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How are our ability and motivation to be creative shaped by the world around us? Becoming Creative compares experiences of classical, jazz, and traditional musicians in South Africa, Finland, and the US to reveal how beliefs, learning methods, relationships, institutions, and inequalities enable or inhibit the development of creativity.
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How are our ability and motivation to be creative shaped by the world around us? Becoming Creative compares experiences of classical, jazz, and traditional musicians in South Africa, Finland, and the US to reveal how beliefs, learning methods, relationships, institutions, and inequalities enable or inhibit the development of creativity.
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- Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
- Seitenzahl: 280
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2018
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 417g
- ISBN-13: 9780199365180
- ISBN-10: 0199365180
- Artikelnr.: 52821095
- Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
- Seitenzahl: 280
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2018
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 417g
- ISBN-13: 9780199365180
- ISBN-10: 0199365180
- Artikelnr.: 52821095
Juniper Hill has conducted extensive fieldwork on creativity, improvisation, pedagogy, and intercultural dynamics in South Africa, Finland, the US, and Ecuador. She has been awarded a Marie Curie fellowship, a Humboldt fellowship, and two Fulbright fellowships, and has held positions at the University of California, University of Cambridge, and University College Cork. She is currently Professor and Chair of Ethnomusicology at the University of Würzburg.
* Table of Contents
* Acknowledgments
* List of Figures
* Chapter One:
* Interpreting Creative Experience Across Diverse Musical Communities
* 1.1. Introduction
* 1.2. What does it mean to be creative?
* An experiential model of musical creativity
* Generativity
* Agency
* Interaction
* Nonconformity
* Recycling
* Flow
* Value as a problematic component of creativity
* 1.3. Creativity as socially undesirable behavior: some theoretical
insights
* Social pressures to conform
* Internalizing motivations not to be creative
* 1.4. Common enablers and inhibitors of creativity: an overview of
chapters
* 1.5. Learning from the experiences of musicians: methodology
* 1.6. Contrasting musical communities: the case studies
* The allure of Helsinki, Cape Town, and Los Angeles as research sites
* Urban distinctions
* Cross-cultural comparisons of classical, jazz, and folk music
communities
* Chapter Two:
* Developing Creativity Enabling Skills
* 2.1. Introduction to creativity enabling skills
* 2.2. Technique
* The myth of technical mastery as prerequisite for creativity
* Overemphasis on technique
* Correct technique as conformativity or toolbox
* 2.3. Aural skills
* Building aural skills through oral transmission
* Lack of aural skills as inhibiting
* Concerns about oral transmission and imitation
* 2.4. Vocabulary and memory facility
* Building vocabulary for idiomatic creative activities
* Human memory as facilitator of creativity
* Oral versus written culture
* Reviving oral culture and unfixing notation
* A critique of pattern manipulation as (un)creative
* 2.5. Syntax and the ability to apply music theory
* 2.6. Decision-making skills
* Lack of decision-making skills as inhibiting
* Approaches for fostering decision-making skills
* 2.7. Self-assessment skills
* 2.8. Summary of developing creativity enabling skills
* Chapter Three:
* Developing Psychological Enablers and Inhibitors of Creativity
* 3.1. Introduction to psychological enablers and inhibitors of
creativity
* 3.2. Beliefs about talent and potential
* Western attitudes toward talent and their impacts
* South African attitudes toward musical and creative potential and
their impacts
* 3.3. Role models
* Identification with role models and sense of potential
* Role models as conveyors of norms and permission
* 3.4. Assessment and feedback
* Positive feedback
* Constructive critical assessment
* Destructive feedback
* Anticipating feedback
* Self-judgment
* 3.5. Values and attitudes
* Mistakes and Perfectionism
* Originality versus recycling
* 3.6. Summary of psychological enablers and inhibitors
* Chapter Four:
* Accessing the Opportunity, Permission, and Authority to be Creative
* 4.1. Opportunities and barriers in creative development: social
inequalities
* Prejudice and internalized perceptions of limited potential
* Economic inequalities in music learning
* 4.2. Opportunities and barriers in creative work: economic pressures
* Private gigs, corporate sponsorship, and neoliberal policies in Cape
Town
* Working for the music, television, and film industries in Los Angeles
* State support for the arts in Helsinki
* Policies, markets, motivation, and education
* 4.3. Authority, permissions, and prohibitions: who's allowed to
create what music?
