Presentation for UWS MA Students: Reflections on an Masters Creative Media Practice Project. Includes academic contextualisation, reflections on planning and progressing and tips for managing a masters project.

1. Alison
McCandlish:
reflec2ons
on
MA
project
Crenellated
Arts
www.crenellatedarts.com
@crenellatedarts
Image
created
from
own
photo,
2013

2. The
ques2on/
topic
• “Are
You
Here”
-­‐
a
genealogical
journey
exploring
family
history,
iden2ty
and
place
through
illustra2on
and
digital
media.
Own
photo,
2012
Carr,
1984
used
with
permission
Carr,
1992,
used
with
permission

3. Methodology
+
Underpinnings
Deep
Mapping
Place
Character
Past
Auto-­‐
ethnography
Personal
Stories
“Life
space”
Derive/
Travelogue
On
site
work
Experiences
Wander
Exhibi2ng
Process
from
start
to
finish
“hypermedia”
E-­‐learning
Accessibility
Interpreta2on
Narra2ve-­‐
visual/
textual
sketching
wri2ng
photographing
researching
promo2ng
cura2ng
interac2ng
publishing
mapping
connec2ng
presen2ng
analysing
reflec2ng
edi2ng
experiencing
wandering
dri^ing
explaining
contextualising
observing
recording
designing
Skills
Prac22oners
Danny
Gregory
Iain
Higgs
Stuart
Maconie
Adobe
“evangelists”
Situa2onists
Andy
Goldsworthy
Mar2n
Parr
Anthony
Gormley
Aloka
Turner
Leo
Leonni
Manjusvara
Wordworth
John
Betjamin

4. Research
Trips-­‐
Bristol:
Plan
• Site
specific
artwork
Brandon
Hill
and
Castle
Park
• Meet
Iain
Biggs
(UWE)
• M-­‐Shed
trip
• Bristol
library
visit
• Sketchbooking
– Wri2ng,
sketching,
ephemera
collec2on
• Photographic
journal
Own
photo,
2010
Own
photo,
2010

5. Research
Trips-­‐
Brighton:
Plan
• Site
specific
artwork:
beach
and
Queens
Park
• Brighton
Fringe
events
• Brighton
library
and
art
gallery
visits
• Turner
exhibit
visit
• Sketchbooking
– Wri2ng,
sketching,
ephemera
collec2on
• Photographic
journal
Own
photo,
2012
SCRAN
educa2on
image

6. Literature
Review
+
Cri2cal
Underpinnings
(1)
Deep
Mapping
Place
Character
Past
Auto-­‐
ethnography
Personal
Stories
“Life
space”
Derive/
Travelogue
On
site
work
Experiences
Wander
Prac2ce
as
research

7. Literature
Review
+
Cri2cal
Underpinnings
(2)
Exhibi2ng
Process
from
start
to
finish
“hypermedia”
E-­‐learning
Accessibility
Interpreta2on

8. Non
Malefience
(do
no
harm)
Benefience
(do
posi2ve
good)
Jus2ce
(fair
treatment)
Autonomy
(self
determina2on)
Ethics
(a^er
UWS,
2004)
Payment
Acknowledgements
Environmentally:
Non
invasive
temporary
artwork
Public
liability
insurance
Copyright
Psychological
kindness:
support
networks
Own
photo,
2013
Family
rela2onships

9. Timeframe
and
Resources:
Gang
Chart
Task
15/04/2013
22/04/2013
29/04/2013
06/05/2013
13/05/2015
20/05/2013
27/05/2013
03/06/2013
10/06/2013
17/06/2013
24/06/2013
01/07/2013
08/07/2013
15/07/2013
22/07/2013
29/07/2013
Crea2ve
Skills
2
Presenta2on
18-­‐Apr
Essay/
Porkolio
Prep
09-­‐May
Promo2on
Bristol
Brighton
Studio
2me
Framing
Wri2ng
Exhibi2on
Analysis
Hand
in
Time
manage:
Other
uni
work-­‐
5
weeks
This
week
followed
by
porkolio-­‐
4
weeks
Exhibi2on
promo-­‐
6
weeks
Bristol
and
Brighton
travel-­‐
2
weeks
Studio
development
2me-­‐
6
weeks
Wri2ng/
analysis-­‐
6
weeks
milestone
Resources:
• Finance
(plan
costed)
• Art
Materials
• Gallery
space
• Friends/
family
help
• Personal
crea2ve
energy!

10. Original
Planned
Output
• Journals
• Photographs
• Dra^
edits
• Historical
info
• Notes
from
site
visits/
talks/
events
• Blog
entries
• Mockups
• Visitor
book
• Video
of
events/
work
in
progress
• 10
full
size
illustra2ons
– “Nice
cup
of
tea
and
a
sit
down”
– “Brighton
Buddha”
– “Gled
Glad”
• 1
larger
piece:
“The
grand
tour”
• Prints
to
sell
• 1
illustrated
e-­‐book
• Promo2onal
materials
• Suppor2ng
wrigen
work
for
MA
submission

11. Dissemina2on
Own
photo,
as
are
all
others
following,
2013
• NTS
magazine
(195,034
circula2on:
magazinesabout.com)
• NTS
website
• On
site
banner,
A
board,
word
of
mouth
Mapping
Spectral
Traces
Network:
“trans-­‐disciplinary,
interna2onal
group
of
scholars,
prac22oners,
community
leaders
and
ar2sts…
commitment
to
socially
engaged
crea2ve
prac2ce…projects
that
‘map’
the
unseen
and
unacknowledged
difficult
pasts
that
con2nue
to
structure
present-­‐day
social
rela2ons”
hgp://www.mappingspectraltraces.org
Brighton
Fes2val
2014?

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Research
Cri2cal
Development

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Cri2cal
Development

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Cri2cal
Development

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Cri2cal
Development

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Research
Cri2cal
Development

25. Bibliography
(1
of
3)
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V.
(2000)
Leaving
Home:
Notes
on
Inser2ons
into
the
Public.
In
Doherty,
C.
(ed.)
Situa2on.
London:
Whitechapel
Gallery.
pp.135
-­‐
136
• Bain,
A.L.
(2006)
Female
ar2s2c
iden2ty
in
place:
the
studio.
Social
&
Cultural
• Geography
5:2,
pp.171-­‐193
• Biggs,
I.
(2006)
Hybrid
Texts
and
Academic
Autonomy:
The
Wager
in
Crea2ve
Prac2ce
Research.
In
Macleaod,
K.
and
Holdgridge,
L.
(eds.)
Thinking
Through
Art:
Reflec2ons
on
Art
as
Research.
London:
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pp.
190
-­‐
200
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J.
(1994)
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London:
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S.
(2009)
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only
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reflexivity
and
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crises
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Ethnography
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4:1,
pp.51-­‐
63.
• Edgar,
I.R.
(2004)
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in
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In
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S.
Kur2,
L.
and
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I.
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in
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pp.
90
–
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26. Bibliography
(2
of
3)
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V.A.
and
Fine,
M
(2013)
Mapping
as
a
Method:
History
and
Theore2cal
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in
Qualita2ve
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in
Psychology
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yet
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[online]
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2013]
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Thinking
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Technology
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2012]
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F.
(2004)
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In
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S.
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L.
and
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I.
(eds.)
Working
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Visual
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and
Representa2on
in
Ethnography.
London:
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pp.
204
-­‐
218
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(3
of
3)
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2013]
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April
2013]
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T.
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