Dear Terence
Your question/s have generated some very interesting responses The crux of the matter is selection for a scholarship which requires evidence of research-or potential to do research. This requirement could be interpreted as peer review. While the applicant has put the peer review information in the wrong category (misattribution) it remains evidence. I would read the review/s to ascertain if it is proof of research capability- if that is what you are looking for. If you merely need to know if the art work has been peer reviewed then you have that evidence. We would judge a piece of art or Design in a prestigious gallery or museum to be the highest standard of peer review- but there are many measures that should count.
Deirdre
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From: Terence Love <[log in to unmask]>
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To: Love, Terence <[log in to unmask]>

Sent: 3/12/2010 3:12:32 AM
Subject: Re: An academic question.

Dear Martin,
Thank you for your message. The situations I asked about were from what I
saw in the task I described and what I observed in the documents.. The
issues may or may not happen more widely. There may be good reasons for
them. There may be more serious concerns that I felt. That uncertainty was
why I asked for advice. Different parts of the expert feedback indicated
concern and suggested reasons why things might be the way I observed. It
remains unclear how widespread the issues are.
Best regards,
Terry


Hi Terry

Could you clarify how you have arrived at the conclusions you outline below?
They don't seem to be representative of the helpful advice and information
that has been forwarded by many colleagues. I am a little mystified by the
references to the 'problem' of artists apparently relabeling their work as
research. Is this something that you have evidence of? I certainly don't see
it happening and I'm wondering whether you might have inadvertently
misconstrued some of the information?. Or is there is some self-delusion
going on here?

Best wishes

Martin


On 02/12/2010 14:54, "Terence Love" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello,
> Thank you to everyone for some really detailed analyses and useful
> information. It's given me a better understanding of the state of art of
> academic perspectives in this area.
> To clarify the background. The task involves a handful of academics in
> each faculty making a judgment about which doctoral candidates will
receive
> government and university doctoral scholarships. The candidates have
already
> been accepted for doctoral study. The process is criterion-based and the
> highest scoring candidates get the scholarship money and the department
and
> supervisors get the prestige. The criteria are:
> 1. Academic qualifications
> 2. Achievement of doctoral candidacy
> 3. Work-related research experience
> 4. Academic accomplishments including major research grants, minor
research
> awards or prizes
> 5. Research and Creative Output in last 5 years including refereed and
> non-refereed journal articles, conference papers, solo exhibitions and
group
> exhibitions or equivalent creative production
> 6. Referee reports
> For doctoral scholarship candidates in Art, there are substantial benefits
> in increasing one's score by redefining one's creative activities as
> research. Similar benefits are gained from listing publications *about*
> one's Art as one's own refereed publications. Problems associated with the
> former seem to be due to pressure on Art academics to do research and the
> effortlessness of addressing this by arguing that all art-practice is
based
> on some form of research. Problems about the latter seem to accrue from
> Art-related traditions of collating and presenting information about the
> display of one's creative output. Similar confusion about both points
seems
> to occur for the doctoral candidates and their academic referees. There
are
> sensible reasons for why these problematic issues occur. Of concern from
an
> ethical perspective, however, is that such mistakes directly benefit the
> candidates and their referees where they are the candidate's supervisors.
In
> the Art research context, these issues might well be considered ethically
> unproblematic and not in need of the precautions that might be viewed as
> necessary in other disciplines. Hence my question about current
> professional practices in the academic Art realm as I'm not a specialist
Art
> academic.
> The feedback from experts here and the scale of the financial issues
> involved (~$90,000 per scholarship) suggests there is a need to review
some
> aspects of this scholarship awarding process.
> Best wishes and thanks again,
> Terry

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