The Authored Voice: Emerging approaches to exegesis design in creative practice PhDs

Advocating Journalism Practice-as-research

“…Citing the ERA’s recognition, Nash notes ‘the door against which many Journalism academic researchers are pushing for recognition of their work is already open, and therefore, the question is not whether journalism can be research, but what sort of journalism practice constitutes academic research’ (2013, p. 126). He also defined practice-led exegeses criteria for research degrees (Nash, 2014), which have striking parallels with Art and Design practice-led research degrees (Ings, 2014). Lindgren and Phillips have argued that one of the issues at stake is whether traditional social science, humanities or creative arts research methodologies should be applied to journalism to gain full ‘academic approval’, or ‘whether journalism should in fact be measured against its own methods and approaches’ (2011, p. 74).…”

The visible voice: Typographical distinction in thesis writing

“…It examines four visual communication design exegeses at PhD and Masters levels at one New Zealand University. Although the use of typographic design is not a ubiquitous practice in higher research degree exegeses, it is becoming increasingly evident in the fields of creative writing, architecture and visual communication design (Ings 2014). In the broader domain, Ravelli and Starfield (2008) note that it builds upon emerging approaches adopted in wider academic scholarship.…”

“…Currently within the academy there are contestations across diverse disciplines where researchers seek to extend the richness and clarity of their communicative potential. Such contestations include multimodal research formats that enable the researcher to embed audio and animated files (Ings 2014), the employment of polyvocal writing (Hamilton 2011), and new approaches to document design including page orientation, proportion, foldout spreads, and pictorial information graphics. Arguably, the more such renegotiations of convention appear in the public domain as well resolved expansions to communicative quality, the more we are able to move the articulation of research processes and products forward, Paltridge et al (2012) suggests that little attention has been paid to how typography is actually employed in thesis writing, despite the fact that these documents vary considerably across the academy (Dudley-Evans 1999, Thompson 1999, Ravelli & Starfield 2008.…”

Pesquisa de doutorado practice-led e a natureza dos métodos imersivos

“…No entanto, o primeiro programa doutorado practice-led da Nova Zelândia (em design de curta-metragem) não foi concedido até 2005. 4 Embora o estudo de um doutorado practice-led seja comum no cenário internacional, sua distribuição permanece desigual. Enquanto o Reino Unido, a Escandinávia e a Australásia têm um número crescente destes doutorados, países como os Estados Unidos têm sido mais lentos para acomodar doutorados (PhD) artísticos ou baseados em design que contêm a prática como um componente the British Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA) developed regulations for higher degrees in Polytechnics.…”

“…However, New Zealand's first practice-led PhD (in short film design) was not awarded until 2005. 44 While practice-oriented doctoral study is now a familiar part of the international landscape, its distribution remains uneven. While the UK, Scandinavia and Australasia have increasing numbers of such doctorates, countries like the United States have been slower to accommodate artistic or design-based PhDs that contain practice as an integrated component of study.…”