Advocating creativity¹

Creativity, health and arts advocacy

“…However, we, along with Madden and Bloom (2001), suggest that the balance is currently tipped in favour of convergence. Some rebalancing toward difference is in order.…”

“…Initially, creativity should be defined as invention rather than innovation, as a crucial aspect of creativity is the eschewing of rules and preconceptions, including ex ante expectations over what might be considered useful. A more detailed discussion is in Madden and Bloom (2001). 4.…”

“…A full analytical framework recognises that art processes involve health costs as well as benefits. The most obvious cost is that artistic creativity is correlated with mental ill health, as discussed in detail in Madden and Bloom (2001). The evidence for negative impact of artistic creativity on mental health is at least as convincing as the evidence for its positive impact.…”

“…The literature can be used to construct an argument "trajectory" similar to the one developed for inventive creativity in Madden and Bloom (2001). Figure 2 contains such a trajectory.…”

Entre confrontation et coopération

“…de représentation (Bumgarner Gee, 2002 ;Costa et coll., 2001 ;Hall, 2005). Cette littérature, rédigée par des auteurs qui n'hésitent pas à se présenter eux-mêmes comme des « arts advocates », discute largement des avantages intrinsèques de la pratique artistique ( Jensen, 2003), de ses retombées économiques (Madden et Bloom, 2001, 2004 ou de ses bienfaits sociaux (Hawkins, 2012). Ainsi, très peu d'études s'intéressent aux moyens mis en place par les groupes d'intérêt du secteur culturel pour exercer une influence sur l'élaboration des politiques publiques qui les concernent.…”