<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In recent years, a move towards social, cultural-psychological and distributed research perspectives on creativity has been witnessed within the social- and human sciences. Glăveanu is one of the most prominent advocates for this new line of research. In the present commentary, I will share my concerns as to why this move is important and vital for the field of creativity research, but I will also raise my sense of fear by the proposed direction of model unity and coherence as suggested by Glăveanu. On the contrary, we may need to tolerate and respect the diversity of perspectives and enjoy the fruits of cross-disciplinarily research, not needing to reach any state of unity. In this sense, a way out of ‘crisis’ could be that we respect, variations and even differences, and instead of coherence establish meeting places and spots where divergent perspectives can be celebrated.</p></abstract>

In recent years, a move towards social, cultural-psychological and distributed research perspectives on creativity has been witnessed within the social- and human sciences. Glăveanu is one of the most prominent advocates for this new line of research. In the present commentary, I will share my concerns as to why this move is important and vital for the field of creativity research, but I will also raise my sense of fear by the proposed direction of model unity and coherence as suggested by Glăveanu. On the contrary, we may need to tolerate and respect the diversity of perspectives and enjoy the fruits of cross-disciplinarily research, not needing to reach any state of unity. In this sense, a way out of ‘crisis’ could be that we respect, variations and even differences, and instead of coherence establish meeting places and spots where divergent perspectives can be celebrated.

Reaching Out For Everyday Life Creativity

Creativity. Theories – Research - Applications

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In recent years, a move towards social, cultural-psychological and distributed research perspectives on creativity has been witnessed within the social- and...

Reaching Out For Everyday Life Creativity

Online veröffentlicht: 26. Mai 2015

Seitenbereich: 75 - 78

Eingereicht: 02. Okt. 2014

Akzeptiert: 19. Dez. 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2015-0011

Schlüsselwörter
Everyday creativity, Cultural psychology of creativity, Sociomateriality of creativity

© Lene Tanggaard

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Reaching Out For Everyday Life Creativity

Online veröffentlicht: 26. Mai 2015

Seitenbereich: 75 - 78

Eingereicht: 02. Okt. 2014

Akzeptiert: 19. Dez. 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2015-0011

SchlüsselwörterEveryday creativity, Cultural psychology of creativity, Sociomateriality of creativity

© Lene Tanggaard

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Everyday creativity, Cultural psychology of creativity, Sociomateriality of creativity