Apologies for sending last note out to whole listserve! :)
Paula Porubcan, RPA
Field Station Co-coordinator
District 1 Archaeologist
Illinois State Archaeological Survey
Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois
Northern Illinois Field Station
6810 Forest Hills Road
Loves Park, IL 61111
815-282-0762 (office)
262-215-3712 (cell)
On 4/13/12 8:19 AM, "scarlett" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hi all,
>By my figuring, archaeologists tend to be an extraordinarily creative
>group of people. Now we know why!
>This post is a teaser and reminder of my RFP about creativity for SHA
>2013!
>Cheers,
>Tim
>
>Drinking Alcohol May Significantly Enhance Problem Solving Skills by
>Christine Hsu.
>http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legal_skills/
>
>"Lead author Professor Jennifer Wiley of the University of Illinois at
>Chicago discovered that alcohol may enhance creativity problem solving by
>reducing the mindıs working memory capacity, which is the ability to
>concentrate on something in particular."
>"...people who drank alcohol and had a blood alcohol level of 0.07 or
>higher were worse at completing problems that required attentional
>control but better at creative problem solving tests." "The surprising
>discovery was that participants with a BAC of 0.07 or higher solved 40
>percent more problems than their sober counterparts and took 12 seconds
>to complete the tasks compared to 15.5 seconds by teetotal participants."
>"Wiley said that the key finding was that being too focused can blind a
>person to novel possibilities and a broader, more flexible state of
>attention may be helpful for creative solutions to emerge."
>
>published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition
>
>
>Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: scarlett <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Request for Papers: Reconsidering Archaeologies of Creativity
>>
>> Request for Papers: Reconsidering Archaeologies of Creativity
>>
>> Call for papers for the 46th Annual Conference on HIstorical and
>>Underwater Archaeology, January 9-12, 2013, Leicester, Great Britain.
>>
>> Human creativity is fundamental to understanding the transformations
>>brought about by both globalization and immigration, the dual themes of
>>the 2012 conference. People act and react creatively to these processes,
>>in mundane and grand ways, individually and collectively. Thus,
>>creativity intertwines and entangles it's processes with all human
>>interactions. The process and contexts of creative action, as well as
>>the concept of creativity itself, can be understood from psychological,
>>behavioral, social, humanistic, and philosophical perspectives.
>>Individual persons and groups derive creativity from the cultural
>>improvisations of social interactions surrounding economic, religious,
>>technological, recreational, and familial activities; movement through
>>spaces and among places; rituals; and the shifting practices of daily
>>life. While archaeologists have produced numerous studies of human's
>>creative responses, we have given less attention to creativity itself,
>>particularly in those archaeologies of the modern world. Scholars in the
>>sciences and humanities have been able to describe some of the processes
>>and contexts of creative action in the human experience, but those
>>insights have not lead to creativity's rationalization or "corporate
>>domestication."
>>
>> I welcome archaeological studies that critically explore creativity
>>from different perspectives, including:
>> - the social construction of creative process
>> - contexts of creative action, like work and play
>> - archaeological perspectives on creativity and the brain
>> - creativity and social change
>> - creativity and adaptation
>> - improvisation and creativity
>> - creativity and behavior
>> - creativity, capitalism, and entrepreneurial culture
>> - prehistory vs. history in understanding creativity
>> - detailed case studies of creative action, as critiques or assessment
>>of creativity
>>
>> Please contact Timothy Scarlett by May 1st, 2012 to express interest.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tim
>>
>> Timothy Scarlett
>> Industrial Heritage and Archaeology
>> Department of Social Sciences
>> Michigan Technological University
>>
>> 1400 Townsed Dr.
>> Houghton, MI 49931
>> (906)487-2359
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Additional conference information:
>>
>>> The Conference Committee has announced their Call for Papers:
>>>http://ow.ly/9Vdzg
>>
>> Conference webpage:
>> http://www.sha.org/meetings/annual_meetings.cfm
>>
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