Handbook of research on creativity / edited by Kerry Thomas (University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts, Australia), Janet Chan (University of New South Wales, Australia).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction to the Chapters / Janet Chan and Kerry Thomas -- Part I. Research on Creativity : -- 1. Researching Creativity and Creativity Research / Janet Chan -- 2. Sources and Conditions of Scientific Creativity / Søren Harnow Klausen -- 3. Presences and Absences: A Critical Analysis of Recent Research About Creativity in Visual Arts Education / Enid Zimmerman -- Part II. Ways of Conceptualizing and Assessing Creativity : -- 4. What is a Creative Idea? Little-c versus Big-C Creativity / Dean Keith Simonton -- 5. Creativity as a System in Action / Philip McIntyre -- 6. Marxism and Creativity / Jim McGuigan -- 7. Creativity as Designer Capitalism: Deleuze Guattarian Interventions / Jan Jagodzinski -- 8. Playing to the Gallery: Myth, Method and Complexity in the Creative Process / Chris Bilton -- 9. Attributing Creativity in Science and Engineering: The Discourses of Discovery, Invention and Breakthrough / David Philip Miller -- 10. For a Critical Creativity: The Radical Imagination of Cornelius Castoriadis / Christian De Cock, Alf Rehn and David Berry -- 11. Creativity in Schools: Delusions, Realities and Challenges / John Steers -- 12. The Lived Experience of a Contemporary Creative Identification / Stephanie Taylor -- 13. Understanding Malevolent Creativity / David H. Cropley, James C. Kaufman and Arthur J. Cropley -- 14. Rating the Creativity of Products / David H. Cropley and James C. Kaufman -- 15. Issues in Conceptions of Creativity and Creativity Assessment in Music Education / Pamela Burnard and Anne Power -- 16. From 'National Creativity' to Social Recognition and Success in the Visual Arts: A Sociological Perspective on Rankings of the 'Top 100 Artists in the World' / Alain Quemin -- Part III. The Creative Process : -- 17. Creative Thinking: Processes, Strategies and Knowledge / Michael D. Mumford, Vincent Giorgini, Carter Gibson and Jensen Mecca -- 18. Time and the Composition: Creativity in Modern and Contemporary Works of Art / Terry Smith -- 19. Experimental Research in the Digital Media Arts / Tim Barker -- 20. The Chances of Chance - Challenging Creativity by Chance and Collaboration / Karlheinz Essl -- 21. The Role of Inhibition and Perception in Artistic Creativity: A Cognitive Explanation / Emery Schubert --

Part IV. Practices of Creativity : -- 22. The Ontology of Creative Performance and the Aesthetics of Design / Neil C.M. Brown -- 23. How to Start an Art Centre / Vivien Johnson -- 24. The 'Illusio' of the Creative Life: Case Studies of Emerging Artists / Kerry Thomas -- 25. Making a Living from Creativity: Careers, Employment and Work in the Creative Industries / Doris Ruth Eikhof -- 26. Authorship and Collaborative Creativity in New Media Art / Roanna Gonsalves and Janet Chan -- 27. Dochaku: Artistic Evolution at the Confluence of Cultures / Toshiko Oiyama -- 28. Re-creating Performance Art: The Rise of Re-enactment / Edward Scheer -- Part V. Conditions for Creativity : -- 29. Creative Encounters and Collaborative Agency in Science, Technology and Innovation / Reijo Miettinen -- 30. What's Stopping Us? Barriers to Creativity and Innovation in Schooling Across Europe / Shakuntala Banaji, Sue Cranmer and Carlo Perrotta -- 31. Copyright as an Incentive System for Creativity? The Case of Contemporary Visual Arts / Nobuko Kawashima -- Part VI. Leading-Managing Creativity : -- 32. European Cultural Policies and the 'Creative Industries' Turn / Pierre-Michel Menger -- 33. How to Get the Most Creativity and Innovation Out of Groups and Teams / Paul B. Paulus and Runa Korde -- 34. Creativity in R&D / Sven Hemlin, Lisa Olsson and Leif Denti -- 35. Leading Science: The Role of Research Leaders in Scientific Creativity / Janet Chan -- Index.

"In this timely work, creativity is not defined by an ideal, rather it encompasses a range of theories, functions, characteristics, processes, products and practices that are associated with the generation of novel and useful outcomes suited to particular social, cultural and political contexts. Chapters present original research by international scholars from a wide range of disciplines including history, sociology, psychology, philosophy, cultural studies, education, economics and interdisciplinary studies. Their research investigates creativity in diverse fields including art, creative industries, aesthetics, design, new media, music, arts education, science, engineering and technology."--Publisher's website.