Practice as Research in the Arts

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Robin Nelson on Practice as Research

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction: The What, Where, When and Why of ‘Practice as Research’

      • Robin Nelson

      Pages 3-22

   3. From Practitioner to Practitioner-Researcher

      • Robin Nelson

      Pages 23-47

   4. Conceptual Frameworks for PaR and Related Pedagogy: From ‘Hard Facts’ to ‘Liquid Knowing’

      • Robin Nelson

      Pages 48-70

   5. Supervision, Documentation and Other Aspects of Praxis

      • Robin Nelson

      Pages 71-92

   6. PaR PhDs: A Guideline/Clew to a Successful Outcome for All (Candidates, Examiners, Administrators, Regulators)

      • Robin Nelson

      Pages 93-114

3. Regional Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Aotearoa/New Zealand and Practice as Research

      • Suzanne Little

      Pages 117-128

   3. Artists in Australian Academies: Performance in the Labyrinth of Practice-Led Research

      • Julie Robson

      Pages 129-141

   4. PaR in Continental Europe: A Site of Many Contests

      • Dieter Lesage

      Pages 142-151

   5. Artistic Research in a Nordic Context

      • Annette Arlander

      Pages 152-162

   6. Practice as Research in South Africa

      • Veronica Baxter

      Pages 163-174

   7. Why Performance as Research? A US Perspective

      • Shannon Rose Riley

      Pages 175-187

4. Back Matter

   Pages 188-229

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At the performance turn, this book takes a fresh 'how to' approach to Practice as Research, arguing that old prejudices should be abandoned and a PaR methodology fully accepted in the academy. Nelson and his contributors address the questions students, professional practitioner-researchers, regulators and examiners have posed in this domain.

• Africa
• Australia
• Bridget Riley
• concept
• Europe
• methodology
• pedagogy
• performance
• resistance

'...Nelson provides thoughtful guidance on many aspects of PaR projects: from planning to supervision, from documentation to exegesis... Nelson's book should be considered a major contribution to the field of practice as research... the material presented will be of use to anyone engaged in or considering PaR. Nelson's model is clear, effective and persuasively argued.' - Marc Silberschatz, Scottish Journal of Performance

• Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK

  Robin Nelson

Annette Arlander Professor of Performance Art and Theory, Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland Veronica Baxter independent researcher Dieter Lisage Professor of Philosophy and Art Criticism at the Department of Audiovisual and Performing Arts, Erasmus University College Brussels, Belgium Suzanne Little Lecturer in Theatre Studies and Performing Arts Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand Shannon Rose Riley Associate Professor of Humanities, San José State University, California, USA Julie Robson independent researcher

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