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MCGY5604: Researching Creative Process

2020 unit information

This unit of study aims to provide students with an overview of the intellectual and methodological trends underpinning artistic research in music - a field composed of both practice-based and practice-led research projects. Participating in this course will enable students to participate productively in artistic research by increasing their familiarity with current debates surrounding research integrity, the strengths and weaknesses of various methodological approaches and the narrative strategies artists employ in order to demonstrate research significance to a spectrum of stakeholders.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Study level Postgraduate
Academic unit
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. contextualise and evaluate the findings of specific works of artistic research within various methodological paradigms
  • LO2. apply new interdisciplinary methodologies to the study of artistic process
  • LO3. articulate the significance of an artistic research project to both communities of practice and to an academic readership.

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2020
Normal day Sydney

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