Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities: Research Methods in Theatre and Performance
Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities: Research Methods in Theatre and Performance
Editor/Author
Kershaw,Baz and Nicholson, Helen
Publication Year: 2011
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Single-User Purchase Price:
$115.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$172.50
ISBN: 978-0-74-864158-1
Category: Arts & Leisure - Performing Arts
Image Count:
17
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Provides many detailed project case studies and examples - including successful practice-based PhDs - plus analysis of dynamic couplings between methods, methodologies and skill-sets.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- Introduction: Doing Methods Creatively Baz Kershaw and Helen Nicholson
- 1. The Imperative of the Archive: Creative Archive Research Maggie B. Gale and Ann Featherstone
- 2. Researching Digital Performance: Virtual Practices Steve Dixon
- 3. Practice as Research: Transdisciplinary Innovation in Action Baz Kershaw with Lee Miller/ Joanne‘Bob’ Whalley and Rosemary Lee/ Niki Pollard
- 4. Researching Theatre History and Historiography Jim Davis, Katie Normington and Gilli Bush-Bailey with Jacky Bratton
- 5. Researching Scenography Joslin McKinney and Helen Iball
- 6. Performer Training: Researching Practice in the Theatre Laboratory Jonathan Pitches, Simon Murray, Helen Poynor, Libby Worth, David Richmond and Jules Dorey Richmond
- 7. The Question of Documentation: Creative Strategies in Performance Research Adam J. Ledger with Simon K. Ellis and Fiona Wright
- 8. The Usefulness of Mess: Artistry, Improvisation and Decomposition in the Practice of Research in Applied Theatre Jenny Hughes with Jenny Kidd and Catherine McNamara
- 9. Researching the Body in/as Performance Jennifer Parker-Starbuck and Roberta Mock
- Notes on Contributors