Creativity - A NewVocabulary proposesa novel approach to the way in which we talk and think about creativity. Itcovers a variety of topics not commonly associated with creativity that offerus valuable insights and open up new and exciting possibilities for creativeaction. This collection of essays challenges the 'traditional' vocabulary ofcreativity and its preference for individuals, brains, cognition, personality,divergent thinking, insight, and problem solving. Instead, the book proposes amore dynamic and relational perspective that considers creativity as anembodied, social, material, and cultural process. This book will be useful fora wide range of specialists within the humanities and social sciences, as wellas practitioners from applied fields who are looking for novel ways of thinkingabout and doing creative work.

The Importance of Being a Vocabulary; Jaan Valsiner
1. Why Do We Need a New Vocabulary for Creativity?; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu, Lene Tanggaard and Charlotte Wegener
2. Affordance; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu
3. Business as Usual; Kristian Dahl and Lene Tanggaard
4. Craft; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu
5. Difference; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu
6. Fear; Luca Tateo
7. Language; Carolin Demuth and Vlad Petre Gl?veanu
8. Lostness; Charlotte Wegener
9. Memory; Brady Wagoner and Vlad Petre Gl?veanu
10. Mess; Lene Tanggard and Tue Juelsbo
11. Mirroring; Charlotte Wegener
12.Pathways; Lene Tanggard
13. Perspective; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu
14. Power; Claus Elmholdt and Marten Fogsgaard
15. Reflexivity; Constance de Saint-Laurent and Vlad Petre Gl?veanu
16. Rhythm; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu
17. Rules; Tues Juelsbo
18. Space; Nikita A. Kharlamov
19. Stumbling; Lene Tanggaard
20 Things; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu
21 Translation; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu
22. Upcycling; Charlotte Wegener

Creativity — A New Vocabulary proposes a novel approach to the way in which we talk and think about creativity. It covers a variety of topics not commonly associated with creativity that offer us valuable insights and open up new and exciting possibilities for creative action. This collection of essays challenges the 'traditional' vocabulary of creativity and its preference for individuals, brains, cognition, personality, divergent thinking, insight, and problem solving. Instead, the book proposes a more dynamic and relational perspective that considers creativity as an embodied, social, material, and cultural process. This book will be useful for a wide range of specialists within the humanities and social sciences, as well as practitioners from applied fields who are looking for novel ways of thinking about and doing creative work.