M120DR413 Artistic research

Contents and structure

This is module 4 of the Master's Degree in Drama Pedagogy and Applied Theatre. The module is closely linked to module 3 and it constitutes a starting point for module 5. The module comprises research methods used in drama pedagogy and applied theatre, including drama and theatre work carried out as artistic research.

The module encompasses a project in which the students implement their own artistic research. The finishing of this project is an artistic product: a theatre performance, a TIE-programme, or a process drama structure, combined with a reflection on both the process and the product. The module combines practical drama/theatre work with theoretical reflection on the explorations carried out through the chosen dramatic approaches.

Learning Outcome

Knowledge

After completion of the module, the student has acquired knowledge about:

• Central terminologies, methods, and methodologies within arts-based research and artistic research approaches
• Relevant arts-based/artistic research projects, research articles and exemplary research within the field of drama pedagogy and applied theatre
• Participatory research methods and knowledge production
• Drama pedagogy and applied theatre as research methods.

Skills

After completion of the module, the student can:

• Apply artistic processes in research
• Analyse artistic processes, artistic expressions and make use of subject specific research terminologies and texts related to arts-based/artistic research (composition, argumentation, context and method)
• Formulate research questions and project description relevant for the master programme in drama pedagogy and applied theatre.

General Competence

The student can

• Convey relevant arts-based/artistic research projects in Norway and internationally
• Analyse and communicate his/her independent research & development arts-projects
• Develop a design for an artistic research project within the field of drama pedagogy and applied theatre.

Entry requirements

None

Teaching methods

Methods of instruction in this module will interchange between lectures workshops and seminars, 2-3 days a week, with an increasing amount of individual work and group work when completing a performance or a corresponding artistic product. The module demands regular attendance and active participation in all teaching activities, individual studies and seminars. An excursion is traditionally a part of this module.

Compulsory learning activities

Requirement 1:

In pairs, students will plan and present an arts-based drama/theatre research workshop with students from the BA-course or with other relevant groups.

Requirement 2:

Individual, oral presentation of a chosen article from the syllabus. The student will analyse and reflect on the intension/problem of the text, its argumentation and its uses of sources.   

The requirements are evaluated on a pass/non-pass basis.

Assessment

The evaluation of this module consists of two components:

1. A performance or a corresponding artistic product, which is based on the use of arts-based and/or artistic research methods. Implementation by using other students as participants. 25 - 40 minutes.
2. Submission of professional prose text on arts-based and/or artistic research.

Length: 1 500 words.

Syllabus, about 900 pages, where the individual student can select 150 pages of his/her own choosing.

Marking: Approved / not approved. The student must pass both requirements in order to have this course approved.

Examination support material

None

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