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Complex Regenerative Creativity

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A Critique of Creativity and Complexity

Part of the book series: Advances in Creativity and Giftedness ((ACAG,volume 25))

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Positioned at the vital intersection of chaos, systems thinking, fractals, creativity, and regeneration, this research theorises complex, regenerative creativity. Tracking the thinking of twenty creativity and chaos scholars, it traces parallels between the dynamics of the creative process and the conditions for chaotic emergence. Creative emergence and earth regeneration are both autopoietic.

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    Bharath Sriraman

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    Kathleen M. Pierce

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Hauk, M. (2014). Complex Regenerative Creativity. In: Ambrose, D., Sriraman, B., Pierce, K.M. (eds) A Critique of Creativity and Complexity. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness, vol 25. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-773-5_7

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