ABSTRACT
All creativity occurs in a particular time and place. In Chapter 3, we discussed Vygotsky’s theories proposing a dialectic relationship between internal and external processes of creativity: Creativity was required to build individual understandings and insights regarding the surrounding culture, and creativity allowed innovation and change in the culture itself. Th is embedding of creativity in culture, rather than simply in the cognitive or emotional processes of individuals, is the basis of systems, or confl uence, theories, the most infl uential theories studied today.
