Please address any questions about this forwarded posting to Deborah
Harty ([log in to unmask]).  The contact details for submitting
papers is given at the end. 
Steve Garner


Call for Papers

IN THEORY?

Encounters with Theory in Practice-based Ph.D. Research in Art and
Design AHRC Postgraduate Conference, De Montfort University &
Loughborough University, 26th June 2007, DMU, City Campus

The increasing amount of students undertaking practice-based PhDs,
affords the opportunity to uncover and examine some of the challenges
faced when undertaking this type of research. We are seeking papers from
current and completed postgraduate students, as well as researchers and
practitioners, who incorporate and negotiate research through practice
and theory in Art and Design disciplines.  The aim of the conference is
to address and discuss some of the generic, rather than
discipline-specific, challenges of undertaking practice-based research.

Papers of 20 minutes duration are invited from across art and design
disciplines. The one-day symposium will incorporate short papers
followed by a panel discussion chaired by the keynote speakers.

Aims
*	To address and discuss some of the generic, rather than
discipline-specific, challenges of undertaking practice-based research.
*	To examine the relationship between theory and practice in art
and design
research, and evaluate the usefulness of specific theories as well as
theory in a general sense.
*	To identify and share knowledge of relevant research
methodologies.
*	To highlight the challenges faced when undertaking PhD's by
practice.
*	To Increase confidence in dealing with familiar and unfamiliar
theories
and concepts.
*	To interrogate such terms as 'academic practitioner' and
'practitioner
researcher'.

Topics of Interest
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
*	Practice-based research analysis and evaluation of methods used.
*	The development of art and design specific methodologies/models
and the
value/adaptation of methodologies from other disciplines.
*	The challenges faced whilst undertaking practice-based research
informed
by theories.
*	Discussions of relevant strategies and solutions.

Instructions for Authors
All submissions should be in English (300 words) and should include the
following details: Title, Name of Author(s), and e-mail address.
Abstracts will be peer-reviewed and selected based on their quality,
originality and significance. Please email papers, by 19th  January
2007, to Emma Rooney, [log in to unmask]

Notable dates
Submission of abstract		19th January, 2007
Notification of decision: 	2nd March, 2007
Submission of papers:		1st June, 2007
Conference date:			26th  June, 2007