Abstract
The project described in this paper is an upcoming postdoctoral project with the aim to explore the concepts of ‘making scholarship’ and ‘doctorateness’ in the practice-based field of Art and design education. This paper will describe the field of inquiry and elaborate on self-ethnography as a research approach. Self-ethnography can be an alternative when a researcher aims to study a professional community to which he or she is already a member. ‘Doctorateness’ is a central concept in organised research education, and even though the term has its origins in the discipline-based fields of research, the concept is of great importance to practice-related disciplines as well, such as the making disciplines. In 1976, the master program in Art and design education was established at two pedagogical institutions in Norway. The development of the master program shows how a practice-based field has acted with the intention to meet with the academic world, while at the same time, maintaining the field-specific character. Today we can see that there are some similarities between the situation in 1976 and the challenges addressed at the doctoral level. The project presented is part of an on-going Scandinavian research project.
Keywords
making scholarship, doctorateness, self-ethnography, Art and design education
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/learnxdesign.2013.044
Citation
Fauske, L.B.(2013) Making scholarship: Describing the field of inquiry and the research approach, in Reitan, J.B., Lloyd, P., Bohemia, E., Nielsen, L.M., Digranes, I., & Lutnæs, E. (eds.), DRS // Cumulus: Design Learning for Tomorrow, 14-17 May, Oslo, Norway. https://doi.org/10.21606/learnxdesign.2013.044
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Making scholarship: Describing the field of inquiry and the research approach
The project described in this paper is an upcoming postdoctoral project with the aim to explore the concepts of ‘making scholarship’ and ‘doctorateness’ in the practice-based field of Art and design education. This paper will describe the field of inquiry and elaborate on self-ethnography as a research approach. Self-ethnography can be an alternative when a researcher aims to study a professional community to which he or she is already a member. ‘Doctorateness’ is a central concept in organised research education, and even though the term has its origins in the discipline-based fields of research, the concept is of great importance to practice-related disciplines as well, such as the making disciplines. In 1976, the master program in Art and design education was established at two pedagogical institutions in Norway. The development of the master program shows how a practice-based field has acted with the intention to meet with the academic world, while at the same time, maintaining the field-specific character. Today we can see that there are some similarities between the situation in 1976 and the challenges addressed at the doctoral level. The project presented is part of an on-going Scandinavian research project.