A Manifesto for Posthuman Creativity Studies. (June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Harris, Daniel; Holman Jones, Stacy
• Other Names: Harris Daniel guest-editor.; Rousell David guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Qualitative inquiry. Volume 28:Number 5(2022)
• Page Start: 522
• Page End: 530
• Publication Date: 2022-06
• Subjects: manifesto -- creative-relational -- ecologies -- affects -- agency -- ecologies -- posthumanism; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 300.72
• DOI: 10.1177/10778004211066632
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8004

Abstract

This article advances a manifesto for a posthuman creativity studies that highlights the emergent, collective, and ecological aspects of creativity, offering propositions that problematize any individualist or human-exceptionalist approach to the field. We attend to a range of extra/ordinary affects, encounters, and modalities for expanding creative possibilities in the 21st century. Beginning with a recognition that creativity must be rewilded from its current capture in economic and educational discourses, we argue for more sustainable re-engagements. In the specificity of these encounters, we manifest 10 commitments to posthuman creativity as the foundations for a more dynamic and more-than-human creative agency.