Thursday, 3 May 2018 at 12:00 pm – Thursday, 3 May 2018 at 5:00 pm

Artful Research: Symposium One

Room 3.01, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, Manchester, M15 6BH

One of two free symposia at Manchester Metropolitan University in which academics, practitioners and research students provoke debate about artistic practice as research.

Musicians, writers, artists, designers and performers have long considered their practice as a form for creating knowledge. This work is now being framed within the conventions of academic research. Some practitioners have chosen doctoral research as a means to develop their understanding of the relationship between what they do and the intellectual and practice fields within which they work. Many are pushing beyond the boundaries of established research conventions in order to advance artistic research as a dynamic field of enquiry.

Facilitated by Prof. Amanda Ravetz (Manchester Metropolitan University).

Prof. Amanda Bayley (Bath Spa University)
Prof. Anne Boddington (Kingston School of Art)
Michael Schwab (Editor-in-Chief, Journal for Artistic Research)
Prof. Jean Sprackland (Manchester Metropolitan University)

The panel will speak from their particular disciplinary stance and debate the issues with students in small groups. The day will finish with each group presenting a short artistic gesture that expresses something of their learning from the day.