WORKSHOP GROUP 1 TRANSCRIPTS
is practice as research? How
might we construct practice as and practice-based research in terms of
originality and a contribution to knowledge? What
constitutes a substantial new insight? Does
it reside in new performance modes or in the research imperatives informing
Rebellato, University of London, Royal Holloway
Rye: The phrase to some extent is telling. What are the
DR: I suppose that
softens the blow. By the end of the meeting we agreed that it should be
entirely governed. Practice as research has to be governed by university
Nelson: But those protocols arent fixed.
They are institutionalized and its no good having an idealistic
aim without recognizing that. We need to move them on but recognize their
existence. Originality we found a problematic term conceptual frameworks
are perhaps useful.
The notion of being of use to the community might be dangerous as it frames
a utilitarian notion of research. It also places us in the context of
a culturally constructed notion of community, which negates potential
future use of practice as research in different context.
DR: I only chaired,
but might we say that this formulation that makes you a candidate
to be of value is a minimal claim. We all know that you can still
get a PhD that is original, which no one reads.
Adams: We havent really looked at professional, practice-based
PhDs in this context, as they are currently attracting funding.
This isnt just the question of PhD research we were looking
at research generally.
Also, there are retrospective PhDs for published work, not framed as a
research project. What are the implications in the context of practice
Christopher Bannerman: Thats my comment about of use to community beyond the PhD.
Transcribed by Angela Piccini, 1 February 2002