We run regular online presentations by guest speakers on different aspects of research. Recordings of past webinars are also available.
Hosted by Anne Lennox and Tristan Badham from the Library's Research Support and Services team, the session will delve into the core aspects of open research and gain a comprehensive understanding of the university's enterprise-wide policy.
This session aims to heighten awareness and illuminate the crucial role researchers play in advancing open scholarship. Explore the policy's implications for your work and discover how you can actively contribute to the university's commitment to open research practices.
Date & Time: February 21, 2.20pm to 3.30pm
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Creative practice research, also called practice-based research, is where a specific research question is explored via creative practice processes and/or via the product of a creative endeavour. It is commonly employed in art and design creative practice HDR projects. However, practice-based research also has a history in other disciplines such as medicine, engineering and education where it is often referred to as "action research".
Definitions vary, but research in the creative areas may be considered practice-based or practice-led (Skains, 2018). Practice-based research, according to PRAGUK (n.d., para. 11), is research where the "creative artefact is the basis of the contribution to knowledge", whereas in practice-led research the contribution of the research "leads primarily to new understandings about practice". As such, in a practice-based doctoral thesis, creative outputs, such as a sculpture or a novel, are integral to the research process. The written work, which describes the development, nature, and innovation of these creative outputs, is intrinsically linked to the creative work itself and cannot be fully understood without it (Candy, 2006). On the contrary, in a practice-led doctoral thesis, the research results can be entirely conveyed through language, offering theoretical insights into the practice without requiring the inclusion of a creative work.
The following video is a presentation and teaching supplement of practice-based methodology for arts practitioners.
The Practice of Research: A Methodology for Practice-Based Research in the Arts (32:09 mins) by L. Skaines (Youtube)