Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction: The New Spirit of Creativity 1
7. SECTION I Creativity, Critique, and the Art School
8. Chapter One. Our New Spirit and the Dilemmas of Artistic Critique 21
9. Chapter Two. What Could Be More Creative Than an Art School? Canada’s Art and Design Universities 43
10. SECTION II Everyday Work at Imagination University
11. Meet the Faculty 69
12. Chapter Three Welcome to the Department of Non-applied Creativity: Strategic Planning, Defining Value, and Talk of Research 77
13. Chapter Four Audit Culture: The Ambiguities of Creative Excellence 98
14. Chapter Five Performing at the “Shit Show”: The Conscripted Performers of Institutional Identity 117
15. Chapter Six Navigating the Permanent–Temporary Divide: Insecurity, Flexibility, and Nostalgia 135
16. Chapter Seven Rocks and Bubbles: Descriptions of Institutional Duress 155
17. Conclusion The Terms of Compromise 171
18. Methodological Appendix 177
19. Notes 185
20. References 195
21. Index 227