The embodied dimension of creativity in academic knowledge work
by Sara Winterstorm; Anna Essén
International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion (IJWOE), Vol. 4, No. 3/4, 2011

Abstract: This paper explores the embodied dimension of creativity in academic knowledge work. Drawing on Merleau-Ponty (1962) among others, we provide rich illustrations of how creative performances in terms of the development of new 'theoretical' ideas involve our pre-reflective, sensory and bodily emotionality. The paper contributes to the field of creativity, which has heretofore paid little attention to the body and to the emotion literature by providing a conceptualisation of bodily emotion. Third, we challenge and provide an alternative to the traditional dichotomy between 'physical' and 'intellectual' work, which permeates the organisational literature in general.

Online publication date: Fri, 23-Mar-2012

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