title: Creativity as action: findings from five creative domains.
abstract: The present paper outlines an action theory of creativity and substantiates this approach by investigating creative expression in five different domains. We propose an action framework for the analysis of creative acts built on the assumption that creativity is a relational, inter-subjective phenomenon. This framework, drawing extensively from the work of Dewey (1934) on art as experience, is used to derive a coding frame for the analysis of interview material. The article reports findings from the analysis of 60 interviews with recognized French creators in five creative domains: art, design, science, scriptwriting, and music. Results point to complex models of action and inter-action specific for each domain and also to interesting patterns of similarity and differences between domains. These findings highlight the fact that creative action takes place not "inside" individual creators but "in between" actors and their environment. Implications for the field of educational psychology are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Aalborg University Aalborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Vlad
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Glaveanu
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lubart
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bonnardel
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Botella
authors.forename: Pierre-Marc
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: de Biaisi
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desainte-Catherine
authors.forename: Asta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Georgsdottir
authors.forename: Katell
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Guillou
authors.forename: Gyorgy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kurtag
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mouchiroud
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Storme
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wojtczuk
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zenasni
keywords: action; art; creativity; design; music; science; scriptwriting