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At the performance turn, this book takes a fresh ´how to´ approach to Practice as Research, arguing that old prejudices should be abandoned and a PaR methodology fully accepted in the academy. Nelson and his contributors address the questions students, professional practitioner-researchers, regulators and examiners have posed in this domain.

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PART I: ROBIN NELSON Introduction - The What, Where, When and Why of ´Practice as Research´? From Practitioner to Practitioner-Researcher Conceptual Frameworks for PaR and Related Pedagogy: From ´Hard Facts´ to ´Liquid Knowing´ Supervision, Documentation and Other Aspects of Praxis ParPhDs - a Guideline/Clew to a Successful Outcome for All (Candidates, Examiners, Administrators, Regulators) PART II: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES Aotearoa/New Zealand and Practice as Research; S.Little Artists in Australian Academies: Performance in the Labyrinth of Practice-led Research; J.Robson PaR in Continental Europe: A Site of Many Contests; D.Lesage Artistic Research in a Nordic Context; A.Arlander Practice as Research in South Africa; V.Baxter Why Performance as Research? A US Perspective; S.R.Riley

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´...Nelson provides thoughtful guidance on many aspects of PaR projects: from planning to supervision, from documentation to exegesis... Nelson´s book should be considered a major contribution to the field of practice as research... the material presented will be of use to anyone engaged in or considering PaR. Nelson´s model is clear, effective and persuasively argued.´ - Marc Silberschatz, Scottish Journal of Performance

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Annette Arlander Professor of Performance Art and Theory, Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland Veronica Baxter independent researcher Dieter Lisage Professor of Philosophy and Art Criticism at the Department of Audiovisual and Performing Arts, Erasmus University College Brussels, Belgium Suzanne Little Lecturer in Theatre Studies and Performing Arts Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand Shannon Rose Riley Associate Professor of Humanities, San José State University, California, USA Julie Robson independent researcher

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