* Codifying rules for newcomers and restricting outsiders
* Stylstic boundaries and the politics of race, class, and cultural
imperialism
* Internalizing musical attitudes and practices as moral values
* 4.4. Summary of societal enablers and inhibitors of creativity
* Chapter Five:
* Overcoming Inhibitors of Creativity
* 5.1. Mechanisms for overcoming inhibitors of creativity
* The safe transgression of comfort zones
* 5.2. Formal methods for enhancing creative agency: courses and
programs
* Safety and emotional support
* Facilitating composition and improvisation within an idiom
* Free improvisation, experimentalism, and the breaking of convention
* Multiple modes of expression: singing, multi-instrumentalism, dance,
and theatre
* Exposure, facilitator expectations, and validation
* 5.3. Informal strategies for overcoming creative hurdles: individual
journeys
* Tuomas
* Jackie
* Kyle
* Anja
* Juniper
* 5.5. Conclusions on increasing creative agency
* Musicians Interviewed
* References
* Acknowledgments
* List of Figures
* Chapter One:
* Interpreting Creative Experience Across Diverse Musical Communities
* 1.1. Introduction
* 1.2. What does it mean to be creative?
* An experiential model of musical creativity
* Generativity
* Agency
* Interaction
* Nonconformity
* Recycling
* Flow
* Value as a problematic component of creativity
* 1.3. Creativity as socially undesirable behavior: some theoretical
insights
* Social pressures to conform
* Internalizing motivations not to be creative
* 1.4. Common enablers and inhibitors of creativity: an overview of
chapters
* 1.5. Learning from the experiences of musicians: methodology
* 1.6. Contrasting musical communities: the case studies
* The allure of Helsinki, Cape Town, and Los Angeles as research sites
* Urban distinctions
* Cross-cultural comparisons of classical, jazz, and folk music
communities
* Chapter Two:
* Developing Creativity Enabling Skills
* 2.1. Introduction to creativity enabling skills
* 2.2. Technique
* The myth of technical mastery as prerequisite for creativity
* Overemphasis on technique
* Correct technique as conformativity or toolbox
* 2.3. Aural skills
* Building aural skills through oral transmission
* Lack of aural skills as inhibiting
* Concerns about oral transmission and imitation
* 2.4. Vocabulary and memory facility
* Building vocabulary for idiomatic creative activities
* Human memory as facilitator of creativity
* Oral versus written culture
* Reviving oral culture and unfixing notation
* A critique of pattern manipulation as (un)creative
* 2.5. Syntax and the ability to apply music theory
* 2.6. Decision-making skills
* Lack of decision-making skills as inhibiting
* Approaches for fostering decision-making skills
* 2.7. Self-assessment skills
* 2.8. Summary of developing creativity enabling skills
* Chapter Three:
* Developing Psychological Enablers and Inhibitors of Creativity
* 3.1. Introduction to psychological enablers and inhibitors of
creativity
* 3.2. Beliefs about talent and potential
* Western attitudes toward talent and their impacts
* South African attitudes toward musical and creative potential and
their impacts
* 3.3. Role models
* Identification with role models and sense of potential
* Role models as conveyors of norms and permission
* 3.4. Assessment and feedback
* Positive feedback
* Constructive critical assessment
* Destructive feedback
* Anticipating feedback
* Self-judgment
* 3.5. Values and attitudes
* Mistakes and Perfectionism
* Originality versus recycling
* 3.6. Summary of psychological enablers and inhibitors
* Chapter Four:
* Accessing the Opportunity, Permission, and Authority to be Creative
* 4.1. Opportunities and barriers in creative development: social
inequalities
* Prejudice and internalized perceptions of limited potential
* Economic inequalities in music learning
* 4.2. Opportunities and barriers in creative work: economic pressures
* Private gigs, corporate sponsorship, and neoliberal policies in Cape
Town
* Working for the music, television, and film industries in Los Angeles
* State support for the arts in Helsinki
* Policies, markets, motivation, and education
* 4.3. Authority, permissions, and prohibitions: who's allowed to
create what music?
