{"product_id":"the-new-spirit-of-creativity-work-compromise-and-the-art-and-design-university-hardback-9781487502805","title":"The New Spirit of Creativity; Work, Compromise, and the Art and Design University (Hardback) 9781487502805","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe New Spirit of Creativity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWork, Compromise, and the Art and Design University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSaara Liinamaa (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487502805\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 July 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 11 b\u0026amp;w figures, 1 b\u0026amp;w table\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Spirit of Creativity\u003c\/em\u003e examines creativity as an embedded institutional value and priority within public art institutions and higher education. The book unpacks the everyday work, organization, and administration of artistic creativity and its clashes with a \"new spirit\" of creativity that has widely taken hold.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on fieldwork conducted at three art and design universities in Canada, Saara Liinamaa tackles the fraught landscape of contemporary higher education, the uncertainties of cultural work, and ongoing concerns around austerity in Canada. This book traces how creativity is not simply practiced within the art school, but also inequitably recognized and rewarded. Liinamaa identifies the many compromises required between artistic creativity and the new spirit, while demonstrating how not all compromises are created equally; compromise can support \u003ci\u003eor\u003c\/i\u003e erode creative diversity. Drawing on a range of original sources – including interviews, participant observation, policy and planning, and media – this work makes a compelling case as to why art and design schools are worthy of sustained attention. By connecting shared interests across sociology, education, cultural studies, art history, and cultural theory, \u003ci\u003eThe New Spirit of Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e makes a novel and agenda-setting contribution to our understanding of artistic creativity, compromise, and cultural work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The New Spirit of Creativity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection I: Creativity, Critique, and the Art School\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Our New Spirit and the Dilemmas of Artistic Critique\u003cbr\u003ePositioning the New Spirit of Creativity\u003cbr\u003eFond Memories of Rebellion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. What Could Be More Creative Than an Art School?: Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s Art and Design Universities\u003cbr\u003eArt and Design Higher Education in Canada\u003cbr\u003eThe Art School, the Art College, the Art University\u003cbr\u003eNew Challenges, Familiar Stories\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection II: Everyday Work at Imagination University\u003cbr\u003eMeet the Faculty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Welcome to the Department of Non-Applied Creativity: Strategic Planning and Talk of Research\u003cbr\u003eThe Dilemmas of Research at the Art and Design University\u003cbr\u003eTalk of Research\u003cbr\u003eThe Rise of Niche Bureaucracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Creative Excellence, Ambiguity, and Audit Culture\u003cbr\u003eDesignating and Measuring Creative Value\u003cbr\u003eJudging Others and the Boundaries of Creative Practices\u003cbr\u003eThe Openness and Uncertainty of Interpretation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Performing at the \"Shit Show\": The Conscripted Performers of Institutional Identity\u003cbr\u003eThe Cultural and Economic Performativity of Work\u003cbr\u003eCreative Identities at Work\u003cbr\u003eThe Institution and the Abject\u003cbr\u003eThe Cost of Remedy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Navigating the Permanent-temporary Divide: Insecurity, Flexibility, and Nostalgia\u003cbr\u003eAcademic Work and Labour in Transition\u003cbr\u003eRedeeming Insecurity: Distancing Strategies and Associations\u003cbr\u003eExiting the Institution\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Rocks and Bubbles: Metaphors of Institutional Duress\u003cbr\u003eDescribing Institutional Landscapes in Times of Uncertainty\u003cbr\u003eBetween a Rock and a Hard Place\u003cbr\u003eThe Fragility of Creative Past and Future\u003cbr\u003eSame Difference\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eThe Terms of Compromise\u003cbr\u003eMethodological Appendix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595457851672,"sku":"9781487502805","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-new-spirit-of-creativity-work-compromise-and-the-art-and-design-university-hardback-9781487502805","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}