CALL FOR PAPERS
Determining Creative Practice
A practice-based research symposium
Wednesday December 2nd 2009
10.30-5.30
University of Bedfordshire, UK
FREE
The University of Bedfordshire, University of
Derby & the Practice Section of MeCCSA present a
one day practice-based research symposium for
media practitioners and academics.
The contribution of practice-based research
within arts and humanities has become
increasingly recognized and indeed
inter-disciplinary collaborations are creating
recognition outside of the field. A key criteria
of practice-based research is the role of
critical writing and reflection. The process
relies on forming explicit relations between
practice and outcome and reflexively exploring
the role of the researcher in producing the
creative output. Theoretical paradigms for the
latter are many and varied. Indeed it is
possible to â??justifyâ?? any form of practice
as research through sufficient theoretical
cause. The creative process however is often
organic, multi-valent and can be driven by
unknown causes, disparate events or what appears
as irrelevant information. Some creative
practitioners would claim this drive is
â??somethingâ?? beyond them. Others may argue
this is simply the nature of the creative process.
In the context of writing, reflecting and
presenting practice-based research what role do
notions of determinism play? Are the
requirements of practice-based research
over-determined? Is there space to consider the
concept of pre determination within creative practice?
We welcome presentations of all forms of
creative work, including films, creative
writing, performance, sound and new media that address the following themes:
Is the core origin of creativity within the
individual, society, or something else?
Is the conscious processing of creating work
just one part of the creative story?
What is the role of collaboration in questioning
the self-determination of the artist, or the work of art?
If media practice is predetermined, what does
this say about the product, the practice, and
the practitioner? How does this relate to
originality, creativity, and progress?
If proposals â??determineâ?? how useful are they
in a process of creative discovery? What alternative models exist?
What role does commissioning and pre-production
play in determining a creative practice?
To what extent do the institutional and
commercial bodies that enable and fund
practice-based research encourage the production
of paratexts which predetermine the nature and
scope of the practice and the context within which that practice can be 'read'?
Creative presentations of 10 minutes followed by
10 minutes of theoretical interpretation / reflection are encouraged.
The event is free and includes lunch and refreshments.
Please e-mail proposals of 300 words to both organisers by 21 October 2009 -
Joanna Callaghan: (joanna.calllaghan /at/ beds.ac.uk)
Dr Jason Lee: (J.Lee /at/ derby.ac.uk)
Further information:
<http://pbrsymposium.wikidot.com/>http://pbrsymposium.wikidot.com/
This event is funded by the University of
Bedfordshire, University of Derby and
MeCCSA, the Media, Communication, and Cultural Studies Association.
It follows on from the symposium Circularity, Narrative and Aesthetic
Translation held in April 2009 at the University of Bedfordshire.
