Creativity, Affordances and Chinese Traditional Culture
In this chapter I examine traditional roots of Chinese creativity. I use the concepts of creatio in situ and affordances to show that Chinese creativity is both contextual and relational. I examine the connections between Confucian and Daoist approaches to creativity, nature and the market. I provid...
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| description | In this chapter I examine traditional roots of Chinese creativity. I use the concepts of creatio in situ and affordances to show that Chinese creativity is both contextual and relational. I examine the connections between Confucian and Daoist approaches to creativity, nature and the market. I provide a personal view of the trials and tribulations of creativity in China over the past two decades. Finally I show how the concept of affordances provides a new way of understanding Chinese creativity. Persons, things and discourse take on many appearances as time goes by. The manifestation of shanzhai culture in this sense demonstrates such an affordance. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-688272018-06-29T12:27:26Z Creativity, Affordances and Chinese Traditional Culture Keane, Michael In this chapter I examine traditional roots of Chinese creativity. I use the concepts of creatio in situ and affordances to show that Chinese creativity is both contextual and relational. I examine the connections between Confucian and Daoist approaches to creativity, nature and the market. I provide a personal view of the trials and tribulations of creativity in China over the past two decades. Finally I show how the concept of affordances provides a new way of understanding Chinese creativity. Persons, things and discourse take on many appearances as time goes by. The manifestation of shanzhai culture in this sense demonstrates such an affordance. 2018 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68827 University of Amsterdam Press restricted |
| spellingShingle | Keane, Michael Creativity, Affordances and Chinese Traditional Culture |
| title | Creativity, Affordances and Chinese Traditional Culture |
| title_full | Creativity, Affordances and Chinese Traditional Culture |
| title_fullStr | Creativity, Affordances and Chinese Traditional Culture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Creativity, Affordances and Chinese Traditional Culture |
| title_short | Creativity, Affordances and Chinese Traditional Culture |
| title_sort | creativity, affordances and chinese traditional culture |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68827 |