Joint creative production generates collective identity beyond external-threat response

Evidence

Everyone agreed when she said, ‘‘The poster committee might get together and think up stuff we’d have never thought of!’’ The group also decided to start a newsletter, something members never would have done when the group was just tagging behind the bureaucratic process. — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 1225

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Social creativity restores identity at the cost of misdirected rivalry; Shared identity generates expectations of support and trust among group members — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 16; Identity formation responds to external social pressures rather than pure self-selection — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2510 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Social creativity restores identity at the cost of misdirected rivalry #expands (0.75)
• Shared identity generates expectations of support and trust among group members #expands (0.75) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 16
• Perceived threat to group distinctiveness reduces social identity complexity #corroborates (0.75)
• Social reproduction sustains individuals through group identity, not just purposive-rational adaptation #expands (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2428
• Identity formation responds to external social pressures rather than pure self-selection #qualifies (0.72) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2510
• Group identity is constructed by designating outsiders as others #qualifies (0.72)
• Shared attention builds a collective rather than merely private reality #corroborates (0.70) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 121