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SUMMARY:Doctoral Student Lunch Seminar: Rigour versus agility: Where does 
 the self end in practice-led research? - Portia Ungley\, Director of Learn
 ing and Teaching\, Critical Studies and Creative Industries
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:Using one’s own practice as primary research offers immense 
 potential but how do you stop it becoming self-indulgent and methodologica
 lly uncertain? As Mitch Allen describes the goal of an autoethnographer\, 
 you must "look at experience analytically. Otherwise [you're] telling [you
 r] story—and that's nice—but people do that on Oprah [a U.S.-based tel
 evision program] every day. Why is your story more valid than anyone else'
 s?” (Ellis\, Adams and Bochner 2011) In this talk\, I will consider how 
 my teaching practice aligns with my research project\, and offer a series 
 of interventions I have developed to stop the agility of working with stud
 ents confusing the rigour of working towards a professional doctorate\; th
 ese include metaphorical coherence\, teaching generated research\, collabo
 rating with students on curriculum and delivery\, and flexibility of progr
 amme. \n\nPortia is currently studying for a professional doctorate in edu
 cation looking at the role of arts education and critical thinking in the 
 TEF era. She is the Director of Learning and Teaching for the School of Cr
 itical Studies and Creative Industries\, Kingston School of Art\, Kingston
  University\, one of the leading HE art schools in the UK. Her research an
 d practice are situated at points of uncertainty\, where ideas get messy a
 nd unclear\, where they flex and mutate. In terms of educational practice\
 , this means pushing for student experience while maintaining academic rig
 our\, adopting new technologies while retaining core soft skills\, and eng
 aging with metrics while not being led by them. In terms of educational re
 search\, this means acknowledging the problematic nature of the arts in cu
 rrent governmental rhetoric and using language accessible to those in less
  creative disciplines to reinforce its importance for students\, education
  and society.\n
LOCATION:Mary Allen Building\, Homerton College\, Hills Road\, room 106
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