Call for Papers MPhil-PhD Students
I should be grateful if you could circulate this call
for papers for a conference organised by MPhil/PhD
students for MPhil/ PhD students. The conference is
AHRC funded and is a joint project between De Montfort
University, Leicester and Loughborough University
School of Art and Design. Apologies if I’ve directed
this to the wrong person.
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 PhDs 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 abstracts,
by 19th January 2007, to Emma Rooney
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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
Sandra Leeland
Research Administrator
School of Art & Design
Loughborough University
LE11 3TU
Tel: 01509 228901
Fax: 01509 228902
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