TY - JOUR
T1 - Creativity as action
T2 - findings from five creative domains
AU - Glaveanu, Vlad Petre
AU - Lubart, Todd
AU - Bonnardel, Nathalie
AU - Botella, Marion
AU - de Biaisi, Pierre-Marc
AU - Desainte-Catherine, Myriam
AU - Georgsdottir, Asta
AU - Guillou, Katell
AU - Kurtag, Gyorgy
AU - Mouchiroud, Christophe
AU - Storme, Martin
AU - Wojtczuk, Alicja
AU - Zenasni, Franck
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The present paper outlines an action theory of creativity and substantiates this approach by investigating creative expression in five different domains. We propose an action framework for the analysis of creative acts built on the assumption that creativity is a relational, inter-subjective phenomenon. This framework, drawing extensively from the work of Dewey (1934) on art as experience, is used to derive a coding frame for the analysis of interview material. The article reports findings from the analysis of 60 interviews with recognized French creators in five creative domains: art, design, science, scriptwriting, and music. Results point to complex models of action and inter-action specific for each domain and also to interesting patterns of similarity and differences between domains. These findings highlight the fact that creative action takes place not “inside” individual creators but “in between” actors and their environment. Implications for the field of educational psychology are discussed.
AB - The present paper outlines an action theory of creativity and substantiates this approach by investigating creative expression in five different domains. We propose an action framework for the analysis of creative acts built on the assumption that creativity is a relational, inter-subjective phenomenon. This framework, drawing extensively from the work of Dewey (1934) on art as experience, is used to derive a coding frame for the analysis of interview material. The article reports findings from the analysis of 60 interviews with recognized French creators in five creative domains: art, design, science, scriptwriting, and music. Results point to complex models of action and inter-action specific for each domain and also to interesting patterns of similarity and differences between domains. These findings highlight the fact that creative action takes place not “inside” individual creators but “in between” actors and their environment. Implications for the field of educational psychology are discussed.
KW - creativity
KW - music
KW - scriptwriting
KW - science
KW - design
KW - art
KW - action
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00176
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00176
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 4
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 00176
ER -