Click ‘non-textual output’: Arts-based practice-research

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    This paper explores arts-based practice research from the perspective of a UK University. In this context, Practice Research is still fraught with complexity that can result in communication issues. It can be challenging to confidently share insights and developments with readers outside of one’s discipline. There can be an overwhelming feeling of having to justify the value of one’s practice and over-explain every element to underline its worth. But what does Practice Research offer us and how can we, in the Arts, effectively communicate this to the broader academic community and beyond? Is there really a difference between practice-based and practice-led research or are there other ways to describe and share what we (academic practitioners) are creating? This paper will draw on specific examples from UK institutions to see how various challenges of communication and justification have been addressed at PhD level, through national research audits of academic staff, which also include considerations of the University research environment. I will discuss examples of successful practice-based research outputs from the University of Portsmouth that were part of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) a National published research government audit of UK academic institutions. I will show examples of how visual practitioners have contextualized their research outputs so that they can be ‘effectively shared’.

    Title: Click “Non-Textual Output”: Arts-Based Practice-Research
    Author(s): Jac C. Batey orcidid_logo
    Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
    Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
    Series: Information, Medium & Society
    Journal Title: Information, Medium, and Society: Journal of Publishing Studies
    Keywords: Practice-Based Research, Practice-Based PhD, Arts Research, Practice-Led Research, Research Impact, Zines
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 1
    Date: June 30, 2023
    ISSN: 2691-1507 (Print)
    ISSN: 2691-1515 (Online)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/2691-1507/CGP/v22i01/33-51
    Citation: Batey, Jac C. C. 2023. "Click “Non-Textual Output”: Arts-Based Practice-Research." Information, Medium, and Society: Journal of Publishing Studies 22 (1): 33-51. doi:10.18848/2691-1507/CGP/v22i01/33-51.
    Extent: 19 pages
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)33-51
    JournalInformation, Medium, and Society: Journal of Publishing Studies
    Volume22
    Issue number1
    Early online date29 Jan 2024
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 30 Jun 2024

    Keywords

    • practice as research
    • practice based PhDs
    • illustration
    • zines
    • practice based
    • arts-based methods
    • Academic journals
    • REF
    • arts impact

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