I am excited to announce the publication of a new book, edited by Danah Henriksen and yours truly. Titled Creative Provocations: Speculations on the future of creativity, technology & learning, it is part of the Springer series on Creativity Theory and Action in Education.

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This book explores the complex, yet critical, relationship between technology and creativity, specifically in educational cntexts. Creativity is importnat for success in today’s rapidly, radically contingent and hyperconnected world. This is even more relevant in the context of teaching and learning—where the psychological, sociological and cultural aspects of human learning confront the challenges of a rapidly changing, technologically saturated world.

Written by some of the foremost thinkers and researchers in the area of creativity and/or technology, the chapters in this volume examine the impact of recent and future technologies on creativity, teaching and learning. Individually and collectively, they help us develp an understanding of this nexus of creativity and technology for education. They offer new perspectives on this rapidly evolving future—exploring issues, paradoxes, tensions, and points of interest for creativity and technology. They position these issues in ways that consider implications for thinking, learning, teaching and education in general.

This book would not have been possible without the help from the Ronald A. Beghetto, Bharath Sriraman (series editors) and the entire team at Springer. Thanks to all the authors for their contributions, and of course a special thanks to the lead editor, friend and colleague, Danah Henriksen.

We dedicate the book as follows:

To current and past members of the Deep Play Research Group. Thank you for being part of this decade-long journey through creativity, technology and learning. Here’s to 10 more years and beyond.

Complete citation and table of contents (with links to the chapters on the publisher’s website) given below:

Citation

Henriksen, D., & Mishra, P. (Eds.). (2022). Creative Provocations: Speculations on the future of creativity, technology & learning. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14549-0

Table of contents

• Preface: Danah Henriksen & Punya Mishra (link to PDF)
• Blueprints for a Creativity Curriculum: Anthony Brandt
• The Intersection of Human and Artificial Creativity: David H. Cropley, Kelsey E. Medeiros, Adam Damadzic
• Conceiving Creativity and Learning in a World of Artificial Intelligence: A Thinking Model: Edwin Creely
• East Asian Creative Ecologies in Networked Educational Worlds: Dan X. Harris
• Room to Run: Using Technology to Move Creativity into the Classroom: Jonathan A. Plucker, Melanie S. Meyer, Sareh Karami, Mehdi Ghahremani
• Creativity, Embodiment and Ensembles Through Technological Interactions in Critical-Creative Higher Education: Tatiana Chemi
• The Future of the Fine Arts: Aaron Kozbelt
• Embodied Creativity and Technology: A Complex Relationship: Paula Thomson, S. Victoria Jaque
• What Else Can This Be?: Creativity as an Iterative Practice: Rabbi Adina Allen, Pat B. Allen
• Creative Pedagogies with Technology: Future Proofing Teaching Training in Music: Leon de Bruin, Bradley Merrick
• Why We Should Take a Second Look at the Politics of Creativity: The Dangers of a Celebratory Mode: Shakuntala Banaji
• Teaching (for) Experimental Creativity: David W. Galenson
• How Not to Kill Creativity?: Yong Zhao
• Engaging Uncertainty: Principles and Provocations for Promoting Creative Learning Futures: Ronald A. Beghetto
• Dialogical Provocations: A Creative Trialogue: Vlad Petre Gl?veanu, Giovanni Emanuele Corazza, Ingunn Johanne Ness