| CODE | THS3114 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Practice Research | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Theatre Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit exposes students to Practice as Research (PaR) as a methodological paradigm that characterises much of today's practice-based and practice-led research in the performing arts within academic and professional contexts. PaR methodology includes the identification of a research question (or set of questions) as well as the selection of the appropriate means of investigation, documentation, and dissemination. The study-unit introduces students to the history, context, concepts, and theories associated with PaR, as well as to case-studies of PaR publications and projects. Concurrently, students will participate in a PaR project through workshop sessions in order to blend theory and practice. Students will be directed to develop PaR skills through the articulation in writing and in practice, as well as through presentation, of an aspect of the PaR research conducted during the semester. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to: - Familiarise students with methodological modes of Practice as Research in performance; - Make methodological links between theory and practice; - Engage students with a Practice as Research project, guiding them to define the parameters of the research and the role of the practice within that process; - Produce an essay accompanied by documentation which contextualises and analyses the practice in relation to the research practice. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Apply practical processes and methodologies as tools for research; - Examine ways of conducting a piece of research through practical, visual, and written processes; - Utilise and/or develop appropriate means of recording, documenting, and communicating findings and results related to that practice. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Demonstrate foundation skills in independent learning, processes of negotiation, critical analysis, and technical requirements specific to projects with practical components; - Undertake an exploration of a specific performance specialism through practice; - Evaluate and apply some of the methodologies that are appropriate to practical research. Main Text/s: - F. Camilleri, 'Between Laboratory and Institution: Practice as Research in No Man's Land', TDR, 57 (2013), 152-66 - R. Nelson, Practice as Research in The Arts: Principles, Protocols, Pedagogies, Resistances (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) - M. Trimingham, 'A Methodology for Practice as Research', Studies in Theatre and Performance, 22 (2002), 54-60 - B. Kershaw and H. Nicholson, Research Methods in Theatre and Performance (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2012). Supplementary readings: - L. Allengue, S. Jones, B. Kershaw, and A. Piccini, Practice-as-Research: In Performance and Screen (London: Palgrave, 2009) - J. Freeman, Blood, Sweat and Theory: Research Through Practice in Performance (London: Libri, 2010). Further reading: - E. Barrett and B. Holt, Practice as Research: Approaches to Creative Arts Enquiry (London: Tauris, 2010) - H. Smith and R. Dean, Practice-led Research, Research-led Practice in the Creative Arts (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009). |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Venue - Gateway Studio (On Campus) | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Practicum | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Frank Camilleri |
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