A Dialogical Approach to Creativity

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This book takes an epistemological and theoretical stance in investigating the phenomenon of creativity and its processes. Creativity is analyzed through the lens of cultural psychology, in which psychological processes emerge over the course of life, and can only be understood in relation to the subject’s history and life experiences. Dialogism is presented as central for the constitutive dynamics of the developing subject and the emergence of creative actions through the expression of human agency. The authors highlight Bakhtinian dialogism and its developments in the scientific field of psychology and related areas to shed new light on creativity and its processes. The authors argue this will enable a better understanding of creativity in its development and emergence, and its impact on individuals and society.  Preface Contents Notes on Contributors 1: Introduction References 2: Creativity and Dialogism What Creativity Are We Talking About? Creating Is a Psychological, Social and Material Phenomenon Creating Is a Collective Act That Only Occurs in Alterity Creating Is a Culturally Mediated Act Creating Is a Situated, Contextualized and Perspective Phenomenon Creating Is a Dialogical Process Regarding the Bakhtinian Dialogism Final Considerations References 3: Dialogical Intersubjectivity in Creative Processes: A Theoretical Reflection Introduction: Creativity Is Intersubjective Otherness and Intersubjectivity: A Starting Point Bakhtinian Foundations for the Epistemology of Intersubjectivity Bakhtin in Dialogue: Contributions of Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology to the Dialogical Foundations of Intersubjectivity Trust, Corporeality and Signification: Intersubjectivity in the Psychic Dynamics of Creativity Corporeality and Perspective: Sensitivity as the Basis of Perspectivation of the World The Dynamics of Meaning in the Self-Other-World Relationship Affectivity and Trust in Creative Intersubjectivity For the Sake of an Illustration: The Confinement Diaries of the Ingra Case References 4: Creativity as Resistance for Survival: The Anticolonial Indigenous Rap Group “Oz Guarani” Intro Circumstances and Objective Theoretical Background Jaraguá Indigenous Land Context (Indigenous) Rap Birth of the Oz Guarani Group Discussion Final Considerations References 5: The Birth of Metaphors in the Northeastern Repente Music: A Proposal for Dialogical Analysis in the Study of Creative Processes The Repente Music as an Object of Study of Creative Processes in Psychology Viola Singing as a Poetic Dialogue A Discussion on Metaphor for the Study of the Emergence of the Novelty The Construction of the Empirical Data in the Life Context of the Repentista The Four-Axis Analysis Proposal Excerpt from the Pre-Singing Interview Excerpt from the Commented Exhibition Interview—Post-singing Final Considerations References 6: Creativity, Self-Development and Human Values: A Dialogical Perspective on Promoting a Democratic World Culture and Creativity Culture, Dialogical Self System and Ontogenesis of Values: The Role of Hypergeneralized Affective-Semiotic Fields The Dialogical Self System and its Development Hypergeneralized Affective-Semiotic Fields: Values and Prejudices Creativity, Affect and Motivation Autonomy, Cooperation and Agency: The Power of a Dialogical Paradigm Creativity, Values, and the Dialogical Self: Pathways for the Co-Construction of Democracies Conclusions References 7: The Soul of the Creative Process: A Commentary by a Cannibal Conclusion: Creativity Requires Disorganization in Order to Arrive at New Organization References 8: Deepening the Dimensions of Dialogism: Conceptual Linkages I II III IV V References Index