Creative Practice as Research: Discourse on Methodology

Authors: Skains, R.L.

Journal: Media Practice and Education

Volume: 19

Issue: 1

Pages: 82-97

eISSN: 2574-1144

ISSN: 2574-1136

DOI: 10.1080/14682753.2017.1362175

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.

Source: Scopus