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Author:   Wendy Ross ,  Samantha Copeland
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.462kg
ISBN:  

9783030844806

ISBN 10:   3030844803
Pages:   327
Publication Date:   11 February 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: On Creativity and Serendipity.- Chapter 2: What’s ‘Inside’ the Prepared Mind? Not Things, But Relations.- Chapter 3: Metis and the Art of Serendipity.- Chapter 4: Heteroscalar Serendipity and the Importance of Accidents.- Chapter 5: Space for the Unexpected, Serendipity in Immersive Theatre.- Chapter 6: Fostering Creative Opportunities by Embracing the Accidental within Practices of Making.- Chapter 7: Briefing for a Systemic Dissolution of Serendipity.- Chapter 8: Accident and Serendipity in Music Composition, Improvisation and Performance Art.- Chapter 9: The Anableps Guide to Serendipity: Intentional serendipity as creative encounter – a decolonized, literary perspective.- Chapter 10: The Pleasure of Not Knowing and the Importance of Serendipity in Contemporary Art Practice.- Chapter 11: Problem solving, Incubation and Serendipity.- Chapter 12: Serendipity and Creativity in the Arts and Sciences: A Combinatorial Analysis.

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Wendy Ross is a Senior Lecturer at London Metropolitan University. Her main topic of research is the role of material serendipity in higher cognitive processes such as insight problem solving and creativity. Samantha Copeland is an Assistant Professor in Ethics and Philosophy of Technology, at Delft University of Technology, and founding Co-Chair of the Serendipity Society. She works on ethical issues in transformative contexts, such as resilience planning and engineering, the development and application of emerging medical technologies, and transdisciplinary research.   

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