You Can’t Get There From Here: Discovering Where to Begin a Practice-led Inquiry – Notes and Reflections from Thailand
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Resumo: | This article focuses critical attention on an often-overlooked aspect of practice-led research in art and design – how and where practice-led research projects begin. In particular, the article describes and discusses an MFA class in Visual Communication at a Thai University that provides a structured approach to producing what the author describes as good beginnings. Rather than resulting from the decision to continue existing approaches to practice or selecting a new topic for inquiry, the author argues that good beginnings emerge from an intensive period of pre-inquiry that, at one and the same time, invites students to engage with and unpack the motivations and concerns that underly their practices, explore these through practical experimentation, locate them within relevant theoretical contexts, and by so doing, begin the process of reimaging their practice-in-itself as a form of practice-as-inquiry. Working in a situation where artistic inquiry is dominated by conventional understandings of research and the hegemony of linguistic forms of the presentation of knowledge, the author pays particular attention to addressing the complex entanglements of words and works in the development of practice-led projects in a university setting. |
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You Can’t Get There From Here: Discovering Where to Begin a Practice-led Inquiry – Notes and Reflections from ThailandNo se puede llegar allí desde aquí: descubrir dónde comenzar una investigación dirigidapor la práctica–Notas y reflexiones desde TailandiaBuenos comienzospráctica como indagaciónProducción de ConocimientoMaterialidadIdiomaGood BeginningsPractice-as-InquiryKnowledge ProductionMaterialityLanguageThis article focuses critical attention on an often-overlooked aspect of practice-led research in art and design – how and where practice-led research projects begin. In particular, the article describes and discusses an MFA class in Visual Communication at a Thai University that provides a structured approach to producing what the author describes as good beginnings. Rather than resulting from the decision to continue existing approaches to practice or selecting a new topic for inquiry, the author argues that good beginnings emerge from an intensive period of pre-inquiry that, at one and the same time, invites students to engage with and unpack the motivations and concerns that underly their practices, explore these through practical experimentation, locate them within relevant theoretical contexts, and by so doing, begin the process of reimaging their practice-in-itself as a form of practice-as-inquiry. Working in a situation where artistic inquiry is dominated by conventional understandings of research and the hegemony of linguistic forms of the presentation of knowledge, the author pays particular attention to addressing the complex entanglements of words and works in the development of practice-led projects in a university setting.Este artículo centra la atención crítica en un aspecto que a menudo se pasa por alto de la investigación dirigida por la práctica en arte y diseño: cómoy dóndecomienzan los proyectos de investigación dirigidos por la práctica. En particular, el artículo describe y analiza una clase de MFA en Comunicación Visual en una universidad tailandesa que brinda un enfoque estructurado para producir lo que el autor describe como buenos comienzos. En lugar de ser el resultado de la decisión de continuar con los enfoques existentes para la práctica o seleccionar un nuevo tema para la investigación, el autor argumenta que los buenos comienzos surgen de un período intensivo de pre-indagación que, al mismo tiempo, invita a los estudiantes a involucrarse y mostrarlas motivaciones y preocupaciones que subyacen a sus prácticas, explorarlas a través de la experimentación práctica, ubicarlas dentro de contextos teóricos relevantes y, al hacerlo, comenzar el proceso de volver a imaginar su práctica en sí misma como una forma deindagación. Al trabajar en una situación en la que la investigación artística está dominada por la comprensión convencional de la investigación y la hegemonía de las formas lingüísticas de presentación del conocimiento, el autor presta especial atención aabordar los complejos enredos de palabras y obras en el desarrollo de proyectos dirigidos por la práctica en un entorno universitario.UFSCar2022-06-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionRated by peersCalificado por sus compañerosAvaliado pelos paresapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistageminis.ufscar.br/index.php/geminis/article/view/72410.53450/2179-1465.RG.2022v13i2p58-70Revista GEMInIS; v. 13 n. 3 (2022): Dossiê: LINK2022 Journal - A Pesquisa Practice-led em Comunicação e Design - Coleção Vol. 2; 58-70Revista GEMInIS; Vol. 13 No. 3 (2022): Dossier: LINK2022 Journal - The Practice-led Research in Communication Design - Collection Vol. 2; 58-70Revista GEMInIS; Vol. 13 Núm. 3 (2022): Dossier: LINK2022 Journal - La Investigación Guiada por la Práctica en Comunicación y Diseño - Colección vol. 2; 58-702179-1465reponame:Revista GEMInISinstname:Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR)instacron:UFSCARenghttps://www.revistageminis.ufscar.br/index.php/geminis/article/view/724/495Copyright (c) 2022 Nigel Powerhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPower, Nigel2022-07-07T20:50:06Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/724Revistahttps://www.revistageminis.ufscar.br/index.php/geminisPUBhttps://www.revistageminis.ufscar.br/index.php/geminis/oai||revista.geminisufscar@gmail.com2179-14652179-1465opendoar:2022-07-07T20:50:06Revista GEMInIS - Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR)false |
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You Can’t Get There From Here: Discovering Where to Begin a Practice-led Inquiry – Notes and Reflections from Thailand No se puede llegar allí desde aquí: descubrir dónde comenzar una investigación dirigidapor la práctica–Notas y reflexiones desde Tailandia |
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You Can’t Get There From Here: Discovering Where to Begin a Practice-led Inquiry – Notes and Reflections from Thailand |
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You Can’t Get There From Here: Discovering Where to Begin a Practice-led Inquiry – Notes and Reflections from Thailand Power, Nigel Buenos comienzos práctica como indagación Producción de Conocimiento Materialidad Idioma Good Beginnings Practice-as-Inquiry Knowledge Production Materiality Language |
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You Can’t Get There From Here: Discovering Where to Begin a Practice-led Inquiry – Notes and Reflections from Thailand |
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You Can’t Get There From Here: Discovering Where to Begin a Practice-led Inquiry – Notes and Reflections from Thailand |
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You Can’t Get There From Here: Discovering Where to Begin a Practice-led Inquiry – Notes and Reflections from Thailand |
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You Can’t Get There From Here: Discovering Where to Begin a Practice-led Inquiry – Notes and Reflections from Thailand |
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You Can’t Get There From Here: Discovering Where to Begin a Practice-led Inquiry – Notes and Reflections from Thailand |
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Power, Nigel |
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Power, Nigel |
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Power, Nigel |
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Buenos comienzos práctica como indagación Producción de Conocimiento Materialidad Idioma Good Beginnings Practice-as-Inquiry Knowledge Production Materiality Language |
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Buenos comienzos práctica como indagación Producción de Conocimiento Materialidad Idioma Good Beginnings Practice-as-Inquiry Knowledge Production Materiality Language |
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This article focuses critical attention on an often-overlooked aspect of practice-led research in art and design – how and where practice-led research projects begin. In particular, the article describes and discusses an MFA class in Visual Communication at a Thai University that provides a structured approach to producing what the author describes as good beginnings. Rather than resulting from the decision to continue existing approaches to practice or selecting a new topic for inquiry, the author argues that good beginnings emerge from an intensive period of pre-inquiry that, at one and the same time, invites students to engage with and unpack the motivations and concerns that underly their practices, explore these through practical experimentation, locate them within relevant theoretical contexts, and by so doing, begin the process of reimaging their practice-in-itself as a form of practice-as-inquiry. Working in a situation where artistic inquiry is dominated by conventional understandings of research and the hegemony of linguistic forms of the presentation of knowledge, the author pays particular attention to addressing the complex entanglements of words and works in the development of practice-led projects in a university setting. |
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