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Spark Minds Episode 2: Creativity, Evolution and why it matters

Why does creativity exist and why does it matter? In this episode we take a trip to the stone age to see what human evolution and anthropology has to tell us about why we engage in creativity as a species and what that means for us today. 

Why does creativity exist and why does it matter? In this episode we take a trip to the stone age to see what human evolution and anthropology has to tell us about why we engage in creativity as a species and what that means for us today.

SHOW NOTES:

Evolution and Creativity

  • Evolutionary and Neurocognitive Approaches to Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts by Colin Martindale, Paul Locher, Vladimir M Petrov, Arnold Berleant

  • The Artful Mind: Cognitive Science and the Riddle of Human Creativity edited by Mark Turner

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity edited by James C. Kaufman, Robert J. Sternberg

  • Sternberg, Robert J. “Darwinian Creativity as a Conventional Religious Faith.” Psychological Inquiry, vol. 10, no. 4, 1999, pp. 357–359. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1449464. Accessed 16 Feb. 2020.

  • https://creativesomething.net/post/150681325800/where-exactly-does-creativity-exist-within-the

Spark Minds Episode 1: Creativity - what even is it?

Creativity seems like an obvious concept to get a grasp of, but as we dive into this episode we’ll discover how the concept of creativity has changed over time and how many different ways there are to look at it. From divine inspiration to an investment theory approach, creativity is not a concept we have fully defined or exhausted yet.

Show Notes:

History of Creativity

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity edited by James C. Kaufman and Robert J. Sternberg

  • Genius: The Natural History of Creativity by H. J. Eysenck

  • A History of Six Ideas: An Essay in Aesthetics by W. Tatarkiewicz

  • https://www.coursera.org/lecture/boosting-creativity-innovation/a-brief-history-of-creativity-JyHqd

  • https://www.coursera.org/lecture/boosting-creativity-innovation/insightful-creativity-olXBn

20th Century and Onwards Studies on Creativity

  • Barron, F. (1969). Creative Person and creative process. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

  • Beth A. Henessey (2003) The Social Psychology of Creativity, Scandanavian Journal of Educational Research, 47:3, 253-271, DOI: 10.1080/00313830308601

  • Mark A. RUnco & Garett J. Jaeger (2012) The Standard Definition of Creativity, Creativity Research Journal, 24:1, 92-96, DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2012.650092

  • Robert J. Sternberg (2006) The Nature of Creativity, Creativity Research Journal, 18:1, 87-98, DOI: 10.1207/s15326934crj1801_10

  • Todd I. Lubart (2001) Models of the Creative Process: Past, Present and Future, Creativity Research Journal, 13:3-4, 295-308, DOI: 10.1207/S15326934CRJ1334_07

  • https://www.coursera.org/lecture/boosting-creativity-innovation/insightful-creativity-olXBn

Film Examples

  • https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/apr/03/titanic-event-movie-james-cameron

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_footage_(film_technique)

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blair_Witch_Project