Artistic Research Practice Workshop for Postgraduate Students in the School of Creative Arts
The Centre for Research in Culture and Creative Arts invites all postgraduate students in the School of Creative Arts to a two-day workshop on Artistic Research Practice from 13th -14th February 2023 on the theme Doing Arts-Based Research. The workshop is aimed at deepening knowledge, practical understanding and strengthening the research abilities of postgraduate students in Artistic Research Practice also known as Practice-Based or Practice-Led research.
Facilitators:
Prof. Emmanuel Obed Acquah, Prof. Patrique deGraft-Yankson, Prof. Ernest A. Amponsah, Prof. Frimpong Kaakyire Duku, Prof. Osuanyi Quaicoo Essel.
Schedule of Activities
Day One
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Monday, 13th February |
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10:00 – 10:05am |
Opening Remarks - Prof. Emmanuel O. Acquah, Dean, SCA |
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10:05 – 10:15am |
Message from Dean of Graduate Studies - Prof. Victor Antwi |
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10:15 – 10:40am |
Overview of Arts-Based Research Practice - Prof. E. Amponsah |
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10:40 – 11:40am |
Writing a Good Studio-Based Research Proposal Background to the study, identifying research gaps and writing the problem statement; Stating the research purpose, and objectives, research questions, significance of the study, etc - Prof. Osuanyi Quaicoo Essel, Director, CeRCCA |
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11:40am – 12:10Pm |
Q & A |
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12:10 – 1:10pm |
Break |
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1:10 – 2:20pm |
Doing Better Literature Review What is literature review; categories of literature review; how to write literature review; writing style Selecting appropriate conceptual and theoretical frameworks for studio-based research - Prof. Patrique deGraft-Yankson |
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2:20 – 2:50pm |
Q & A (Response & Contributions) |
Day Two
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Tuesday, 14th February |
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10:00 – 10:10am |
Recap of Day One - Prof. Osuanyi Quaicoo Essel |
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10:10 – 11:10am |
Selecting Research Designs for Studio-Based Research - Prof. Frimpong Kaakyire Duku |
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11:10am – 12:00am |
Small group sessions (concurrent) Facilitators meets with groups of students in Music; Theatre; Fashion & Textiles; Art Education & Visual Communication Studies to discuss draft of their Introductory parts of their proposals - All facilitators |
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12:00 – 1:00pm |
Break |
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1:00 – 2:00pm |
Dealing with Artistic Data and Analytical tools for Arts-Based Research What is Artistic Data? Categories of Artistic data Collecting artistic data; creating Artistic data; Artefacts as data (original compositions, theatrical productions, tangible artworks, etc); Arts-based research analytical tools interpreting or analysing artistic data to present findings, - Insights/creative contributions to knowledge, etc. - Prof. Emmanuel O. Acquah, Dean, SCA |
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2:00 – 2:15pm |
Q & A (Response & Contributions) |
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2:15 – 2:45pm |
Small group sessions (concurrent) Facilitators meets with groups of students in Music; Theatre; Fashion & Textiles; Art Education & Visual Communication Studies to discuss draft of their Research Designs and Analytical tools in their research proposals - All facilitators |
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2:15 – 2:45pm |
Concluding Remarks - Prof. Osuanyi Quaicoo Essel, Phd |
