“An Interdisciplinary Methodology for Practice-Led Research in Public Ambient Installation” presented by Power
Symposium:
Session Title:
- Ecologies of Place (full papers)
Presentation Title:
- An Interdisciplinary Methodology for Practice-Led Research in Public Ambient Installation
Presentation Subtheme:
- Speculative practices
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Abstract:
This paper describes an interdisciplinary path to ways of knowing about creative practice engaging with public encounter. An interdisciplinary research methodology is demonstrated as developing from creative studio practice in new media to incorporate ethnographic methods, grounded theory methods, and thick description to induce knowledge from the public encounter with a generative, ambient installation. Each stage of the research strategies is accounted for, and the overall interdisciplinary cycle framed within theories of Double Loop learning. The outcomes reveal an interdisciplinary methodology that can be generalized for studying the cycle through creative practice, public exhibition, and public encounter. This general approach to research methodology provides value for students, creative practitioners, and researchers who seek to understand the emergent, inductive, and relational aspects of interdisciplinary creative practice. This paper will be of use to those engaged in the praxis-research nexus, providing definitions and models for communicating knowledge contributions in new media arts and design.
