Presentations by Streams

Social aspects of creativity have attracted increased research interest in the last two decades. At the same time, researchers in gender and feminist studies have contributed new perspectives and definitions of “creativity”. Little of the work has so far been done in the context of the former Eastern Bloc countries. This panel presents a concentrated effort to contribute to filling this research gap. It will take an expressly feminist perspective to address issues of creative memory-making that challenges state commemorative practices, intersections of gender and class in “authoring” textiles, and theoretizations of creativity through the perspective of the commons, with a focus on the transformation of care, labour and environmental and social relations. The papers will draw on studies conducted in several countries, but with a focus on the Czech Republic and Poland.
The panel presents the work conducted within the project on Everyday Creativity in (Post)socialism and brings together researchers from different institutions and countries, but hosted by the University of Graz, Austria in 2022-23.