Anthropology, Liep argues, escape the processes in which it is enmeshed, of cultural
commoditization and the consequent aestheticization of everyday life. The difference …

Recurrent, most recently Romantic, ideologies conceptualize creativity as the solitary, ex
nihilo creation of products of self-evident and universal value—most emblematically in the …

Creativity and play erupt in the most solemn of everyday worlds as individuals reshape
traditional forms in the light of changing historical circumstances. In this lively volume …

There is no prepared script for social and cultural life. People work it out as they go along.
Creativity and Cultural Improvisation casts fresh, anthropological eyes on the cultural sites of …

The place of objects in anthropological investigation has, all too often, been secondary to
the cultural and social. Objects are fitted into cultural contexts, while 'things' often are …

The theme of this volume, that the creative persona has the power of transformation and
transcendence and can change a culture, is both obvious and subtle. We know that there …

The term 'artification'springs from a simple idea: art is not a given and cannot be defined
once and for all as the consecrated body of works of established institutions and disciplines …

Current psychological scholarship is based on a dichotomy between habit, associated with
automatic reflex behavior, and creativity, which involves deliberation, purpose and heuristic …

Culture is created from time to time, but it is performed all the time. Once it is created,
constant performance keeps the culture alive. Doing culture is a performance whether it is …

Cultural diversity has become a much-discussed topic. I would like to emphasize that
cultural diversity is cultural, that it is a consequence of actions and assumptions which are …