Creativity in Perspective: A Sociocultural and Critical Account. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Glăveanu, Vlad Petre
• Is Part Of: Journal of constructivist psychology. Volume 31:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 118
• Page End: 129
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Personal construct theory -- Periodicals; Constructivism (Psychology) -- Periodicals; 150.1985
• DOI: 10.1080/10720537.2016.1271376
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1072-0537

Abstract

Abstract : This article starts from the premise that creativity is a social construction and focuses on historical and scientific accounts of this phenomenon. Using a perspectival model in a pragmatist key, it outlines three historical perspectives on creativity—the He-, I-, and We-paradigms—differentiated internally by two positions—artist and engineer. It then argues that, instead of dialogues between perspectives, fruitful for creativity research, we are often facing monological relations. In the end, possibilities for "thirdness" are explored, including the position of the craftsman, in developing a sociocultural as well as critical account of what it means to create.