The geography of creativity /

The geography of creativity /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Törnqvist, Gunnar, 1933-
Uniform title:	Kreativitetens geografi. English
Imprint:	Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2011.
Description:	xi, 215 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Creative ability. Creative ability -- Philosophy. Creative ability. Creative ability -- Philosophy.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8626373

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Other authors / contributors:	Schubert, Ken.
ISBN:	9781781001509 (hbk.) 1781001502 (hbk.) 9781781001516 (ebook) 1781001510 (ebook)
Notes:	Translation of: Kreativitetens geografi. Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-207) and index. Translated from the Swedish.
Summary:	"What is creativity and who exactly is creative? In this insightful and highly readable book, the author attempts to answer these questions by arguing that geographical millieux are hotbeds for creativity and renewal - places where pioneers in art, technology and science have gathered and developed their special abilities. In light of ongoing social and economic transformations, special attention is paid to the institutional settings in firms and universities. The goal is to identify those features which facilitate and those which impede the creative process. Individual lives are illustrated through the autobiographies of hundreds of Nobel Laureates. Their life paths reveal the importance of geographic mobility and contact patterns for the development of creativity and international prestige. From these biographies we can also see how local millieux and schools have influenced many scientists"--Back cover.

Table of Contents:

1. Prologue
1.1. Creativity
1.2. Points of departure
2. Process
2.1. Bisociation
2.2. Lateral and vertical thinking
2.3 .Phases of a process
3. Person
3.1. The creative child
3.2. The creative class
3.3. The original creator
3.4. The entrepreneur
4. Place
4.1. The concept of place
4.2. Ancient and Renaissance cities
4.3. The rise of modern cities
4.4. Localized features in common
5. Metropolis
5.1. Communication and cultural diversity
5.2. Creative capital
5.3. Breeding grounds of renewal
6. The institutional milieu
6.1. Form and size
6.2. Can creativity and productivity be reconciled?
7. The scientific revolution
7.1. The great breakthrough
7.2. The third mission
7.3. Clusters and innovation systems
7.4. Forms of communication
8. Universities in focus
8.1. Measuring excellence
8.2. Ranking
9. Research milieux par pr\2965\2965ence
9.1. Focal points of renewal
9.2. Network milieux
9.3. Characteristics of importance
10. Nobel laureates
10.1. Nobel Prize Centennial
10.2. Why Nobel laureates?
10.3. Creativity on the move
11. Scientific careers in time and space
11.1. Time-geography
11.2. Life paths in the twentieth century
11.3. Stations on a life path
12. Epilogue
12.1. What is creativity and who is creative?
12.2. Where does creativity appear?
12.3. Why big cities?
12.4. Can creativity and productivity be reconciled?
12.5. What is so different about successful scientific milieux?
12.6. What can we learn from the biographies of Nobel laureates?
12.7. Can the settings of creativity be designed?
12.8. Dichotomies of creativity.