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Possibilities of creativity / edited by Peter O'Connor.

Title
Possibilities of creativity / edited by Peter O'Connor.
Publication
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

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O'Connor, Peter
Description
viii, 179 pages; 21 cm
Summary
"This volume brings together internationally renowned academics, arts practitioners and thinkers to take a multi-disciplinary look at the nature of the creative process and examine its possibilities for social and individual change. The book challenges the most common misconceptions about how we can be creative, and suggests that creativity is central to human survival."--Publisher website.
Subject
  • Creative ability > Social aspects
  • Creative thinking
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction: When the Rain is Blowin' in Your Face / Peter O'Connor -- ch. Two In the Beginning... The Evolution of the Creative Thinking Project / Jenny Dixon -- ch. Three The Acts of Creation: Memory, Mental Time Travel, Mind Wandering, and Fiction / Michael C. Corballis -- ch. Four Creativity and its Discontents / Janis Jefferies -- ch. Five I Was Built for Runnin' but I Dream of Flyin' / Curt L. Tofteland -- ch. Six Thinking about Creativity / Peter V. Rajsingh -- ch. Seven Connectivity, Contingency, Creativity / Peter Shand -- ch. Eight The Creative Hand / Robert Gardiner -- ch. Nine Collaborative Creativity in Community Settings / Kat Thomas -- ch. Ten Creativity, Embodied and Extended / Bruce Sheridan -- ch. Eleven Teaching Creativity: Unlocking Educational Opportunity / Miranda Jefferson -- ch. Twelve Against Ideas / Paula Morris.
ISBN
  • 1443888915
  • 9781443888912
OCLC
942710796
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library