Abstract
This chapter discusses post-graduate research employing these ideas around creativity. Some of those that go on to further study undertake traditional research, often in the form of an ethnography, while many of them at postgraduate level pursue further creative practice as a form of practitioner based enquiry (PBE). They investigate screenwriting, radio journalism, commercial and documentary video productions, sound production and many other creative topics and use the theories about creativity as their intellectual frame. The PBE methodological approach allows them to revisit, refine and develop further what occurred for them in their capstone course and across the life of their postgraduate research as they transition from practitioner to researcher and participant observer and back again. For them, this all-inclusive research approach is the culmination of years of being embedded in the system of creative practice education and research.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Bibliography
Bolton, G. (2001). What is a learning journal? In P. Chapman (Ed.), Reflective practice: Writing and professional development (pp. 160–164). London: Paul Chapman.
Boyd, B. (2009). On the origin of stories: Evolution, cognition, and fiction. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Boyd, B. (2010). Art and evolution: The avant-garde as test case – Spiegelman in The Narrative Corpse. In B. Boyd, J. Carroll, & J. Gottschall (Eds.), Evolution, literature and film: A reader. New York: Columbia University Press.
Bryman, A. (2001). Social research methods. New York: Oxford University Press.
Buss, D. M. (2012). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (4th ed.). Boston: Pearson Allyn & Bacon.
Carratt, M. (2013). Policy in media production: Structural effects on creativity (Unpublished Honours Thesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Carroll, J. (1995). Evolution and literary theory. Columbia: University of Missouri Press.
Coffee, S. (2007). Finding your voice: Exploration of the creative activities of the freelance writer (Unpublished Honours Thesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Coffee, S. (2014). Profiling creativity: An exploration of the creative process through the practice of freelance print journalism (PhD Thesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1045197. Accessed 28 Feb 2018.
Cohen, S. (1993). Ethnography and popular music studies. Popular Music, 12(2), 123–138.
Cowan, J. (1998). On becoming an innovative university teacher: Reflection in action. Buckingham: SRHE and Open University Press.
Craft, A. (2001). Little ‘c’ creativity. In A. Craft, B. Jeffrey, & M. Leibling (Eds.), Creativity in education (pp. 45–61). London: Continuum.
Crotty, M. (2003). The foundations of social research: Meaning and perspective in the research process (2nd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage.
Cuttance, R. (2009). Making a voice show reel—investigating the systems model of creativity through practitioner—based enquiry. Unpublished Honours Exegesis. University of Newcastle, Australia.
Ellis, C., Adams, T., & Bochner, A. (2011). Autoethnography: An overview. Forum: Qualitative social research, 12(1), 1–18.
Fulton, J. M. (2005). Finding your voice: An exploration of the creative activities of the freelance journalist (Unpublished Honours Exegesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Gottschall, J. (2012). The storytelling animal: How stories make us human. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Grix, J. (2004). The foundations of research. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Harrison, C. (2016). A songwriter’s journey from little-c to pro-c creativity: An applied analytical autoethnography (PhD Thesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1315652. Accessed 28 Feb 2018.
Honan, K. (2005). Welcome Valley: An investigation of refugees living in the Hunter from 1949 to 2005 via an oral history project presented as a radio documentary series (Unpublished Honours Exegesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Horn, A. (2009). Coal and community: Creating a radio documentary series (Unpublished Honours Exegesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Hutchinson, S. (2013). Creative screen labour: Investigating Bourdieu’s capital in independent promotional filmmaking (Unpublished Honours Thesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Johnson, H. (2009). Agency and structure as a complementary pair: The art versus commerce debate in the Newcastle music scene (Unpublished Honours Thesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Kerrigan, S. M. (2011). Creative documentary practice: Internalising the systems model of creativity through documentary video and online practice (PhD Thesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/929852. Accessed 28 Feb 2018.
Killen, C. (2007). A study of authorial decision making in the creation of contemporary Australian children’s literature (Unpublished Honours Thesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Killen, C. (2016). True stories about tall tales: A study of creativity and cultural production in contemporary Australian children’s picture books (PhD Thesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1312065. Accessed 28 Feb 2018.
Lee, K. (2011). Investigating the creative process through the adaptation of fairy tales into modern stories for the screen (Unpublished Honours Exegesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Lucas, B. (2001). Creative teaching, teaching creativity and creative learning. In A. Craft, B. Jeffrey, & M. Leibling (Eds.), Creativity in education. London: Continuum.
Macdonald, I. W. (2004). The presentation of the screen idea in narrative film-making. PhD thesis. Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK.
