The New Spirit of Creativity : Work, Compromise, and the Art and Design University / Saara Liinamaa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liinamaa, Saara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Study and teaching.

Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2022]

Summary:

This book traces the many alignments between contemporary artistic creativity and its formal organization within higher education.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: The New Spirit of Creativity

SECTION I Creativity, Critique, and the Art School

Chapter One. Our New Spirit and the Dilemmas of Artistic Critique

Chapter Two. What Could Be More Creative Than an Art School? Canada’s Art and Design Universities

SECTION II Everyday Work at Imagination University

Meet the Faculty

Chapter Three Welcome to the Department of Non-applied Creativity: Strategic Planning, Defining Value, and Talk of Research

Chapter Four Audit Culture: The Ambiguities of Creative Excellence

Chapter Five Performing at the “Shit Show”: The Conscripted Performers of Institutional Identity

Chapter Six Navigating the Permanent–Temporary Divide: Insecurity, Flexibility, and Nostalgia

Chapter Seven Rocks and Bubbles: Descriptions of Institutional Duress

Conclusion The Terms of Compromise

Methodological Appendix

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Liinamaa, Saara The New Spirit of Creativity

ISBN:

1-4875-1605-3

1-4875-1606-1

OCLC:

1299313729