This groundbreaking Handbook brings together leading international experts in creativity and culture research to provide an overview of current debates. It showcases the wealth of topics, approaches and definitions specific for this new, interdisciplinary field within creativity research. The theoretical and methodological innovations emerging from the joint study of creativity and culture highlight the role of creativity within today's innovation-based, multicultural societies.
Drawing on theoretical and empirical reflections, including case studies from different continents and different creative domains, this Handbook provides a truly global outlook on current creativity research within an emergent, interdisciplinary field. This variety is highlighted by the Handbook's structure as it is divided into five sections: Creativity and Culture in the Psychology of Creativity; Creativity in Socio-Cultural Psychology; Creativity in Cultural Context; Creativityand Culture in Applied Domains; Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Creativity and Culture. These sections provide a clear overview of the debates and questions of this research area as contributors share their interest in creativity not only as an individual but also a social and cultural phenomenon, and in culture as both the foundation and outcome of creative action.
The Handbook will be an essential resource for researchers, particularly those based in social science and humanities disciplines.

Combines the study of culture and creativity to present a unique examination of the topics Showcases the global variety of creativity and culture research, including cross-cultural, sociocultural, conceptual and applied Explores the innovative implications of engaging with creativity as a phenomenon Highlights current debates across creativity, using country based and applied domain case studies

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Vlad Petre Glveanu is Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark, and Associate Researcher at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland. He has published extensively in the area of the cultural psychology of creativity.

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Introducing Creativity And Culture, The Emerging Field Vlad Petre Glveanu.- PART 1. CREATIVITY AND CULTURE IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CREATIVITY.- Chapter 1. The Four C Model Of Creativity: Culture And Context; Max Helfand, James C. Kaufman & Ronald A. Beghetto.- Chapter 2. When East Meets West; Pinar Celik & Todd Lubart.- Chapter 3. Cultural Diversity And Team Creativity; Paul Paulus, Karen I. Van Der Zee & Jared Kenworthy.- Chapter 4. Creativity, Intelligence, And Culture; Robert Sternberg.- Chapter 5. Creative Cognition: How Culture Matters; Alessandro Antonietti & Barbara Colombo.- Chapter 6. The Creativity-Motivation-Culture Connection; Beth Hennessey.- Chapter 7. Culture And Psychometric Studies Of Creativity; Maciej Karwowski.- PART 2. CREATIVITY IN SOCIO-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY.- Chapter 8. A Semiotic Approach To Creativity: Resources For Re-Contextualizaton; Jaan Valsiner.- Chapter 9. The Psychology Of Creating: A Cultural-Developmental Approach To Key Dichotomies Within Creativity Studies; Vlad Glaveanu.- Chapter 10. Imagination: Creating Alternatives In Everyday Life; Tania Zittoun & Alex Gillespie.- Chapter 11. Position Exchange, Life Positioning, And Creativity; Jack Martin.- Chapter 12. Encounters And Extended Collaborative Creativity: Mobilization Of Cultural Resources In The Development Of A Functional Food Product; Reijo Miettinen & Janne Lehenkari.- Chapter 13. Creativity As A Practice Of Freedom: Imaginative Play, Moral Imagination, And The Production Of Culture; Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur, Anthony Perone & Natalia Panina-Beard.- Chapter 14. Dialogic Authorial Approach To Creativity In Education: Transforming A Deadly Homework Into A Creative Activity; Eugene Matusov & Ana Marjanovic-Shane.- PART 3. CREATIVITY IN CULTURAL CONTEXT.- Chapter 15. Political Pathologies And Big-C Creativity: Eminent Polish Creators' Experience Of Restrictions Under The Communist Regime; Izabela Lebuda.- Chapter 16. Rethinking Creativity From The South: Alternative Horizons Towards Strengthening Community-Based Well Being; Zayda Sierra & Gerald Fallon.- Chapter 17. Creativity With A Danish Edge; Lene Tanggaard.- Chapter 18. Creativity And Indian Culture; Nandita Chaudhary & Punya Pillai.- Chapter 19. Constructive Creativity In The Context Of Singapore; Ai-Girl Tan.- Chapter 20. Conceptual And Conditional (Im)Possibilities Of Creative Theorizing Of Creativity And Culture: Critical Reflections From Turkey Towards Globally Transformative Praxis; Aydan Gülerce.- Chapter 21. Envisioning The City In Africa: Anthropology, Creativity And Urban Culture; Till Förster.- PART 4. CREATIVITY AND CULTURE IN APPLIED DOMAINS.- Chapter 22. Creativity And Culture In Organizations.- Saadi Lahlou & Valerie Beaudouin.- Chapter 23. Giving Creative Credit Where Credit Is Due: A Socio-Cultural Approach To Consumer Creativity; Marie Taillard & Benjamin Voyer.- Chapter 24. Creativity, Culture, And The Digital Revolution: Implications And Considerations For Education; Jonathan Plucker, Jacob (Jenna) Mcwilliams & Rasis A. Alanazi.- Chapter 25. Creativity And Culture For All? Enhancing Cultural Participation In Museums And Galleries; Eric Jensen.- Chapter 26. Creativity And Culture In Engineering; David Cropley.- Chapter 27. Creativity And Culture In Visual Art; Aaron Kozbelt.- Chapter 28. Wonder Woman And The Polycultural Contexts Of Everyday Creativity; Ian Grand.- PART 5. CROSS-DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON CREATIVITY AND CULTURE.- Chapter 29. Creativity As A Developmental Ecology; Matthew Walls & Lambros Malafouris.- Chapter 30. Creativity And Culture: A Sociological Perspective; Janet Chan.- Chapter 31. A Creative Industries Perspective On Creativity And Culture; Chris Bilton.- Chapter 32. A Literary Studies Perspective: Creative Communities, 1750-1830; David Higgins, Cassandra Ulph & John Whale.- Chapter 33. Tropes And Tools Of Creativity: The Ontology Of Image And Its Unpredictable Operations; Nicoletta Isar.- Chapter 34. Macro, Meso, And Micro Creativity: The Role Of Cultural Carriers; Fathali M. Moghaddam & Lauren Covalucci.- Chapter 35. The Creativity Of Culture And The Culture Of Creativity Research: The Promise Of Integrative Transdisciplinarity; Alfonso Montuori & Gabrielle Donnelly.