The purpose of this module is to explore the creative process in artistic and academic work with a view towards investigating resonance, dissonance, and synchronicity between method in one's performance practice and in practice-based research. Through the documentation of practice using autoethnographic, narrative and arts-based methods, key emergent themes will be investigated. These themes will contribute tothe identification of a research topic which will be explored using these practice-based research techniques.

Through the documentation of creative practice, this module addresses questions concerning the design and framing of a research project in practice-based research. Work in this module is explicitly multi-modal in character. Through the encouragement of dialogue between methods in the creative process of performing and the research process, it facilitates the creation of methodological tools appropriate to the particularity of specific research questions.

Recognise and explore the use of writing as a unique and creative means of researching and documenting creative practice Articulate and differentiate between writing which documents practice and research writing which informs practice Critically appraise the role of writing in arts practice research

Proactively challenge epistemological orthodoxies around the role of writing Attempt and explore new registers of writing through collaboration and experimentation

Creatively choreograph and perform as part of a practice-based research approach

The module is taught through a series of lectures, seminars and practice-specific feedback sessions. Teaching modes include team teaching, panel presentations, performance-based teaching and research supervision. Teaching approaches model collaborative and creative artistic research, as well as the ability to articulate research outcomes. The module involves a high level of independent, studio-based work and documentation. The relationship between practice, reflection and documentation is a key aspect of recent findings in arts practice documentation and research (Nelson, 2013) and the epistemic dimensions of practice as research (Schatzki et al 2001; Coessens et al 2009) are central to understandings of research proposed in this module. References Nelson, Robin (2013) Practice as Research in the Arts: Principles, Protocols, Pedagogies, Resistances. Palgrave Macmillan. Schatzki, T., Knorr Cetina, K. and Von Savigny, E., eds.(2001) The Practice Turn in Contemporary Research, London and New York: Routledge.