Creativity

Offering the first accessible, but conceptually sophisticated account of the critical geographies of creativity, this title provides an entry point to the diverse ways in which creativity is conceptualized as a practice, promise, force, concept and rhetoric. Central concepts, cutting-edge research and methodological debates are made accessible with the use of inset boxes that present key ideas, case studies and research. The volume will prove essential reading for undergraduate and post-graduate students of creativity, cultural geography, the creative economy, cultural industries and heritage.

Harriet Hawkins is a Reader in Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK where she co-directs the Centre for GeoHumanities and the MA Cultural Geography (Research). Her research focuses on the geographies of art work and art worlds, and often proceeds through creative practice-based collaborations with artists and arts organisations.

1. Introduction: Towards Critical Geographies of Creativities 2. Body : Embodied Creativities and Creative Labours 3. Studios, Galleries and beyond 4. Home: Negotiating Creativities 5. Clusters, Colonies and other Geographies 6. Community: Making Places, Creating Communities 7. City: Four Creative Stories 8. Margins 9. Nation: Negotiating Global Creativities 10. Landscape and Environment 11. Conclusion Bibliography