ABSTRACT
The Routledge International Handbook of Practice-Based Research presents a cohesive framework with which to conduct practice-based research or to support, manage and supervise practice-based researchers. It has been written with an inclusive approach, with the intention of presenting deep and meaningful knowledge for the benefit of all readers.
This handbook has been designed to present specific detail of practice-based research by outlining its shared traits with all forms of research and to highlight its core distinguishing features into a cohesive, principled and methodical approach. To this end, the handbook is presented in five sections: 1. Practice-Based Research, 2. Knowledge, 3. Method, 4. The Practice-Based PhD and 5. Practitioner Voices. Each section begins with a leading chapter that outlines each of the distinct areas as they relate to practice-based research. This is followed by a series of contributing chapters that discuss pertinent themes in more detail.
Practitioners from a broad range of backgrounds will find these chapters helpful:
- research students or final year graduates will be introduced to the principled nature of practice-based research
- PhD researchers embarking on a research project or are in the flow of research will find this guidance supportive
- professionals such as designers, makers, engineers, artists and creative technologists wishing to strengthen their research into their practice will be guided through the principled and focused nature of practice-based research
- supervisors, managers and policy makers will benefit from the potential and rigour of practice-based researchers in the pursuit of new knowledge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|166 pages
Practice-Based Research
part II|112 pages
Knowledge
chapter 2.3|20 pages
Mapping practitioner knowledge
chapter 2.5|12 pages
Un-knowing
chapter 2.6|10 pages
Appreciative systems in doing and supervising curatorial practice-based research
part III|155 pages
Method
chapter 3.4|12 pages
Practice-based research in the visual arts
chapter 3.5|13 pages
Crafting temporality in design
chapter 3.6|17 pages
Thinking together through practice and research
chapter 3.9|14 pages
Reflection in practice
part IV|142 pages
The Practice-Based PhD
chapter 4.3|20 pages
The sound of my hands typing
chapter 4.6|11 pages
Community-building for practice-based doctoral researchers
chapter 4.8|12 pages
Ethics through an empathetic lens
part V|130 pages
Practitioner Voices