Deans and Directors of Creative Arts
Supported by the DDCA and lead by Smiljana Glisovic and Craig Batty, an article detailing the work of the DDCA and broader Australian community has been published in Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. Abstract It has been widely noted that creative practice research agitates in positive ways certain attitudes,
The following recommendations are based on a review of literature; several survey studies in the last decade on the subject of evaluating creative practice research (Gibson & Webb, 2019; DASSH, 2020; Knowles, 2023; ANU, 2025); a review of available university research reporting guides; and sector consultation undertaken by the DDCA
The DDCA has submitted a formal response to the ARC’s recent call for feedback on the proposed ‘research insights capability’ approach. This response represents the views and experiences of the DDCA Board, in particular considering the position of creative practice research in Australia. In addition to our response to the
CRAIG BATTY, President, DDCA (2022-2025) Those who know me know that I like a bit of a ‘call to arms’ – I’m not afraid to put the cat amongst the pigeons, so to speak, to galvanise and (hopefully) inspire. So, as we find ourselves here again on this very topic,
SMILJANA GLISOVIC, Editor, Creative Matters, DDCA “Wonder unsettles––exposes the limitations of––existing frameworks of understanding.” Anders Schinkel Wonder, Mystery and Meaning 2019 “By posing the unanswerable questions of meaning, (we) establish (ourselves) as question-asking beings. Behind all the cognitive questions for which (we) find answers, there lurk the unanswerable ones which
CAMERON NEYLON Lund, Sweden – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0068-716X In my view there are two key roles for those specifically engaged in supporting those doing HSS research. The first is to advocate for financial systems that can support small and numerous research projects and the funders who want to support them. The second
CHERINE FAHD, Associate Professor, Visual Communication, School of Design, UTS. I joined the UTS Design, Architecture and Building faculty in 2017, after five years at Sydney College of the Arts. The artists at SCA have long been advocating for creative practice research. I shared what I learned at SCA with
On August 9, 2024 the DDCA held a National Forum to generate discussion on the shape of the future of creative practice research in Australia, and beyond. The topics for this forum were chosen to speak directly to recent Australian government reviews of the reporting, assessment and evaluation processes and
KAREN PEARLMAN — In response to the exciting discussion of an Evaluation Framework for the Creative Arts in a university context, I write to contribute the ‘Assessment Criteria for Creative Practice Research’ below, preceded by some background and a few discussion points. Background These ‘Assessment Criteria for Creative Practice Research’