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FRS 100: Liberal Art

A Sampling of Articles

Below are some articles in our library. Tell me about others (in this library or elsewhere), and I'll add them.

Full Text Articles
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A Hypothesis of the Evolution of Art from Play Ellen Dissanayake Leonardo Vol. 7 No. 3 (Summer, 1974) pp. 211-217 Read this
Ends, Means, and Galumphing: Some Leitmotifs of Play Stephen Miller American Anthropologist Vol. 75, No. 1 (Feb., 1973), pp. 87-98Read this
Liberative Space Henry Sheppard PlummerJournal of Architectural Education Vol. 40 No. 3 (Spring, 1987) pp. 12-23Read this
Improvisation in Action Mary M. Crossan Organization Science Vol. 9, No. 5 Special Issue: Jazz Improvisation and Organizing (Sep., 1998), pp. 593-599 Read this
Visual Art. Homospatial Thinking in the Creative ProcessAlbert Rothenberg Leonardo Vol. 13 No. 1 (Winter, 1980) pp. 17-27 Read this

Citations: See if WWC has these articles
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Author
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"It Is Different Each Time I Play": Variability in Highly Prepared Musical PerformanceRoger Chaffin, Anthony F. Lemieux, Colleen Chen Music Perception 24, no. 5 (Jun 2007): 455-472.
Grace and Imagination: From Fear to Freedom William RichJournal of Religion & Health Vol. 40 No. 1 (Spr 2001): 213-230
Melted Honey: Sax and Sex Simone J. Dennis Popular Culture Review 2004; 15 (2): 47-61
Human Creativity: Its Cognitive Basis, Its Evolution, and Its Connections with Childhood Pretence Peter CarruthersBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science Vol. 53 No. 2 (Jun 2002): 225-249
Bateson and the Arts Stephen Nachmanovitch Kybernetes 36, no. 7-8 (2007): 1122-1133
Play, Creativity, Invention, and Exploration VariousProteus Vol. 18 No. 1 (Spr 2001)
(Re)Voicing Tradition: Improvising Aesthetics and Identity on Local Jazz ScenesPeter Hollerbach Popular Music 2004 May; 23 (2): 155-71
By Chance or By Design?: Views of Choreographer S. SgorbatiJanice SteinbergDance Magazine v. 80 no. 6 (June 2006) p. 26
Improvisers and Revisers: An Experiment in SpontaneityKen GordonPoets & Writers v. 34 no. 3 (May/June 2006) p. 33-7

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