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The Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies, Volume 1

by George E. Lewis

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An interdisciplinary map of improvisation across the arts, sciences, and social life

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An interdisciplinary map of improvisation across the arts, sciences, and social life

Edited by George E. Lewis, this first volume situates improvisation far beyond a single musical technique. It gathers work from more than sixty scholars to examine improvisation as a feature of artistic practice, everyday conversation, and relationships with natural and built environments. The collection brings architecture, anthropology, dance, computer science, cognitive science, education, philosophy, sociology, sound art, music studies, and many other fields into dialogue. Its broad scope makes the volume a resource for considering how spontaneous creation, interaction, and adaptation are studied across disciplines.

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  • Students and researchers in music, performance, and improvisation studies
  • Readers interested in interdisciplinary approaches to creativity and human interaction
  • Scholars working across arts, social sciences, and technology studies

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ImprovisationInterdisciplinary scholarshipCreative practiceEveryday interactionArts and social inquiry

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Improvisation informs a vast array of human activity, from creative practices in art, dance, music, and literature to everyday conversation and the relationships to natural and built environments that surround and sustain us. The two volumes of the Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies gather scholarship on improvisation from an immense range of perspectives, with contributions from more than sixty scholars working in architecture, anthropology, art history, computer science, cognitive science, cultural studies, dance, economics, education, ethnomusicology, film, gender studies, history, linguistics, literary theory, musicology, neuroscience, new media, organizational science, performance studies, philosophy, popular music studies, psychology, science and technology studies, sociology, and sound art, among others.
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