* Codifying rules for newcomers and restricting outsiders
* Stylstic boundaries and the politics of race, class, and cultural
imperialism
* Internalizing musical attitudes and practices as moral values
* 4.4. Summary of societal enablers and inhibitors of creativity
* Chapter Five:
* Overcoming Inhibitors of Creativity
* 5.1. Mechanisms for overcoming inhibitors of creativity
* The safe transgression of comfort zones
* 5.2. Formal methods for enhancing creative agency: courses and
programs
* Safety and emotional support
* Facilitating composition and improvisation within an idiom
* Free improvisation, experimentalism, and the breaking of convention
* Multiple modes of expression: singing, multi-instrumentalism, dance,
and theatre
* Exposure, facilitator expectations, and validation
* 5.3. Informal strategies for overcoming creative hurdles: individual
journeys
* Tuomas
* Jackie
* Kyle
* Anja
* Juniper
* 5.5. Conclusions on increasing creative agency
* Musicians Interviewed
* References
* Table of Contents
* Acknowledgments
* List of Figures
* Chapter One:
* Interpreting Creative Experience Across Diverse Musical Communities
* 1.1. Introduction
* 1.2. What does it mean to be creative?
* An experiential model of musical creativity
* Generativity
* Agency
* Interaction
* Nonconformity
* Recycling
* Flow
* Value as a problematic component of creativity
* 1.3. Creativity as socially undesirable behavior: some theoretical
insights
* Social pressures to conform
* Internalizing motivations not to be creative
* 1.4. Common enablers and inhibitors of creativity: an overview of
chapters
* 1.5. Learning from the experiences of musicians: methodology
* 1.6. Contrasting musical communities: the case studies
* The allure of Helsinki, Cape Town, and Los Angeles as research sites
* Urban distinctions
* Cross-cultural comparisons of classical, jazz, and folk music
communities
* Chapter Two:
* Developing Creativity Enabling Skills
* 2.1. Introduction to creativity enabling skills
* 2.2. Technique
* The myth of technical mastery as prerequisite for creativity
* Overemphasis on technique
* Correct technique as conformativity or toolbox
* 2.3. Aural skills
* Building aural skills through oral transmission
* Lack of aural skills as inhibiting
* Concerns about oral transmission and imitation
* 2.4. Vocabulary and memory facility
* Building vocabulary for idiomatic creative activities
* Human memory as facilitator of creativity
* Oral versus written culture
* Reviving oral culture and unfixing notation
* A critique of pattern manipulation as (un)creative
* 2.5. Syntax and the ability to apply music theory
* 2.6. Decision-making skills
* Lack of decision-making skills as inhibiting
* Approaches for fostering decision-making skills
* 2.7. Self-assessment skills
* 2.8. Summary of developing creativity enabling skills
* Chapter Three:
* Developing Psychological Enablers and Inhibitors of Creativity
* 3.1. Introduction to psychological enablers and inhibitors of
creativity
* 3.2. Beliefs about talent and potential
* Western attitudes toward talent and their impacts
* South African attitudes toward musical and creative potential and
their impacts
* 3.3. Role models
* Identification with role models and sense of potential
* Role models as conveyors of norms and permission
* 3.4. Assessment and feedback
* Positive feedback
* Constructive critical assessment
* Destructive feedback
* Anticipating feedback
* Self-judgment
* 3.5. Values and attitudes
* Mistakes and Perfectionism
* Originality versus recycling
* 3.6. Summary of psychological enablers and inhibitors
* Chapter Four:
* Accessing the Opportunity, Permission, and Authority to be Creative
* 4.1. Opportunities and barriers in creative development: social
inequalities
* Prejudice and internalized perceptions of limited potential
* Economic inequalities in music learning
* 4.2. Opportunities and barriers in creative work: economic pressures
* Private gigs, corporate sponsorship, and neoliberal policies in Cape
Town
* Working for the music, television, and film industries in Los Angeles
* State support for the arts in Helsinki
* Policies, markets, motivation, and education
* 4.3. Authority, permissions, and prohibitions: who's allowed to
create what music?
* Codifying rules for newcomers and restricting outsiders
* Stylstic boundaries and the politics of race, class, and cultural
imperialism
* Internalizing musical attitudes and practices as moral values
* 4.4. Summary of societal enablers and inhibitors of creativity
* Chapter Five:
* Overcoming Inhibitors of Creativity
* 5.1. Mechanisms for overcoming inhibitors of creativity
* The safe transgression of comfort zones
* 5.2. Formal methods for enhancing creative agency: courses and
programs
* Safety and emotional support
* Facilitating composition and improvisation within an idiom
* Free improvisation, experimentalism, and the breaking of convention
* Multiple modes of expression: singing, multi-instrumentalism, dance,
and theatre
* Exposure, facilitator expectations, and validation
* 5.3. Informal strategies for overcoming creative hurdles: individual
journeys
* Tuomas
* Jackie
* Kyle
* Anja
* Juniper
* 5.5. Conclusions on increasing creative agency
* Musicians Interviewed
* References
* Acknowledgments
* List of Figures
* Chapter One:
* Interpreting Creative Experience Across Diverse Musical Communities
* 1.1. Introduction
* 1.2. What does it mean to be creative?
