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guide 1.
introduction 2.
method as field of discussion
3. practice
4. theory
5. conclusion and further discussions
| 1.
introduction |
1 .1 studying digital media. Digitalisation, complexity and methodological reflexivity |
| 1.1.1 Interdisciplinarity |
1.1.2 Research focus and questions |
1.1.3 Thesis outline |
Chapter 3. Practice frames the collaborative, interdisciplinary and, in many ways, contradicting practice of Extended and the main multimodal issues raised and explored through the making of the four, multimedia performance pieces. A brief historical contextualisation of multimedia performance will precede the presentation of the collaborative practice and the pieces. Chapter 4. Theory responds to the major research question put forward in this thesis: How may practice-based methods inform studies of digital media? Practice based method will be elaborated in this chapter by means of my own practice from Extended in addition to what I consider central assertions on practice based method made by media-related theoretical perspectives. The final section in this chapter, Section 4.4 “Artifacts of expression and expressive artefacts. Exploring theory through practice” addresses the second research questions: How may the interplay between practice and theory be conceptualised? Through a concise and close analysis and reflection of exploring theory through practice, I conceptualise the dynamic between theory and practice by way of the concept artifact. This is a concept derived from the arguably more process-oriented and explorative field of art and design research and refined by notions of artifact in activity theory related literature (e.g. Wartofsky 1979). The final, Chapter 5. Conclusion and further discussion, recapitulates the findings in the previous two chapters and direct attention to the links between them. Contextual factors when reviewing collaborative experimental context of practice-based method are emphasised as a result. A more developed understanding and distinct definition of practice-based method follows. I conclude the chapter by preparing the ground for further discussion. To enter these chapters and their reflexive reasoning, I have found it necessary to situate the thesis in research contexts and discussions I consider relevant to practice-based method in the following Chapter 2. Method as field of discussion. This, I hope, will frame, prepare and accompany the reading of the following chapters and sections. |
Practice-based Method. Exploring Digital Media through
the Dynamics of Practice, Theory, and Collaborative, Multimedia Performance
Hovedoppgave i mediavitenskap for cand.filol
graden, Universitetet i Oslo, Institutt for medier og kommunikasjon, Mai
2006, Idunn Sem
