Abstract
This introductory chapter elaborates on multiple perspectives on the relationship between creativity and spatiality. It starts by describing the role of context (local milieu) within the creative ecosystem. Next, important terms for the book such as social creativity and creative capacity are presented. Finally, the chapter maps the basic interdependencies between actors in the creative ecosystem and describes different dimensions of urban creativity. Particular attention is paid to the micro (local) dimensions of creativity with occasional “excursions” into the analysis of macro (top-down) influences on creativity in Tokyo.
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Knowledgescapes are contexts in which different knowledge cultures constitute distinctive knowledge-based forms of habitus in a specific part of city or region. This knowledgescapes heuristics analyzes and compares formal and informal interaction networks and milieus according to particular, distinctive developmental pathways within knowledge-based spatial dynamics (Matthiesen, 2006, 2007).
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Ursic, M., Imai, H. (2020). Introduction. In: Creativity in Tokyo. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6687-5_1
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