empirical and theoretical insights from psychology to provide ways of addressing real social issues and problems. By using theoretical approaches to provide solutions to real problems where social psychology has a role, the solutions may be more likely to succeed; and those theories receive evaluation and assessment in the most rigorous manner possible. Core Syllabus: An introduction to major perspectives on social and applied psychology, concerned with theories and concepts that are used to explain social perception, cognition and behaviour, and the application of such theories to real, practical, social problems. Course Content: Theories and concepts such as: personality, self and identity; relationships, bonds and the family; making sense of the social world; communication, influence and persuasion; groups and organisations. Applications such as: health and illness, sexuality and intimate relationships; crime and legal psychology; media effects; leadership and motivation in organisations; crowds and inter-cultural relations.

Talk given at ESCP Europe during the Spring Camp organised by the Creativity Marketing Centre.

Creativity studies, Models of Creativity & of Creative Processes, Creativity, Cultural Psychology, Culture, and 2 more