Indigenous creative practice research: between convention and creativity. Issue 3 (2nd September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Guntarik, Olivia; Daley, Linda
• Is Part Of: New writing. Volume 14:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 409
• Page End: 422
• Publication Date: 2017-09-02
• Subjects: Creative practice research -- Indigenous knowledge -- higher degree research -- supervisor-student relations -- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholarship; Creative writing -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 808.042071
• DOI: 10.1080/14790726.2017.1290117
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1479-0726

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article addresses some critical issues in the research environment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates at Australian universities. It will be useful to non-Indigenous supervisors of Indigenous students, as well as Indigenous students considering the different kinds of creative practice projects possible at postgraduate level. The article examines the nexus between Indigenous knowledge and creative practice research. The significance of this relationship becomes more apparent with increasing participation of Indigenous creative practitioners in postgraduate education. By drawing on our experience as supervisors of PhD- and MA-level higher degrees with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates, we discuss some of the issues that may arise for supervisors and Indigenous researchers in creative practice research environments. Through Indigenous candidates' creative projects, we argue these works provide insights into the existing conventions of practice, knowledge and research in Western education. Thus, we demonstrate how Indigenous knowledge has contributed to creative practice research, and broadened its horizons and methods of inquiry.