CRI 600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Netflix Prize, Child Prodigy

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Creative Industries
• Course: CRI 600
• Professor: Miranda Campbell

Document Summary

Lectures: defining the creative process (myths, key terms, methods of creativity/learning from artists, just kids, economic theories, economic theories: creative justice, stage and componential theories, systems theory and flow theory. 9(cid:524) banks, (cid:498))ntroduction to cultural work and justice(cid:499) (cid:883)(cid:882)(cid:524) amabile, (cid:498)creativity in context(cid:499) (cid:883)(cid:883)(cid:524) turnbull/wheeler, (cid:498)the advertising creative process(cid:499: csikszentmiha lyi, (cid:498) flow: psychology, creativity and optimal. Experience(cid:499) (cid:883)(cid:887)(cid:524) timberg, (cid:498)when culture works(cid:499) (cid:883)(cid:888)(cid:524) johnson, (cid:498)where good )deas come from(cid:499: kozbelt, pp. Defining the creative process: from myth to reality. Research says n o , if anything they enhance creative action. The greek muses: passive model (waiting), makes creativity external to the self, idealized notions of femininity (women not considered to be artists) Creativity is external and will come to you, moment of insight, (cid:838)a-ha moment(cid:839) ex: thomas newton. Creativity is not a stand alone moment, but the eureka myth suggests that it is 2. The belief that creative ability is a trait inherent in one"s personality or genes.