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Inventing Imaginary Worlds - From Childhood Play to Adult Creativity Across the Arts and Sciences (Paperback)
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Inventing Imaginary Worlds - From Childhood Play to Adult Creativity Across the Arts and Sciences (Paperback)
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How can parents, educators, business leaders and policy makers
nurture creativity, prepare for inventiveness and stimulate
innovation? One compelling answer, this book argues, lies in
fostering the invention of imaginary worlds, a.k.a. worldplay.
First emerging in middle childhood, this complex form of
make-believe draws lifelong energy from the fruitful combustions of
play, imagination and creativity. Unfortunately, trends in modern
life conspire to break down the synergies of creative play with
imaginary worlds. Unstructured playtime in childhood has all but
disappeared. Invent-it-yourself make-believe places have all but
succumbed in adolescence to ready-made computer games. Adults are
discouraged from playing as a waste of time with no relevance to
the workplace. Narrow notions of creativity exile the fictive
imagination to fantasy arts. And yet, as Michele Root-Bernstein
demonstrates by means of historical inquiry, quantitative study and
contemporary interview, spontaneous worldplay in childhood develops
creative potential, and strategic worldplay in adulthood inspires
innovations in the sciences and social sciences as well as the arts
and literature. Inventing imaginary worlds develops the skills
society needs for inventing the future. For more on Inventing
Imaginary Worlds, check out: www.inventingimaginaryworlds.com Check
out Michele's website: www.inventingimaginaryworlds.com
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