Macdonald, I. W. (2013). Screenwriting poetics and the screen idea. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Martin, B. (2016). Making sounds: An ethnographic analysis of pro-am audio production within the systems model of creativity (Unpublished Honours Thesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
McIntyre, E. (2004). Facilitating the script: Creativity and cultural production for the screen (Unpublished Honours Thesis). University of Newcastle, Australia.
McIntyre, P. (2006). Creative practice as research: ‘Testing out’ the systems model of creativity through practitioner-based enquiry. Speculations and Innovations: Applying practice led research in the creative industries: Queensland University of Technology. Retrieved July 16, 2009, from www.speculations2005.qut.edu.au/Spin_embedded.HTM.
McIntyre, P. (2018). Using practice-based enquiry (PBE) to examine screen production as a form of creative practice. In C. Batty & S. M. Kerrigan (Eds.), Screen production research: Creative practice as a mode of enquiry (pp. 85–102). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
McNair, C. (2012). Remix culture: Copyright & creativity - an investigation of the impact of copyright on creativity in sample-based musical composition (Unpublished Honours Thesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Milech, B., & Schilo, A. (2004). ‘Exit Jesus’: Relating the exegesis and creative production components of a research thesis. Text, 3. http://www.textjournal.com.au/speciss/issue3/milechschilo.htm. Accessed 23 Jan 2013.
Mohan Tan, D. (2015). Towards a new cultural paradigm: Fashion blogging as a metamodern practice (PhD Thesis). University of Newcastle, Australia. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1312248. Accessed 1 Mar 2018.
Murray, L., & Lawrence, B. (2000). Practitioner-based enquiry: Principles for postgraduate research. London: Falmer Press.
O’Loghlen, D. (2014). Collaborative creativity in television production (Unpublished Honours Thesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Pedersen, J. (2011). Metamodernism in fashion and style practice: Authorship and the consumer. Inter-disciplinary.net, 3rd Global Conference, Fashion Platforms: Designing Communication. Retrieved October 25, 2011, from http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/fashion/project-archives/3r/session-5a-fashion-platforms-designing-communication/
Riddle, B. (2006). Practice makes performance: The concept of flow and its relationships to the creative process in independent music recording and video production (Unpublished Honours Exegesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Rippon, N. (2010). Creative practices: Understanding the processes of Csikszentmihalyi’s ‘systems model of creativity’ relative to the production of a comedy play (Unpublished Honours Exegesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Ruddock, A. (2001). Understanding audiences. London: Sage.
Saville-Troike, M. (1982). The ethnography of communication: An introduction. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Schön, D. (1983). The reflective practitioner: How professionals think in action. New York: Basic Books.
Sengal, C. (2010). The creative process—A practical investigation into the stages of the creative process through the Leapfrog Ability ‘Art from the Heart’ art competition and exhibition (Unpublished Honours Exegesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Senger, C. (2009). The creative process—A practical investigation into the stages of the creative process through the LeapFrog Ability ‘Art from the Heart’ art competition and exhibition (Unpublished Honours Exegesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan.
Spradley, J. (1980). Participant observation. Fort Worth Texas: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers.
UON. (2018). Bachelor of Communication—Advanced study options. University of Newcastle. https://www.newcastle.edu.au/degrees/bachelor-of-communication/what-you-will-study. Accessed 28 Feb 2018.
Velikovsky, J. T. (2016). Communication, creativity and consilience in cinema: A comparative study of the top 20 Return-on-Investment (RoI) movies and the doxa of screenwriting (PhD Thesis). University of Newcastle, Callaghan. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1324018. Accessed 1 Mar 2018.
Vogel, H. L. (1990). Entertainment industry economics: A guide for financial analysis (2nd ed.). Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press.
Vogel, H. L. (2014). Entertainment industry economics: A guide for financial analysis (9th ed.). Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press.
Wilson, E. O. (1998). Consilience: The unity of knowledge (1st ed.). New York: Knopf.
Wolcott, H. (2008). Ethnography (1st ed.). Lanham: Altamira Press.
Yin, R. (2014). Case study research: Design and methods (5th ed.). Newbury Park: Sage.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
McIntyre, P., Fulton, J., Paton, E., Kerrigan, S., Meany, M. (2018). Creativity and the Postgraduate Experience. In: Educating for Creativity within Higher Education. Creativity, Education and the Arts. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90674-4_11
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90674-4_11
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-90673-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-90674-4
eBook Packages: EducationEducation (R0)