How are our ability and motivation to be creative shaped by the
world around us? Why does creativity seem to flourish in some
environments, while others seem to stifle it? Many societies value
creativity as an abstract concept and many, perhaps even most,
individuals feel an internal drive to be creative; however,
tremendous social pressures restrict individuals' development of
creative skill sets, engagement in creative activities, and
willingness to take creative risks. Becoming Creative explores how
social and cultural factors enable or inhibit creativity in music.
Author Juniper Hill integrates perspectives from ethnomusicology,
education, sociology, psychology, and performance studies, while
prioritizing the voices of practicing musicians and music
educators. Insights are drawn from ethnographic research and
in-depth interviews with classical, jazz, and traditional musicians
in South Africa, Finland, and the US. By comparing and analysing
these musicians' personal experiences, Becoming Creative deepens
our understanding of the development and practice of musical
creativity, the external factors that influence it, and strategies
for enhancing it. Hill reveals the common components of how musical
creativity is experienced across these cultures and explains why
creativity might not always be socially desirable. She identifies
ideal creativity-enabling criteria - specific skills sets,
psychological traits and states, and access to opportunities and
authority - and illustrates how these enablers of creativity are
fostered or thwarted by a variety of beliefs, attitudes, learning
methods, social relationships, institutions, and social
inequalities. In addition to theoretical contributions, many
sections have direct applications for practice, especially the
examination of formal and informal strategies for overcoming
inhibitors of creativity. Becoming Creative is for scholars,
artists, educators, and anyone wishing to better understand and
support creative development in today's world.
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