This book addresses one of the most exciting and innovative developments within higher education: the rise in prominence of the creative arts and the accelerating recognition that creative practice is a form of research.

Table of Contents

• List of Figures and Tables
• 1. Introduction: Practice-led Research, Research-led Practice - Towards the Iterative Cyclic Web Hazel Smith and Roger T. Dean
• Part 1 Methodologies of Practice-led Research and Research-led Practice
• 2. Making Space: The Purpose and Place of Practice-led Research Graeme Sullivan
• 3. New Media: The ‘First Word’ in Art? Simon Biggs
• 4. Knowledge Unspoken: Contemporary Dance and the Cycle of Practice-led Research, Basic and Applied Research, and Research-led Practice Shirley McKechnie and Catherine Stevens
• 5. Practice as Research through Performance Baz Kershaw
• 6. Beachcombing: A Fossicker's Guide to Whiteness and Indigenous Sovereignty Anne Brewster
• Part 2 Case Histories
• 7. Integrating Creative Practice and Research in the Digital Media Arts Andrew R. Brown and Andrew Sorensen
• 8. Mariposa: The Story of New Work of Research/Creation, Taking Shape, Taking Flight Kathleen Vaughan
• 9. Sustaining the Sustainable? Developing a Practice and Problem-led New Media Praxis Keith Armstrong
• 10. Nightmares in the Engine Room Jane Goodall
• Part 3 Creative Practice and Research in Education and Politics
• 11. Acquiring Know-How: Research Training for Practice-led Researchers Brad Haseman and Daniel Mafe
• 12. Asking Questions of Art: Higher Education, Research and Creative Practice Judith Mottram
• 13. The Academic Mode of Production Sharon Bell
• Appendix: Questionnaire to Creative Arts Practitioners
• Notes on Contributors