This review integrates diverse characterizations of creativity from a sociological perspective
with the goal of reinvigorating discussion of the sociology of creativity. We start by exploring …

Synthesis centers are a form of scientific organization that catalyzes and supports research
that integrates diverse theories, methods and data across spatial or temporal scales to …

Abstract The Creative Innovation Network studies how creative or innovative ideas circulate
through the network. The Creative Collaboration Process studies how engaged people in …

In recent decades the importance of emotion for social mobilization has been recognized.
Likewise, there has been a recent upsurge of descriptive and theoretical work done on …

Most artists who venture into an artistic career discontinue after their debut work. This article
contributes to the understanding of early artistic career discontinuation and continuation by …

As the prominence and expressed need for creativity grows across multiple facets of society,
so too do interests in understanding and enabling individuals' own creative potential. These …

This note overviews a class activity and an assignment for engaging poetic transcription.
Poetic transcription is an arts-based research method commonly employed in the analysis …

Presently, any development initiatives without considering sustainability can barely be
imagined. There has been a paradigm shift in the focus of the development partners from the …

This article presents a theoretical argument for examining the previously unexamined
interface between the strong program in cultural sociology ethnomethodology/conversation …

This article examines how art students negotiate tensions that arise during aesthetic
socialization. Drawing on ethnographic data and thirty in-depth interviews with art students …