Contents: Introduction. Jamming in Jazz and Improv Theater. Interaction and Emergence: An Interactional Semiotics. Group Creativity and the Arts. Group Creativity as Mediated Action. Degrees of Improvisation in Group Creativity. Collective Ideation: Creativity, Teamwork, and Collaboration.
"...the book is interesting and well written, and provides an
excellent introduction to the subject."
—CHOICE"...Sawyer managed to write an interesting and inspiring
book that tries to capture the elusive phenomenon of interdependent
performance in improvisation....the book offers interesting new
perspectives and a theoretical elaboration that can contribute to a
better foundation of analyses of improvisation in organizational
settings. ....for scholars interested in improvisation in teams or
organizations it is certainly worthwhile to study."
—EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WORK AND ORGANIATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY"Creativity
across disciplines is a timely subject, and Sawyer combines a
sophisticated analysis with a very lively, accessible--yet highly
articulate--presentation. It fills a void in the existing
literature. This book will have widespread appeal since it touches
on virtually all disciplines."
—Ed Sarath
Chair, Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation,
University of Michigan"Sawyer has rapidly established himself as
the primary expert on improvisational creativity and this book will
be viewed as an important contribution to this previously neglected
but theoretically and practically significant field. Group
Creativity will be a valuable, influential, and widely-cited
book."
—David Harrington
University of California at Santa Cruz"This book on improvisational
creativity is a timely, interdisciplinary treatment of a neglected
topic in the human sciences. Sawyer's theatre examples are
delightful, his theoretical integration is learned and effective,
his contribution to the creativity literature is substantial."
—Vera John Steiner
Presidential Professor of Education and Linguistics, University of
New Mexico; a
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