Practice Together: How Practice Research Shapes PhD Submission Formats

Description

This workshop aims to bring together PGRs engaging with practice research to develop their understanding and confidence around the final submission formats of their PhDs.
With practice research enabling and recognising diverse modes of knowledge generation and articulation, a practice research PhD rarely culminates in an academic text of 80,000 words which has been the traditional format for an arts and humanities doctorate. Whether undertaken through artwork, exhibitions, compositions, performances, events, creative writing, design, textiles, film, and/or digital interactive media, practice research needs to be disseminated in an appropriate form to the fields and communities who benefit from such knowledge. M4C expects this practice to be accompanied by some form of documentation of the research process, as well as a mode of textual analysis or exposition to support its position and to demonstrate critical reflection. Yet the diversity of potential ways to bring practice, its documentation, and contextual critical reflection together can lead to uncertainty and concern amongst PGRs. With no one model to follow, they can be unsure of what might be appropriate, legitimate, and possible within university systems for their own PhD. This workshop aims to demystify concerns, reassure PGRs and excite them about the possibilities for constructing their own practice research PhD submissions through sharing examples and discussing the challenges. The workshop and its outcomes will highlight the ways practice research is innovating and changing the expectations for how a thesis might look and be experienced for all PhD students across the arts and humanities.

Period	12 Sept 2025
Event type	Workshop
Location	Birmingham, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	Regional