Handbook of Culture and Creativity: Basic Processes and Applied Innovations (Frontiers in Culture and Psychology)

This edited volume presents 12 chapters to enrich the cultural perspective of creativity. Contributed by esteemed scholars in the field, this book is a joint effort to provide an in-depth and systematic inquiry into the cultural processes of creativity and innovation, as well as the creative processes of cultural transformation. On the one hand, creativity emerges from dialogical interaction with cultural imperatives, norms, and artifacts; on the other hand, culture is evolved and transformed through a generative process fueled by creativity. To illuminate nuanced insights on the complex culture–creativity nexus, this volume is organized in four broad sections. It starts with two chapters that provide a comprehensive account on the reciprocal nature of culture and creativity. Four chapters then provide an innovative take of contextualizing creativity from a multitude of perspectives, including situating the study of creativity across time, communities, professions, nations, and so on. This is followed by four chapters that identify the creative advantages of multicultural or diversifying experiences among individuals and teams. The volume concludes with two outstanding chapters that inform us about the policy implications and applications of studying the cultural perspective of creativity with case studies from Taiwan and Hong Kong. This cogent volume presents cutting-edge evidence and lays the groundwork for pursuing a new science for integrating the study of culture and creativity. Content: Contributor ListIntroduction Frontier Research on Culture and Creativity: An OverviewAngela K.-y. Leung, Letty Yan-Yee Kwan, and Shyhnan LiouPART ONE: Culture and Creativity: Reciprocal RelationshipsChapter 1: The Role of Culture in Creative CognitionAngela K.-y. Leung and Brandon KohChapter 2: The Creative Process of Cultural EvolutionLiane GaboraPART TWO: Creativity in Socio-Cultural ContextsChapter 3: Cultural-Historiometric Studies of CreativityDean Keith SimontonChapter 4: National and Historical Variations in Innovation Performance: A Country Level Analysis Chi-yue Chiu and Letty Yan-Yee KwanChapter 5: Cultural Diversity (Fractionalization) and Economic Complexity: Effects on Innovation Performance and Human DevelopmentLetty Yan-Yee Kwan and Chi-yue ChiuChapter 6: Cultural Differences in Creative Professional DomainsVlad Petre Glaveanu and Todd LubartPART THREE: Diversifying Experiences and CreativityChapter 7: Culture, Language, and CreativityBaoguo Shi and Jing LuoChapter 8: Diversity in Creative Teams: Reaching Across Cultures and DisciplinesSusannah B.F. Paletz, Ivica Pavisic, Ella Miron-Spektor, and Chun-Chi LinChapter 9: Intercultural Relationships and Creativity: Current Research and Future DirectionsFon Wiruchnipawan and Roy Y.J. ChuaChapter 10: An Integrated Dual-Pathway Model of Multicultural Experience and CreativityLay See Ong, Yi Wen Tan, and Chi-Ying ChengPART FOUR: Policy and Applied PerspectivesChapter 11: Innovation in Cultural and Creative IndustriesShyhnan Liou and Chia Han YangChapter 12: Time to be Innovative, Hong Kong: Time Orientation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurial ActivitiesMarta K. Dowejko, Kevin Au, and Yingzhao Xiao Handbook of Culture and Creativity lays the groundwork for pursuing a new science for integrating the study of culture and creativity. Esteemed scholars in the field provide readers with an in-depth and systematic inquiry into the cultural perspectives of creativity.