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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455873603321

Autore

Sawyer R. Keith (Robert Keith)

Titolo

Group creativity [[electronic resource] ] : music, theater, collaboration / / R. Keith Sawyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003

ISBN

1-135-62792-4

1-282-37474-5

9786612374746

1-4106-0909-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

302.3/4

Soggetti

Creative thinking - Social aspects

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) - Social aspects

Group problem solving

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-204) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Jamming in Jazz and Improv Theater; CHAPTER 3 Interaction and Emergence: An Interactional Semiotics; CHAPTER 4 Group Creativity and the Arts; CHAPTER 5 Group Creativity as Mediated Action; CHAPTER 6 Degrees of Improvisation in Group Creativity; CHAPTER 7 Collective Ideation: Creativity, Teamwork, and Collaboration; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Group Creativity explores the unique form of creativity that emerges from collaborating groups. Dr. Sawyer draws on his studies of jazz ensembles and improvisational theater groups to develop a model of creative group processes. He applies this model of group creativity to a wide range of collaborating groups, including group learning in classrooms and innovative teams in organizations.   In group creativity, a group comes together to collaboratively create in real time. The creative inspiration emerges from the interaction and communication among the members, and makes the resu