What is practice research?

In our initial phases of Enact, we are focused on practice research that is aligned within or in relation to creative disciplines, so we currently refer to Practice Research using the ‘Practice Research Advisory Group’ definition. 

“An umbrella term that describes all manners of research where practice is the significant method of research conveyed in a research output. This includes numerous discipline-specific formulations of practice research, which have distinct and unique balances of practice, research narrative and complementary methods within their projects.” 

Research narrative?

“In a practice research output, a research narrative may be conjoined with, or embodied in, practice. A research narrative articulates the research enquiry that emerges in practice.”

Bulley, James and Şahin, Özden. Practice Research – Report 1: What is practice research? P1. London: PRAG-UK, 2021. Available from: https://doi.org/10.23636/1347


 

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Image Credit – Top: Exhibition view of Shezad DawoodLeviathan, the Paljassaare Chapter at Kai Art Center, Tallinn, Estonia. September-November 2020. Original image by Stanislav Stepashko. Courtesy of the artist and Kai Art Center  A project by Shezad Dawood.