FH4S20 - Research and Development of Creative Practice 01 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: FH4S20
Module Title: Research and Development of Creative Practice
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Fashion, Marketing and Photography
Faculty Sub Group: Photography
Module Leader: Thania Acaron
Module Team: Heather Parnell
First Intended Intake: SEP 2021 Final Year of Intake: 2026
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes:
HECOS Code Weighting:

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2021
Valid To 31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

1. To contribute to the development of research knowledge and skills at postgraduate level, for students on MA Arts Practice, Arts, Health and Wellbeing.
2. To encourage a critical engagement with approaches to creative practice, and with ideas, debates and issues in the creative and cultural industries.
Pertinent to developing a proposal for practice
3. To encourage the assimilation of critical evaluation and reflectivity within self-directed practice, which maybe personal, participatory or interdisciplinary.

Content Summary

Indicatively, the module will focus on the following content:
- Surveying the evolution and current state of arts, health and wellbeing, introducing themes and practices, including the prevalence and impact of health inequalities.
- The Reflective Practitioner: an introduction to ideas and practices
- Understanding practice as research
- Exploring relevant research methodologies and methods
- Surveying the literature: building on ideas and insights
- 'Creativity' - exploring ideas of creativity and creative processes
- Arts methodologies and production processes
- Presentations and Q&A
- Framing our study: further ideas about research and practice in Arts, Health and Wellbeing

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Formative Assessment - Scheduled 4
Directed Study 20
Independent Study 158
Tutorial 2
Seminar 4
Lecture 12
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Articulate critical insights into ideas, issues and approaches to practice and research in arts, health and wellbeing settings and contexts.
LO2 Apply knowledge and critical awareness to situate and frame students’ own practice in research terms.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Presentation (Asynchronous) 1 Individual conference style paper presentation, linked to a particular theme, issue or case study explored in the module, in relation to the students’ own disciplines and areas of interest 20 N/A 50 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Essay 1 A project proposal which includes a literature/sources review relevant to a student’s own discipline and area of interest 0 3000 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Presentation (Asynchronous) 1 ✔ ✔
Essay 1 ✔ ✔

Reading List

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2013) Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention. 3rd edn. New York: Harper Perennial.

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2002) Flow: The classic work on how to achieve happiness. 2nd edn. London: Random House.

Emerling, J. (2005) Theory for Art History. London and New York: Routledge.

Moran, D. (2000) Introduction to Phenomenology. Abingdon – on – Thames: Taylor & Francis.

Nelson, R (2013) Practice as Research in the Arts: Principles, Protocols, Pedagogies, Resistances. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Rose, G. (2016) Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials. 4th edn. London: Sage Publications Ltd.

Strucken M and Cartwright L (2017) Practices of Looking An introduction to Visual Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Thompson, S. and N, Thompson. (2018) The Critically Reflective Practitioner. 2nd edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Schmid, T. (2005) Promoting Health Through Creativity: for professionals in health, arts and education. London and Philadelphia: Whurr Publishers.

Foucault, M. (2003) The Birth of the Clinic. 3rd edn. Abingdon – on – Thames: Routledge.

Websites
Wales Arts Health and Wellbeing Network
https://wahwn.cymru/
London Arts and Health Forum
http://www.lahf.org.uk/
Arts Council of Wales
http://www.artswales.org.uk/
Arts Council of England
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/

Willis Newson Arts consultancy
http://www.willisnewson.co.uk/

Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance
https://www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk/

Arts and Health South West
https://www.ahsw.org.uk/

Journals
Arts & Health: An International Journal of Research, Policy and Practice. Abingdon – on – Thames: Taylor and Francis
Journal of Applied Arts & Health. Bristol: Intellect