Practice as Research: Approaches to Creative Arts Inquiry

by EstelleBarrett (Author), Barbara Bolt (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2007

  $228.61

  Useful as a training tool, this title an introduction which lays out the book's framework. It provides examples of studio-based research in art, film and video, creative writing and dance. It examines relationship between practice and theory demonstrating how practice can operate as a valid alternative mode of enquiry to traditional scholarship.

• Used

  Paperback
  2010

  $11.01

  Practice-led research is a burgeoning area across the creative arts, with studio-based doctorates now increasingly favored over traditional research. This new paperback edition of the first book to be designed specifically as a training tool to guide students embarking on such research will be welcomed by students and educators. The chapters provide concrete examples of studio-based research in art, film, video, creative writing and dance, each contextualized by a theoretical essay, complete with references. More than a handbook, the volume draws on such thinkers as Deleuze, Bourdieu and Heidegger in its examination of the relationship between practice and theory. It takes pains to elaborate methodologies, outcomes and contexts and is a valuable demonstration of how practice can operate as a valid alternative mode of inquiry to traditional scholarly research.