Geographies of creativity: Inherited concepts, revised vistas

• Main Authors: de Dios, Anjeline, Kong, Lily
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Human Geography
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4181; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5440/viewcontent/9781785361630.00007_pvoa.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Given growing criticism in recent years against what might variously be referred to as the ideology of creativity, the hegemony of creativity, and enforced creativity, it might seem unwise to produce a book, let alone a handbook, about creativity. As far as conceptual fads go, the creative turn has itself taken such a diverse trajectory of ‘turns’, oftentimes in divergent ways that do not interact, that the term may justly be discredited in some quarters. Nevertheless, strategies and policies anchored on the notion of creativity remain enthusiastically adopted and adapted in many policy circles, perhaps particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, and scholars and research students continue to study creativity and its multiple manifestations.