The Creative Researcher in Search of Outputs

Tim Thomas, Susan Thwaites

    Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in BookConference contributionpeer-review

    Abstract

    What are we doing when we do research? We can find a strong and established research method in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. In the creative arts, if we look to the intersections of art and technology, at the development of tools and process, we can find similar methods. All these methods start with an observation that prompts a question, or a proposition, then, by following the research method we get to a stage at which we feel confident that we can make a statement. Practice led research as a term, suggests something different. It is taken up by academic artists and creative practitioners to describe a form of research that, whilst it is different to the research that we find in the sciences, social sciences and humanities, is no less legitimate. Art practice creates statements in the form of works of art whilst science practice creates statements in the form conclusions drawn from data obtained during the research process. This sounds like a good match until we ask what makes a good science statement and what makes a good art statement. For science we have a small number of significant criteria. Top of the list is testability, is it possible to refute the statement. In art it is not so easy I can’t for example demonstrate that a work of art as a statement is wrong. This paper is about research, and comes out of the early stages of a project in which the researchers plan to answer some questions by making a fiction film. Not the least of these questions is, what are the research outputs of this creative project ?
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of 'Creativity: brain, mind, body', the 2011 Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools (ACUADS) Annual Conference
    EditorsGordon Bull
    Place of PublicationAustralia
    PublisherACUADS
    Pages1-9
    Number of pages9
    ISBN (Print)9780975836071
    Publication statusPublished - 2011
    EventAustralian Council of Arts and Design Schools 2011 Conference - Canberra, Australia
    Duration: 21 Sept 201123 Sept 2011

    Conference

    ConferenceAustralian Council of Arts and Design Schools 2011 Conference
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CityCanberra
    Period21/09/1123/09/11

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