Description for Art as Research
Paperback. Editor(s): McNiff, Shaun. Num Pages: 145 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 480.
The new practice of art-based research uses art making as a primary mode of enquiry rather than continuing to borrow research methodologies from other disciplines to study artistic processes. Drawing on contributions from arts therapies, education, history, organisational studies and philosophy, the essays critically examine unique challenges that include the personal and sometimes intimate nature of artistic enquiry and the complexities of the partnership with social science which has dominated applied arts research; how artistic discoveries are apt to emerge spontaneously, even contrary to plans and what we think we know; how truth can be examined through both fact and ... Read more
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Publisher
Intellect Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
145
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
472g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783200016
SKU
V9781783200016
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Ref
99-1
About Shaun McNiff
Shaun McNiff is professor at Lesley University and the author of Art-Based Research.
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