Practice-led Research, Research-led Practice in the Creative Arts

Hazel Smith; Roger Dean

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2009

Practice-led Research, Research-led Practice in the Creative Arts

Hazel Smith and Roger Dean

In the series Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748636303

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About this book

This book addresses one of the most exciting and innovative developments within higher education: the rise in prominence of the creative arts and the accelerating recognition that creative practice is a form of research.

The book considers how creative practice can lead to research insights through what is often known as practice-led research. But unlike other books on practice-led research, it balances this with discussion of how research can impact positively on creative practice through research-led practice. The editors posit an iterative and web-like relationship between practice and research. Essays within the book cover a wide range of disciplines including creative writing, dance, music, theatre, film and new media, and the contributors are from the UK, US, Canada and Australia. The subject is approached from numerous angles: the authors discuss methodologies of practice-led research and research-led practice, their own creative work as a form of research, research training for creative practitioners, and the politics and histories of practice-led research and research-led practice within the university. The book will be invaluable for creative practitioners, researchers, students in the creative arts and university leaders.

Key Features

The first book to document, conceptualise and analyse practice-led research in the creative arts and to balance it with research-led practice
Written by highly qualified academics and practitioners across the creative arts and sciences
Brings together empirical, cultural and creative approaches
Presents illuminating case histories of creative work and practice-led research

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Chapter 1 Introduction: Practice-led Research, Research-led Practice – Towards the Iterative Cyclic Web Hazel Smith and Roger T. Dean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1 Methodologies of Practice-led Research and Research-led Practice
Chapter 2 Making Space: The Purpose and Place of Practice-led Research Graeme Sullivan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Chapter 3 New Media: The ‘First Word’ in Art? Simon Biggs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Chapter 4 Knowledge Unspoken: Contemporary Dance and the Cycle of Practice-led Research, Basic and Applied Research, and Research-led Practice Shirley McKechnie and Catherine Stevens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
Chapter 5 Practice as Research through Performance Baz Kershaw Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
Chapter 6 Beachcombing: A Fossicker’s Guide to Whiteness and Indigenous Sovereignty Anne Brewster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
Part 2 Case Histories
Chapter 7 Integrating Creative Practice and Research in the Digital Media Arts Andrew R. Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Chapter 8 Mariposa: The Story of New Work of Research/Creation, Taking Shape, Taking Flight Kathleen Vaughan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Chapter 9 Sustaining the Sustainable? Developing a Practice and Problem-led New Media Praxis Keith Armstrong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Chapter 10 Nightmares in the Engine Room Jane Goodall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Part 3 Creative Practice and Research in Education and Politics
Chapter 11 Acquiring Know-How: Research Training for Practice-led Researchers Brad Haseman and Daniel Mafe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Chapter 12 Asking Questions of Art: Higher Education, Research and Creative Practice Judith Mottram Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Chapter 13 The Academic Mode of Production Sharon Bell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
Appendix: Questionnaire to Creative Arts Practitioners Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: June 30, 2009
ISBN: 9780748636303