Creativity

The sociomateriality of creativity in everyday life

“…Creativity thus occurs when we develop our practices—not via isolated thought processes but as part of life itself. In a similar vein, Mason (2003) has argued that “to create is to act in the world, or on the world, in a new and significant way.” Creativity is not mere “novelty,” the new; it also involves “value” (see also Amabile, 1996; Oldham & Cummings, 1996; Pope, 2005). In line with the above definition, it is thus vital to not just define creativity as the acquiring of new ideas through isolated forms of divergent thinking among individuals, but also as the collective realization of these ideas in meaningful ways within social practices (Tanggaard, 2008).…”

On the Translation of Literature as a Human Activity par Excellence

“…The result of a literary translation process is a text at least partially authored by the translator (VENUTI, 2002;COSTA, 2016); a text that subtly carries their mark as writers, their vocabulary, their own style, and view of the world. Hence, literary translation can also be seen as authorial -especially if we consider all creation as re-creation (POPE, 2005). As a standard of ethics and transparency, the name of the translator is generally included on the verso of the title page of a book.…”

Soft Tyrannies for Creativity in Management Education

“…Such systems should embed cultural processes of ‘meme’ transmissions that could help nurture students’ curiosity and development of inner talents in interaction with relevant groups or audiences. Literary writing (Pope 2005 ) A plethora of creativities , imbricating humans and their available (cyborg) technologies, leading us to become critical about what or how we mean by a creative human self and others and how we research on creativity. Dance choreography (Tharp 2002 ) A life habit of bringing inspiration to life through continuous, routinely, ritual-based, performative, interactive, (self)-critical and (self)-honest work.…”

“…The pursuit of answers to the above questions has also contributed to distinguish creativity as a socially legitimate and scientifically rigorous field of knowledge (Sternberg and Lubbart 1999 ; Pope 2005 ; Runco and Albert 2010 ). Currently, research in creativity is continuously characterised and progressed by courses, journals, journal articles, single or edited books (including this one), and conferences.…”

“…Secondly, there are generic criteria to assess creativity of a process, idea or a product. Criteria such as novelty, value to others than the creators themselves and something that ‘works’ (Sternberg and Lubbart 1999 ; Pope 2005 ; Runco and Jaeger 2012 ; Cropley and Cropley 2016 ). And thirdly, there are now a series of socio-cultural principles that aim to inform future developments in the field (Glavenau et al 2019 ).…”