The Importance of Place in Creative Activity - a Proposal for an Integral Approach

Abstract

The subject of the discussion in this paper is place in the sense of physical space and its role in creative activity. In the text, we emphasize that a physical place is implicitly defined as creative by the people who conduct or have conducted their creative activity there. We emphasize that it promotes a creative lifestyle and poses a challenge for education. We are looking for distinguishing features of creative places and spaces. In the paper, we also present a proposal to analyse creative places using Wilber’s (2007) integral theory and theory of affordance. Starting from the concepts of Florida (2010), Amabile (2019), Oldenburg (1989), and Palasma (2013), we list the conditions that a place should meet to promote creative activity. In the conclusions, we point to the role of creative affordances in education.

Collaborative Musical Creativity between Students and Adults: The Sonorous Paella

“…The positive classroom climate that was created, based on active listening and dialogue, was therefore key in terms of generating an environment conducive to collaborative musical creativity (Beghetto & Kaufman, 2014;Kelly, 2020;Vecchi, 2010). Moreover, the positive perceptions of our participants regarding the classroom environment are aligned with Nouri and Farsi (2018), who have recently discussed the key role that physical spaces can play as facilitators of creativity, adaptability, flexibility, and sensory sensitivity (Przyborowska & Błajet, 2020).…”