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Performing Arts Research Methodologies (DRAM90010)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
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- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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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
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- develop an understanding of the major critical issues in the field of performance;
- develop analytical skills through critical reflection on performance practices and their contexts;
- develop imaginative, creative, communication and presentation skills in the delivery of coursework presentations and individual or collaborative projects;
- introduce and provide students with key research concepts and skills relevant to their chosen project;
- introduce students to an overview of contemporary debates and methodological traditions in the field of arts-based research;
- enable students to develop a research methodology appropriate to their discipline and project.
- train students in preparation for research activities involved in higher research degrees;
- facilitate discussion of research ethics, including codes of conduct and ethical frameworks governing research.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- 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: 10 November 2023
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: 10 November 2023
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Written assignment 1: Research essay
| Mid teaching period | 40% |
15-minute individual seminar presentation
| Second half of the teaching period | 30% |
Written assignment 2: Identifying research questions and methodologies appropriate to own practice
| During the assessment period | 30% |
Last updated: 10 November 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Alyson Campbell Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours of seminars and exercises. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023
Last updated: 10 November 2023
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 Theatre (Directing) Course Master of Theatre (Screen Acting) Course Master of Theatre (Dramaturgy) Course Master of Theatre (Voice)
Last updated: 10 November 2023