Milieus of Creativity: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Spatiality of Creativity

✍ Scribed by Peter Meusburger, Joachim Funke, Edgar Wunder (auth.), Peter Meusburger, Joachim Funke, Edgar Wunder (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 297
• Series: Knowledge and Space 2
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Milieus of Creativity" is the second volume in the book series "Knowledge and Space". This book deals with spatial disparities of knowledge and the impact of environments, space and contexts on the production and application of knowledge. The contributions in this volume focus on the role of places, environments, and spatial contexts for the emergence and perpetuation of creativity. Is environment a social or a spatial phenomenon? Are only social factors relevant for the development of creativity or should one also include material artefacts and resources in its definition? How can we explain spatial disparities of creativity without falling victim to geodeterminism?

This book offers insights from various disciplines such as environmental psychology, philosophy, and social geography. It presents the results of a research conference at Heidelberg University in September 2006, which was supported by the Klaus Tschira Foundation.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction: The Spatiality of Creativity....Pages 1-10
On the Psychology of Creativity....Pages 11-23
Domain-Generality Versus Domain-Specificity of Creativity....Pages 25-38
Scientific Creativity as a Combinatorial Process: The Chance Baseline....Pages 39-51
The Riddle of Creativity: Philosophy's View....Pages 53-72
Creativity: Multidimensional Associative or Chaotic Process? Methodological Comments on Creative Processes and Metaphors in Aesthetics and Innovation....Pages 73-95
Milieus of Creativity: The Role of Places, Environments, and Spatial Contexts....Pages 97-153
Creativity, Intelligence, and Culture: Connections and Possibilities....Pages 155-168
Exploring the Relationships Between Problem-Solving Style and Creative Psychological Climate....Pages 169-188
Creativity in Cross-Cultural Innovation Teams: Diversity and Its Implications for Leadership....Pages 189-200
Space(s) of Innovation: Regional Knowledge Economies....Pages 201-218
The Unconscious City: How Expectancies About Creative Milieus Influence Creative Performance....Pages 219-233
Conceptual Spaces....Pages 235-243
Looking at the Present Through the Future: Science-Fiction Urbanism and Contingent and Relational Creativity....Pages 245-254
Teleology, Contingency, and Networks....Pages 255-267
Geophilosophy and Creative Milieus....Pages 269-277
Back Matter....Pages 279-297

✦ Subjects

Human Geography; Environment, general; Sociology of Education; Philosophy