Rethinking Creativity

This edited volume aims to renew the theory of creativity from the perspective of socio-cultural psychology. It brings together eminent social and cultural psychologists who study dynamic, transformative and emergent phenomena and invites them to conceptualise creativity in ways that depart from mainstream definitions and theoretical models existing in past and present literature on the topic.

Preface: The Sociocultural Approach to Creativity Keith Sawyer Editors' Introduction: Entering into the Creativity Zone, on the Border Between the Mundane and the Monstrous Jaan Valsiner, Vlad Petre Glaveanu and Alex Gillespie 1. Creativity out of Difference: Theorising the Semiotic, Social and Temporal Origin of Creative Acts Vlad Petre Glaveanu and Alex Gillespie 2. Creativity as Symbolic Transformation Brady Wagoner 3. Creative Engagement Across the Lifespan Vera John-Steiner 4. Canonical Affordances and Creative Agency Alan Costall 5. Life-Creativity: Imagining One's Life Tania Zittoun and Constance de Saint-Laurent 6. The Creativity of the Social: Imagination, Development and Social Change in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas Sandra Jovchelovitch 7. Creativity and the Generative Approach to Culture and Meaning Cor Baerveldt and James Cresswell 8. The Socio-Materiality of Creativity: A Case Study of the Creative Processes in Design Work Lene Tanggaard 9. Discussing Creativity from a Cultural Psychological Perspective Alex Gillespie, Cor Baerveldt, Alan Costall, James Cresswell, Constance de Saint-Laurent, Vlad Glaveanu, Vera John-Steiner, Sandra Jovchelovitch, Keith Sawyer, Lene Tanggaard, Jaan Valsiner, Brady Wagoner and Tania Zittoun