Module Two sessions
Also have a look at what people in the
session posted about it.
Amanda https://amcbahonspp.blogspot.co.uk
,
Important
points we discussed:
Do all the tasks in the handbook as a cycle – go through them once, this
will help start to shape your inquiry. But do not take too much time on one if
it does not move you forward. Then go through them again this time the parts
that you were stuck on will have shifted because of the work you did on the
other tasks. For instance – in the first cycle of doing the tasks, your inquiry
field might be vague. Don’t spend days and days trying to get a perfect
question. Have an area then start thinking about the ethical considerations/
concerns/ arguments/ reflections in that area. This might make you clearer
about the area in the general field you are interested in. Or it might be as
you start to think about data collections tools you have an aha moment. After the literature review you
should have had some changes because you would have explored and discovered new
ideas from other people around the topic. Try to do the cycle of tasks at least
three times layering and shaping your inquiry each time.
The literature
review is the most important tool to help you see what you don’t know. It
helps you realise other perspectives on your topic and it is these other perspectives
and ideas your inquiry should be about. Your inquiry should not be about
proving something you already feel or know because:
Firstly, the 12 weeks of Module Three is
not long enough to ‘prove’ something.
Secondly, this does not help your practice
or helps you develop – it just makes you
feel better about where you are currently! That is not what your BA is for –
that is your best friends job!!
The inquiry should inform your practice –
help you develop it. BUT NOT help you start a whole new branch of practice. You
should be able to clearly explain how your past work, and current work inform
your inquiry. But the inquiry gives you time to really focus or understand
something within your practice. It is very useful to focus on a kind of historical inquiry where you find out
what other people have done and how that fits with the 2017 field of practice
that you are involved with.
Tip: if you think not much has been written
or done on your topic – a historical inquiry will be really useful because it
is likely you just don’t know about it not that nobody else in the history of
arts practices has thought of what you are thinking of!!
In the on-line session we used a adapted
version of Liz Lerman’s https://lizlerman.com Critical Response Process: A method for getting useful feedback on
anything you make from dance to dessert.
Each person in the call spoke about their
practice and their inquiry and we followed the Liz Lermans Critical Response
Process to feedback. This is something you can do with a friend or your SIG
group. Describe your inquiry and get feedback on what people understand about
what you are doing and how clearly they see it fitting with your practice. IT
IS NOT to get feedback that you are doing a good job!! Or to get them to tell
you what to do. It is to see if what you are thinking makes sense outside of
your own head!! Also talking about your inquiry plans and asking and answering questions helps you
to better understand your own thinking-feeling.
Liz Lerman is presenting at Middlesex
University this month as part of Dance Umbrella. Tuesday October 10th
6pn at Hendon MDX and Wednesday 11th
4;30 at National Theatre http://www.danceumbrella.co.uk/event/dance-umbrella-lecture/ (if you are in London, UK those days).
Have a go exploring your ideas through feedback. Here is how her steps are described:
