[text]uring: writing through fashion for a new literacies dissertation
(2023)
author(s): Rachel Kaminski Sanders
published in: Journal for Artistic Research
The term 'literacy' encompasses reading and writing practices, each with distinct meanings and histories. Scholars define individuals as 'literate' or 'illiterate' based on these practices, a point not to be taken lightly. New literacies studies have expanded literacy from print to encompass all forms of meaning-making, leading to an expansion of associated terminology. In American higher education, despite the expanded meanings of terms like 'writing' and 'text,' the term 'research' remains dominated by written language, even within dedicated disciplines (Coiro et al. 2008; New London Group 1996; Wilber 2008).
Through a cultural studies perspective, I traced the historical evolution of American literacy to the present day. The study revealed darker consequences of literacy's past, providing insights for scholars to understand silenced voices and advocate for their inclusion in the future. Given the ever-expanding practices of literacy, the need for increased attention to writing instruction, and the problematic otherness of arts-based disciplines such as fashion, my goal is to broaden the range of accepted scholarly compositions in higher education. I believe this pursuit is key to the advancement of academic research publications.
To address this paradox, I actively embraced new literacy practices by creating a dissertation supported by Barone & Eisner’s (2012) concept of arts based research. Drawing on my experiences in the industry, I sought to challenge views of fashion as frivolous by writing my dissertation in the language of dress, offering a new perspective on the interwovenness of literacy and fashion. My dissertation argues that fashion is a form of writing by exploring nonverbal communication in scholarly work. This move reconciled the perceived frivolity with the substantive nature of fashion and ignited my commitment to the acceptance of research in diverse language forms.
Jorge Alvaro's academic and research space
(last edited: 2024)
author(s): Jorge Alvaro Manzano
This exposition is in progress and its share status is: visible to all.
The essence of the video essay is to transfer the energy of the chosen audiovisual pieces to a new language. It aims to focus the viewer on a detail, a concept that articulates part of the narrative. In this series, different proposals converge to emphasize some relevant aspects of each selection.
The articles allow me to investigate and reflect on the topics I photograph or film, deepening and discussing my research with other authors
The conflict of the faculties : perspectives on artistic research and academia
(last edited: 2023)
author(s): Henk Borgdorff
connected to: Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
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The thesis, written by Henk Borgdorff, is about artistic research – what it is, or what it could be. And it is about the place that artistic research could have in academia, within the whole of academic research. It is also about the ways we speak about such issues, and about how the things we say (in this study and elsewhere) cause the practices involved to manifest themselves in specific ways, while also setting them into motion. In this sense, the thesis not only explores the phenomenon of artistic research in relation to academia, but it also engages with that relationship. This performative dimension of the thesis is interwoven with its constative and interpretive dimensions. If the thesis succeeds in its aims, it will not only advance knowledge and understanding of artistic research, but it will further the development of this emerging field.
Word and Whetstone: Perspectives on Writing at the Intersection of Art and Academia
(last edited: 2023)
author(s): Maya Rasker
connected to: Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
This exposition is in progress and its share status is: visible to all.
This research of Maya Rasker in only available in Dutch. The English version will be ready later in 2023.
The position of writing within the domain of artistic academic research is not self-evident. In academia, standard practice is to use writing for the transfer of knowledge: it is a means of communication. In the practice of (nonlinguistic) artistic research, the outcome is also often contextualized in a written argument. This leads to the paradox that, if writing as an art form is to be relevant in and for artistic academic research, it must relate discursively to itself in its own medium in order to achieve that relevance. This paradox has been embraced in this dissertation and research.'Word and Whetstone. Perspectives on writing at the intersection of art and academia' is the outcome of inquiry into the epistemological possibilities and characteristics of writing. The question is whether and how writing as a communication vehicle and as an art form can also serve as a knowledge generator. To investigate this, the practice of writing is thought of as an experimental system, analogous to the scientific experiment. Processes of narrating and annotating generate a dialogical encounter for new insights as well as providing a structure. The material is both the object of research and method.
The essence of the video essay is to transfer the energy of the chosen audiovisual pieces to a new language. It aims to focus the viewer on a detail, a concept that articulates part of the narrative. In this series, different proposals converge to emphasize some relevant aspects of each selection. The articles allow me to investigate and reflect on the topics I photograph or film, deepening and discussing my research with other authorsopen exposition comments (0)