The Second Thesis: Supporting Creative Practice Research

Creative Practice Research (CPR) has been disrupting how the academy approaches research within design schools for over 30 years. Beyond the well-known model of the written PhD dissertation, how can we best support researchers who work through mixed media and modes of expression, from images and plans to artefacts and installations? What resources do these experimental researchers need and how could this enrich student experience and knowledge practices?

In this talk we invite creative practitioners to discuss the practical challenges of this kind of work and what universities could do to better support researchers and supervisors.

Professor Hélène Frichot is an architectural theorist and philosopher, writer and critic. She is Professor of Architecture and Philosophy, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia, and Honorary Professor at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, United Kingdom. In her former position she was Professor of Critical Studies and Gender Theory and Director of Critical Studies in Architecture in the School of Architecture, KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) Stockholm, Sweden, where she was based between 2012-2019.

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