Creativity / Harriet Hawkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawkins, Harriet, 1980- author.

Series:

Key ideas in geography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability--Social aspects.

Creative ability.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)--Social aspects.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Cultural geography.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xiii, 394 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

Creativity, whether lauded as the oil of the twenty-first century, touted as a driver of international policy, or mobilised by activities, has been very much part of the zeitgeist of the last few decades. Offering the first accessible, but conceptually sophisticated account of the critical geographies of creativity, this title provides an entry point to the diverse ways in which creativity is conceptualised as a practice, promise, force, concept and rhetoric. It proffers these critical geographies as the means to engage with the relations and tensions between a range of forms of arts and cultural production, the cultural economy and vernacular, mundane and everyday creative practices. Exploring a series of sites, Creativity examines theoretical and conceptual questions around the social, economic, cultural, political and pedagogic imperatives of the geographies of creativity, using these geographies as a lens to cohere broader interdisciplinary debates. Central concepts, cutting-edge research and methodological debates are made accessible with the use of inset boxes that present key ideas, case studies and research. The text draws together interdisciplinary perspectives on creativity, enabling scholars and students within and without Geography to understand and engage with the critical geographies of creativity, their breadth and potential. The volume will prove essential reading for undergraduate and post-graduate students of creativity, cultural geography, the creative economy, cultural industries and heritage. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : towards critical geographies of creativities

Body : embodied creativities and creative labours

Studios, galleries and beyond

Home : negotiating creativities

Clusters, colonies and other geographies

Community : making places, creating communities

City : four creative stories

Margins

Nation : negotiating global creativities

Landscape and environment

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138813434

1138813435

9781138813441

1138813443

OCLC:

951854394