Böcker av Katherine Giuffre

Collective Creativity offers an analysis of the explosion of artistic creativity currently taking place on the South Pacific island of Rarotonga. With a close examination of tourism, galleries and, of course, the artists themselves Katherine Giuffre presents a detailed picture of a complex and multi-faceted community through the words of the art-world participants themselves. This book will appeal to South Pacific anthropologists as well as scholars concerned with ethnicity, creativity, globalization and network analysis.

Offers an analysis of the explosion of artistic creativity on the South Pacific island of Rarotonga. By exploring the construction of this art-world through the ways in which creativity and innovation are linked to social structures and social networks, this book investigates the social aspects of making fine art.