Search for dissertations about: "theories of creativity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words theories of creativity.

2. 1. The multifaceted role of imagination in science and religion : A critical examination of its epistemic, creative and meaning-making functions

   Author : Ingrid Malm Lindberg; Mikael Stenmark; Ulf Zackariasson; Yiftach Fehige; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Imagination; science and religion; creativity; models; metaphors; analogies; thought experiments; aspect perception; rituals; doxasticism; non-doxasticism; fictionalism; interactivism; Philosophy of Religion; Religionsfilosofi;

   Abstract : The main purpose of this dissertation is to examine critically and discuss the role of imagination in science and religion, with particular emphasis on its possible epistemic, creative, and meaning-making functions. In order to answer my research questions, I apply theories and concepts from contemporary philosophy of mind on scientific and religious practices. READ MORE

4. 2. Understanding advertising creativity : how perceptions of creativity influence advertising effectiveness

   Author : Erik Modig; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Today advertisers face the challenge of securing advertising effectiveness by producing advertisement that gets the consumers’ attention and shape their attitudes and behavior. One suggested way to reach these objectives is creativity. READ MORE

5. 3. Haikai Poetics : Buson, Kitō and the Interpretation of Renku Poetry

   Author : Herbert Jonsson; Gunilla Lindberg-Wada; Martin Svensson Ekström; Cheryl Crowley; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Yosa Buson; Matsuo Bashō; Takai Kitō; haiku; haikai; sabi; tsukeai; renku; poetics; aesthetics; verse-linking; theories of creativity; eighteenth-century Japan; cognitive poetics; Japanology; Japanologi;

   Abstract : The dissertation is a study of the poetics of haikai in eighteenth-century Japan. It is more specifically concerned with the works of Yosa Buson and some of his followers. Rather than being a study of certain poems, it is an investigation of theories of aesthetics and composition, and of criticism. READ MORE

6. 4. Cultivating the Sacred : Ritual Creativity and Practice among Women in Contemporary Europe

   Author : Åsa Trulsson; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; dance; sacred places; authority; pilgrimage; power; intersubjectivity; somatic modes of attention; the body; embodiment; habitus; goddess spirituality; new age; paganism; practice; ritual criticism; multi-sited fieldwork; ritual; anthropology of religion; performance; music; healing; gender; sacralisation; everyday spirituality;

   Abstract : Ritual creativity may seem like a contradiction in terms, yet the religious landscape in contemporary Euro-America is permeate with experimentation of ritual forms, different modalities of action, imagination and play as routes to authenticity. The present study examines different settings in Europe involved in such ritual creativity, which would commonly be classified as postmodern spirituality, new age or Paganism. READ MORE

7. 5. The fountainhead of innovation health : a conceptualization & investigation

   Author : Charlotte Glassér; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis, addresses the convergence between several strings of current research in the quest for a better understanding of the co-dependency and co-evolution of the human being and her ability to innovate, organize and provide products and services through competitive firms. The introduction and development of the concepts “Innovation Health” and “Systems of Innovation Health” aims at capturing emerging interdisciplinary understanding of early childhood developmental health and human life-spanning developmental conditions, to the extent that they are relevant for economic change, knowledge- and innovation related theory and research. READ MORE