RE: [xmca] RE: Smolucha article

[Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu>]

True. But it seems to be the tide, not the boat, that corresponds to creativity. Is the tide the higher mental function, or that which facilitates its development? That's where I'm confused. p

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Peter--

If we accept that the initially biological processes of perception, attention, and memory are later reformulated fundamentally by the acquisition and development of a system that organizes these processes along cultural lines, why should creativity and imagination be considered exceptions?  The same tide lifts all boats.

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In the article, Smolucha asserts that to LSV, creativity is a higher mental function. (p. 59) This does not match my understanding of what a higher mental function is, i.e., a cultural concept. Creativity seems to me to be a means for developing a cultural concept, but not commensurate with one. Any help? Thx,p

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From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu<mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu> [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Smagorinsky
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I got my hands on a scanned version of Smolucha's paper on Vygotsky and creativity. Enjoy,p

p.s. someone had written a pronunciation key for her name on the manuscript. A good mnemonic for pronouncing her name: Smolucha lives near Chicago, where it can snow much-a.


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