Practice as Research in the Arts

Annette Arlander Professor of Performance Art and Theory, Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland Veronica Baxter independent researcher Dieter Lisage Professor of Philosophy and Art Criticism at the Department of Audiovisual and Performing Arts, Erasmus University College Brussels, Belgium Suzanne Little Lecturer in Theatre Studies and Performing Arts Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand Shannon Rose Riley Associate Professor of Humanities, San José State University, California, USA Julie Robson independent researcher

PART I: ROBIN NELSON Introduction – The What, Where, When and Why of 'Practice as Research'? From Practitioner to Practitioner-Researcher Conceptual Frameworks for PaR and Related Pedagogy: From 'Hard Facts' to 'Liquid Knowing' Supervision, Documentation and Other Aspects of Praxis ParPhDs – a Guideline/Clew to a Successful Outcome for All (Candidates, Examiners, Administrators, Regulators) PART II: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES Aotearoa/New Zealand and Practice as Research; S.Little Artists in Australian Academies: Performance in the Labyrinth of Practice-led Research; J.Robson PaR in Continental Europe: A Site of Many Contests; D.Lesage Artistic Research in a Nordic Context; A.Arlander Practice as Research in South Africa; V.Baxter Why Performance as Research? A US Perspective; S.R.Riley