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Performing Arts Research Methodologies (DRAM90010)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Zachary Dunbar: zdunbar@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject aims to develop an understanding of the major critical issues in the field of performance, and a range of methodologies appropriate to the production, documentation and analysis of performance texts, contexts and processes. It introduces and examines the relationship between research and practice within the context of practice led research. It addresses questions of what research methodologies are and, through weekly seminars and exercises, explores a range of these methods and research paradigms, key issues and practical skills relevant to the creative arts. It assists students in identifying and developing research methodologies appropriate to their practice.
Intended learning outcomes
- To develop an understanding of the major critical issues in the field of performance;
- To develop analytical skills through critical reflection on performance practices and their contexts;
- To develop imaginative, creative, communication and presentation skills in the delivery of coursework presentations and individual or collaborative projects;
- To introduce and provide students with key research concepts and skills relevant to their chosen project;
- To introduce students to an overview of contemporary debates and methodological traditions in the field of arts-based research;
- To enable students to develop a research methodology appropriate to their discipline and project.
- To train students in preparation for research activities involved in higher research degrees;
- To facilitate discussion of research ethics, including codes of conduct and ethical frameworks governing research.
Generic skills
- the ability to engage in independent and contextually-informed artistic research
- well developed and flexible problem-solving abilities
- the capacity to effectively communicate the results of research and scholarship by oral and written means
- an ability to formulate viable research questions
- a capacity for critical evaluation of relevant scholarly literature and artistic practice
- an ability to manage time and to maximise the quality of research and scholarship
- an understanding of, and facility with, scholarly conventions in the discipline area
- an understanding of the relationship with and responsibility to the cultural environment and society
- respect for intellectual integrity, intellectual property and for the ethics of research and scholarship
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Written assignment 1: Research essay 2000 words, due week 8 (40%)
- Written assignment 2: Identifying research questions and methodologies appropriate to own practice - 1500 words, due in assessment period (30%)
- Individual seminar presentation, 15 minutes, due weeks 7-11 ((30%)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Zachary Dunbar Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
Zachary Dunbar: zdunbar@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Nelson, R. (2013) Practice as Research in the Arts: Principles, Protocols, Pedagogies, Resistances. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.
Barrett, E and Bolt, B (2007) Practice as Research: Approaches to Creative Arts Enquiry, London: I.B. Tauris.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Dramaturgy Course Master of Directing for Performance
Last updated: 3 November 2022