Creativity — A New Vocabulary

Vlad Petre Gl?veanu is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Psychology, University of Aalborg, Denmark, and Associate Researcher at the Institute of Psychology, Université Paris Descartes, France, and the Department of Psychology and Education, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Recent books include: Distributed Creativity and Rethinking Creativity (co-edited with Alex Gillespie and Jaan Valsiner).Lene Tanggaard is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Communication and Psychology, University of Aalborg, Denmark, where she serves as director of the QS-research group and co-director of the Center for Qualitative Studies. Recent books include: Twice the Fun – A Survival Kit for Doctoral Students and their Supervisors (with C. Wegener) and Fooling Around: Creative Learning Pathways.Charlotte Wegener is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark. Recent articles include: 'Would You Like a Cup of Coffee?' Using the Researcher's Insider and Outsider Positions as a Sensitizing Concept and Writing with Phineas. How a Fictional Character from A. S. Byatt Helped Me Turn my EthnographicData into a Research Text.

• The Importance of Being a Vocabulary; Jaan Valsiner1. Why Do We Need a New Vocabulary for Creativity?; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu, Lene Tanggaard and Charlotte Wegener2. Affordance; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu3. Business as Usual; Kristian Dahl and Lene Tanggaard4. Craft; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu5. Difference; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu6. Fear; Luca Tateo7. Language; Carolin Demuth and Vlad Petre Gl?veanu8. Lostness; Charlotte Wegener9. Memory; Brady Wagoner and Vlad Petre Gl?veanu10. Mess; Lene Tanggard and Tue Juelsbo11. Mirroring; Charlotte Wegener12.Pathways; Lene Tanggard13. Perspective; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu14. Power; Claus Elmholdt and Marten Fogsgaard15. Reflexivity; Constance de Saint-Laurent and Vlad Petre Gl?veanu16. Rhythm; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu17. Rules; Tues Juelsbo18. Space; Nikita A. Kharlamov19. Stumbling; Lene Tanggaard20 Things; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu21 Translation; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu22. Upcycling; Charlotte Wegener

"A provocative and unique contribution to the field of creativity studies. If you're interested in creativity, keep this book close at hand. I know I will!" - Ronald A. Beghetto, Editor of the Journal of Creative Behavior, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut, USA"One of the biggest challenges facing creativity researchers is the lack of a common language across fields. People in business, psychology, and education study very similar issues but are often unaware of related work. It is easy to switch terms between creativity, imagination, and innovation, but a real solution requires more work. What this essential volume does is to explore core ideas (such as language or memory or power) that span fields and disciplines and discuss how they relate to creativity. This book is not just for people interested in creativity research – it is for anyone interested in how science can grow and evolve."  - James C. Kaufman, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut, USA