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AHRC Research Review
Practice-Led Research in Art Design and Architecture
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Town Meetings
Understanding & Mapping Practice-led Research

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Birmingham 27 Jan 2006 
Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, University of Central England

London 16 February 2006
Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London

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We will explore:

Forms of practice-led research: 
What forms can practice-led research take and what descriptions are used 
to characterise it?

Debates about practice-led research: 
What questions about method, quality and purpose do we need to understand?

Examples of practice-led research: 
What practice-led research are you involved in? 
Where will we find helpful case examples?

Impact of practice-led research and how might it develop: 
In terms of quality and quantity but also in context and purpose.

These meetings are the first stage of our engagement with the research 
community. At this early stage, we aim to explain what we are doing and 
gather in useful ideas and material from you. Later meetings in Glasgow 
and Leeds will provide an opportunity to comment on our research “map” as 
it is developing. An online conference in the spring will be used to 
involve a wider and international community in discussing questions and 
issues that we identify in this first stage.

The purpose of the review is to describe the state of practice-led 
research in our disciplines. We aim to understand the questions and 
debates about practice-led research but it is not within the scope of the 
project to promote further debate or resolve any difficult questions about 
the validity of different research practices. However we hope that our 
work will provide us all with a better shared understanding of what is 
happening and where the problems and opportunities lie.

To reserve a place and receive more information please email Alison Honnor 
([log in to unmask]) saying which meeting you wish to attend  and giving 
your contact details including name, institution and current role Project 

contacts
Researcher:   Mark Elshaw ([log in to unmask])
Administrator:   Alison Honnor ([log in to unmask])
Coordinator:  Prof Chris Rust ([log in to unmask])

Review management group 
Prof Chris Rust , Sheffield Hallam University
Prof Judith Mottram, Nottingham Trent University
Prof Jeremy Till, University of Sheffield