Higher degrees seem to require both a performance and an exegesis. I think this is wrong. The performance is the exegesis. I also think the various necessities (budget, marketing, publicity, space hire) should be assessed. Lay bare the means of production.

Thank you very much for your reply, Peter.

And what you describe is precisely the point of view Practice as Research defends. But it´s not an easy one, especially if we want our research to be taken seriously in academic contexts. 

I have come accros some interesting theoretical studies on the matter, but no specific projects. Would you happen to know some more about this?

Thank you very much :)

Claudia, no estoy seguro de entender bien qué es lo que buscas, yo actualmente estoy terminando una investigación que parte de la práctica escénica y que tiene como resultado el diseño metodológico de un taller de autoconocimiento actoral; no sé si eso te sirve de alguna manera.

Quizás si me cuentas más sobre tu proyecto de escritura pueda ayudar.  En relación a la dramaturgia en un principio se me viene a la cabeza la metodología de trabajo que alguna vez usó el Teatro de los Andes, ellos investigaron sobre un terremoto que hubo en Bolivia, juntando testimonios, recortes de prensa, etc. y luego en base a todo eso improvisaron escenas que poco a poco los llevaría a la escritura de "En un sol amarillo", tengo una amiga que desde el área de la literatura estudio esa obra y las entrevistas a las que tuvo acceso. Claro que en ese caso el resultado no fue académico sino escénico,

Hola Toto. 

Gracias por responderme :)

I think the rules of this site "force" us to speak in english, so I´ll do it just in case.

"Practice as Research" is a type of academic research, in which the product is not a theoretical thesis but an artistic result (a play, a choreography, a song etcetera). What PaR defends is that this kind of artistic production should be considered as a thesis to obtain Master´s and Doctoral degrees.

It´s a technique that already exists. But I´m trying to contact people who know how to apply it correctly in practical situations. I´ve found useful (although very theoretical) information in the book:

Practice as Research in the Arts: Principles, Protocols, Pedagogies, Resistances, by R. Nelson. which can be found in Amazon.

I don´t know if I´m being clearer now, or would you like some more information on the subject.

Hi, Toto,

About your "autoconocimiento actoral" workshop... maybe it would help, even though its result was not an academic one.  If you could share your process and result with me, it would be great.

Let´s keep in touch.

Regards,

Claudia

(Stage name: Claudia Sacha)

To follow Claudia Besaccio's recommendation of Nelson, R. (ed.) (2013) Practice as research in the arts: principles, protocols, pedagogies, resistances. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, you may find the following useful:

Nelson, R. (2009) 'Modes of Practice-as-Research knowledge and their place in the academy' in Ludivine Allegue, Simon Jones, Baz Kershaw, and Angela Piccini (eds.) Practice-as-Research in performance and screen. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 112-130.

The Practice as Research in Performance: 2001-2006 [PARIP] project site: http://www.bris.ac.uk/parip/

Routledge's Studies in Theatre & Performance includes a new section on Practice as Research, which is co-edited by Rachel Hann and my Plymouth University colleague Victor Ladron de Guevara: Hann, Rachel, and Victor Ladron de Guevara. 2015. 'Addressing Practice: Introducing a New Section for STP.' Studies in Theatre and Performance 35 (1): 3–6.

http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rstp20#.V0ayCbp07bU

Dear Kayla,

Thank you very much for sharing. Right now at the Performing Arts department in my university we are analyzing this subject in order to establish the best ways to include practice based research as thesis material. 

I had found theoretical analyses, but no specific application of the theories. The material you are sharing is exactly what I´ve been looking for. It will most definitely help.

I´m sure I´ll have many more questions. I hope we can keep in touch.

Thanks again!

Claudia Besaccia

(Stage name: Claudia Sacha)

Playwright - Teacher

Currently studying a Master´s on Cognition, Learning and Development

PS: Kayla, if there´s any other authors you recommend besides R. Nelson, please let me know. Maybe I´m missing something :)

Hi Claudia

Katie MacLeod has written extensively about the relationship between the written component and the practice elements of the PhD thesis - but within Fine Art: http://www.katymacleod.org.uk/home.html

You're welcome to read my PhD thesis, 'Every Frame Counts: Creative Practice and Gender in Direct Animation' - I used the strategy of 'feminine writing' within the methodology of my practice-based doctoral study, which included performance. The link to the Plymouth University thesis repository is here: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/4309

Best wishes, Kayla

Dear Kayla,

Thanks again for being so generous in sharing your knowledge. I´ll most definitely read everything you suggest.

Let´s keep in touch.

Regards,

Claudia

Dear Claudia,

I have been working in this area and have just been through a sea of material. Though I am doing practice-led research or as some people prefer to call it - Creative Practice research - in the area of cinema (screenplay), there are people around me who are doing similar kind of research in the fields of theatre, creative writing and media. I have collected several PhD theses in this area and have tried to look at the relationships that connect practice and research and vice versa. This kind of research has operated primarily in the area of design and subsequently has moved into theatre, media, art and film. Many universities have started this kind of research (mainly in UK and later in Australia, NZ and a bit in France, Netherlands and Germany). In US, it is just starting and there are 7-8 universities which are initiating programmes from this year. I have a list of that. The traditional university structure is very hesitant in accepting CP research and there are many issues that have left people confused. I have studied at least 20 essays that reflect on these relationships and how one feeds the other and enables work (theory as well as practice) that would otherwise not be possible. The most important and daring essay in this regard is James Elkins' 2004 publication: "Theoretical Remarks on Combined Creative and Scholarly PhD Degrees in the Visual Arts". You can get it online: The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Vol 38: 4, Winter 2004, pp 22-31.

I wrote a literature review of these reflections and examined several PhD theses in creative writing, Museum Studies, Media and Theatre. I can send you a huge amount of material in this regard if you are interested. 

Solo tendrias que decirme que es lo que te buscas,

Saludos,

Indranil

Dear Indranil,

Here in Perú that kind of research (PaR, CP, PLR, whatever its name) is also not totally accepted. In the department of performing arts at my university we´re working precisely on that.

The material you mention sounds amazing and I think it could help our case. I would be very interested in reading your review and revising some theses that used that kind of research.

How should we proceed?

Thank you very much!!!!!

Saludos,

Claudia 

Dear Claudia,

Please get in touch on personal emails. Mine is inchakra.cinema@gmailcom

We will take it from there.

Best,

Indranil

Dear Claudia:

That has been one of my research fields, even, I had a research group about Psychology, culture and art. Two of my students did their practice in  Psychology and their grade work as a sistematization of experience with a population of Down's syndrome, autism and mental ritardation people. They did ateliers with the objective of to promote the social habilities and to create a kind of autonomy in these individuals. If you are interested, I can communicate with that two psychologists to authorize to share with you that work called: "The theatre as tool for to promote the social habilities and the learning in people with cognitive disability in Crear Unidos Corporation since 2010 until 2011".

Best wishes,