Dance Practice as Research 2010

Site for collating information as part of MA module @ Roehampton University
 

reference list.

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This is a list of PaR related references compiled by Louise Tondeur. Perhaps of use?

Posted April 20, 2010 by Simon Ellis 
 

Parvaneh Farid's PaR blog

http://parvanehfarid-academicprojects.blogspot.com/

There is a lot of detail here and her work is clearly very rigorous and thoughtful. I wonder, though, about how she might have adapted her writing for presentation online. Blogs are not the best for such long streams of text, and I found my engagement with the materials frustrated (or hampered?) by the presentation.

Perhaps it's worth considering how you re-render or develop texts for online presentation (if you are going that way)?

Posted April 19, 2010 by Simon Ellis 
 

bodies of water

This may be of interest - it has detailed documentation, and is very simply (clearly) articulated. It's interesting also because it would appear that PaR is catching on in the US (or at least in California)

http://jorgeluismorejon-bodiesofwater.blogspot.com/

Hope your various projects are coming along!

Posted April 19, 2010 by Simon Ellis 
 

Reflective

Here's George Khut discussing Jill Bolte Taylor: http://georgekhut.com/archives/781

I like the simplicity of these beginnings:

this reminds me of…
this makes me wonder about…
this got me thinking about how…
I really liked it – because…

Posted April 9, 2010 by Simon Ellis 
 

Robin Nelson – Practice-as-Research and the Problem of Knowledge

So the question arises as to whether physical Practice-as-research projects might in themselves be sufficiently discriminating as to produce knowledge, and disseminate it, even if they remain embodied in the sense that their outcomes are not further articulated in another mode of cognition such as words, spoken or in writing. We shall return to this point. (p.106)

Robin Nelson, Performance Research, Volume 11, Issue 4 2006 , pages 105 - 116

This entire article is available in the library electronically through Athens or Shibboleth. 

Posted March 20, 2010 by Simon Ellis 
 

Essay submission (again!)

Just confirming essay submission:

1. The essay is due by 10pm on Thursday 25th February (note slightly later time).

2. You must arrange two copies (both are digital):
       a) The first is submitted via turnitin. This is in Studyzone under Dance Practice as Research Module (in your area). This generates a plagiarism report which helps me determine whether or not you are correctly citing the work of others. You are able to submit your essay as many times as you like prior to the deadline to check the turnitin report (I strongly suggest you do this also so that you check you can complete the turnitin procedure correctly). Please include the word 'draft' in the filename for these submissions. Your final essay should include the word "final" in the title (in addition to titling I have previously discussed).

      b) The 2nd copy should be in word format (.doc or .docx) and is to be emailed to me as an attachment. I will respond immediately (or soon after) with confirmation.

Please note that you do not have to submit a hard copy version to Irene (with cover sheet) unless you'd like to do this for your own piece of mind. If you do this, it must be with her by 4pm on the 25th.

Looking forward to reading them!

ske

Posted February 22, 2010 by Simon Ellis 
 

ideokinesis

Just picking up on Mafe's curiosity here, but perhaps some of the writing and thinking that has come out of ideokinetic work might be of interest?

http://www.ideokinesis.com

Posted February 10, 2010 by Simon Ellis 
 

References from Anna P

Here are the references for my writings on practice as research, some of which I know the students have already:

Knowing through dance-making: Choreography, practical knowledge and practice-as-research, Jo Butterworth & Liesbeth Wildschut eds. Contemporary Choreography: A Critical Reader, London: Routledge, 10-22. (on order for the library)

Art as Action or Art as Object? The Embodiment of Knowledge in Practice as Research, Working Papers in Art & Design (online journal at http://www.herts.ac.uk/artdes1/research/papers/wpades/vol3/apabs.html), 3.

Original Embodied Knowledge: The Epistemology of the New in Dance Practice as Research, Research in Dance Education, 4:2, 127-149.

Posted February 9, 2010 by Simon Ellis 
 

Mafe said this:

"It seems easy to make work and label it as research"

I wanted to put this online for you all because I think Mafe is right, and I suspect this happens a lot. What lies beyond the label? How do we recognise creative artefacts as research? What are the conditions for 'good' practice as research? Rigour? Attention to detail? Innovation? What distinguishes a PaR project from an 'artistic work'? What is the value in doing PaR? What insights are generated in PaR projects that are unique to the discipline?

Too many questions Monday - that's what today is.

Posted February 8, 2010 by Simon Ellis 
 

More on essay and a bit about final presentation

Just to confirm re the essay: Due date is Thursday 25 February at 4pm.

You need to submit two copies: 1) Hard copy (with appropriate cover sheet) to Irene; 2) digital copy to turnitin via StudyZone. This will produce a copy of a plagiarism report for your work. Note that you can submit earlier versions of your essay to turnitin in order to check your essay for plagiarism in the lead up to the due date/time.

I would also like you to indicate by the 25th what space you plan to present your PaR project (on 6th May), and any technical requirements you might have for the presentation.

Any questions? - submit them as a comment below.

ske

Posted February 8, 2010 by Simon Ellis