Creative Practice as Research: Discourse on Methodology. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Skains, R. Lyle
• Is Part Of: Media Practice and Education. Volume 19:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 82
• Page End: 97
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: practice-based research -- creative research -- methodology -- auto-ethnomethodology -- creative cognition; Journalism -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 302.23071141
• DOI: 10.1080/14682753.2017.1362175
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2574-1136

Abstract

Abstract: In recent years artistic practice has developed into a major focus of research activity, both as process and product, and discourse in various disciplines have made a strong case for its validity as a method of studying art and the practice of art. This paper presents a methodological approach to creative practice as research, and includes an overview of the different types of practice-related research currently undertaken across a variety of disciplines; discussion of the purposes and applications of creative practice research; and the Practitioner Model of Creative Cognition sample methodology I developed through my own creative practice research. The online version of this paper is a living discussion of practice-based methodologies in creative practice research, included as part of the special issue The Disrupted Journal of Media Practice, and invites reader contributions and discussion for future revisions.