Jean Svoboda:
>As the work presented for assessment is actually the thesis I
>am interested in what is expected in the exegesis(written explanation of
>the work) We have been given a brief format for the exegesis but as the
>practice based phd is in its infancy it would be great to hear from anyone
>that may be able to supply any information.
Dear Jean,
If you have not done so I strongly recommend that you read your university's
regulations for submission (may not be the same as the guidelines) and make
sure that you are completely clear in your mind about any specific requirements
for text in support of artefacts. Some regulations are very prescriptive and
some are very liberal.
Secondly you need to be clear in your mind about the examiner/s. Their
professional/academic experience is absolutely crucial. You have a right to
expect that you will be examined by people who will understand your subject who
will be capable of "reading" your work. However, as you say, these are early
days and we are all learning, so knowing what an examiner might or might not
recognise will helpful to you and them. Your audience for the PhD is firstly
the examiners and secondly your academic and professional community.
Finally I suggest that you think about how well the body of work that you will
submit will make explicit to your audience the aims, methods and context of
your research, how well it expresses the contribution to knowledge or
understanding that has come out of the research and how it can become a
permanent record of that knowledge.
If you and your supervisors are satisfied that it makes plain everything that
you have achieved then arguably there is no need for anything more unless the
university rules insist (ours don't). However life is rarely so straightforward
and you will probably need to produce some commentary but I hope that the
questions I have asked will help you decide what needs to be in it. For example
I have yet to work out how you can embody a bibliography and literature review
(or its equivalent) in a series of experimental cream cakes, but I would like
to think it is possible, preferably without resorting to writing on them with
one of those coloured icing pens.
best wishes from Sheffield
Chris Rust
Reader in Design
Sheffield Hallam University, uk
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