"Rupture and Recognition: Identifying the Performative Research Paradigm”
Brad Haseman
Pgs 27-34 in Practice as Research Approaches to Creative Arts Enquiry, Estelle Barrett and Barbara Bolt (eds.), I.B. Taurus & Co. (New York and London:2007)
In “Rupture and Recognition: Identifying the Performative Resarch Paradigm”, Haseman outlines what he considers to be the defining features of practice-led research and looks at ways to establish Practice-led research as a more rigorous method, suggesting that there is a need for creative practitioners to better articulate their methods and gain broader acceptance of practice-led research outside the creative arts sphere.
Haseman’s emphasis on gaining respect for practice-led research outside of creative arts spheres is probably influenced by his position as a research professor for the ‘creative industries’ a label/discipline which has its origins in the philosophy that the arts are a service and a commodity, hence the particular importance of being able to communicate research ideas to people in other industries and disciplines.
One of Haseman’s key assertions is that ‘practice specific’ forms for reporting research findings need to be recognised and valued. He names practice specific reporting methods as a ‘third paradigm’ of research to be utilised alongside qualitative and quantitative research output. Haseman also advocates the use of strategies borrowed from qualitative and quantitative methods in conjunction with practice specific reporting, using the work of PhD candidate David Fenton as an illustrative example, with its cycles of planning, reflecting and formally evaluating, alongside the ‘messy’ intuitive aspects of the creative processes.
“Rupture and Recognition: Identifying the Performative Research Paradigm” is a useful resource, providing a practical template for Practice-led research with useful examples, and making steps towards developing a language with which to improve our collective articulation of Practice-led research methods.
- Zoe Evershed
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