* An experiential model of musical creativity
* Generativity
* Agency
* Interaction
* Nonconformity
* Recycling
* Flow
* Value as a problematic component of creativity
* 1.3. Creativity as socially undesirable behavior: some theoretical
insights
* Social pressures to conform
* Internalizing motivations not to be creative
* 1.4. Common enablers and inhibitors of creativity: an overview of
chapters
* 1.5. Learning from the experiences of musicians: methodology
* 1.6. Contrasting musical communities: the case studies
* The allure of Helsinki, Cape Town, and Los Angeles as research sites
* Urban distinctions
* Cross-cultural comparisons of classical, jazz, and folk music
communities
* Chapter Two:
* Developing Creativity Enabling Skills
* 2.1. Introduction to creativity enabling skills
* 2.2. Technique
* The myth of technical mastery as prerequisite for creativity
* Overemphasis on technique
* Correct technique as conformativity or toolbox
* 2.3. Aural skills
* Building aural skills through oral transmission
* Lack of aural skills as inhibiting
* Concerns about oral transmission and imitation
* 2.4. Vocabulary and memory facility
* Building vocabulary for idiomatic creative activities
* Human memory as facilitator of creativity
* Oral versus written culture
* Reviving oral culture and unfixing notation
* A critique of pattern manipulation as (un)creative
* 2.5. Syntax and the ability to apply music theory
* 2.6. Decision-making skills
* Lack of decision-making skills as inhibiting
* Approaches for fostering decision-making skills
* 2.7. Self-assessment skills
* 2.8. Summary of developing creativity enabling skills
* Chapter Three:
* Developing Psychological Enablers and Inhibitors of Creativity
* 3.1. Introduction to psychological enablers and inhibitors of
creativity
* 3.2. Beliefs about talent and potential
* Western attitudes toward talent and their impacts
* South African attitudes toward musical and creative potential and
their impacts
* 3.3. Role models
* Identification with role models and sense of potential
* Role models as conveyors of norms and permission
* 3.4. Assessment and feedback
* Positive feedback
* Constructive critical assessment
* Destructive feedback
* Anticipating feedback
* Self-judgment
* 3.5. Values and attitudes
* Mistakes and Perfectionism
* Originality versus recycling
* 3.6. Summary of psychological enablers and inhibitors
* Chapter Four:
* Accessing the Opportunity, Permission, and Authority to be Creative
* 4.1. Opportunities and barriers in creative development: social
inequalities
* Prejudice and internalized perceptions of limited potential
* Economic inequalities in music learning
* 4.2. Opportunities and barriers in creative work: economic pressures
* Private gigs, corporate sponsorship, and neoliberal policies in Cape
Town
* Working for the music, television, and film industries in Los Angeles
* State support for the arts in Helsinki
* Policies, markets, motivation, and education
* 4.3. Authority, permissions, and prohibitions: who's allowed to
create what music?
* Codifying rules for newcomers and restricting outsiders
* Stylstic boundaries and the politics of race, class, and cultural
imperialism
* Internalizing musical attitudes and practices as moral values
* 4.4. Summary of societal enablers and inhibitors of creativity
* Chapter Five:
* Overcoming Inhibitors of Creativity
* 5.1. Mechanisms for overcoming inhibitors of creativity
* The safe transgression of comfort zones
* 5.2. Formal methods for enhancing creative agency: courses and
programs
* Safety and emotional support
* Facilitating composition and improvisation within an idiom
* Free improvisation, experimentalism, and the breaking of convention
* Multiple modes of expression: singing, multi-instrumentalism, dance,
and theatre
* Exposure, facilitator expectations, and validation
* 5.3. Informal strategies for overcoming creative hurdles: individual
journeys
* Tuomas
* Jackie
* Kyle
* Anja
* Juniper
* 5.5. Conclusions on increasing creative agency
* Musicians Interviewed
* References