A Dialogical Approach to Creativity

This book takes an epistemological and theoretical stance in investigating the phenomenon of creativity and its processes. Creativity is analyzed through the lens of cultural psychology, in which psychological processes emerge over the course of life, and can only be understood in relation to the subject's history and life experiences. Dialogism is presented as central for the constitutive dynamics of the developing subject and the emergence of creative actions through the expression of human agency. The authors highlight Bakhtinian dialogism and its developments in the scientific field of psychology and related areas to shed new light on creativity and its processes. The authors argue this will enable a better understanding of creativity in its development and emergence, and its impact on individuals and society.

Discusses how dialogical theory can map creative activities in different domains of human life Offers a new perspective on the dialogical foundation of creativity form a cultural viewpoint Grounded the dialogical approach to creativity as developed by Brazilian researchers in this area

Auteur
Marina Assis Pinheiro is Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. Marina Assis Pinheiro obtained a bachelor's degree in Psychology in 2002 from Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), a master's degree in Clinical Psychology in 2006 from Catholic University of Pernambuco (UNICAP) and a doctorate degree in Cognitive Psychology in 2011, also from UFPE, Brazil, with an academic sabbatical at Brunel University, UK. She is full-time Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at UFPE. Marina is the leading researcher of the Laboratory of Studies on Dialogism, Aesthetic Experience and Creativity.

Contenu

Chapter 1.Introduction.-2.Creativity and Dialogism.- Chapter 3. Dialogical Intersubjectivity in Creative Processes: A Theoretical Reflection.- Chapter 4.Creativity as Resistance for Survival: The Anticolonial Indigenous Rap GroupOZ GUARANI.- Chapter 5. The Birth of Metaphors in the Northeastern Repente Music : A Proposal for Dialogical Analysis in the Study of Creative Processes.- Chapter 6. Creativity, Self-Development and Human Values: A Dialogical Perspective on Promoting a Democratic World.- Chapter 7. The Soul of the Creative Process: A Commentary by a Cannibal.- Chapter 8: Deepening the Dimensions of Dialogism: Conceptual Linkages.