The Curating research programme has been designed for appropriately qualified curators who would like to develop their work and explore its wider implications. We are especially interested in research into innovative contemporary curatorial practices, particularly as they reflect upon representations of contemporary visual culture – above all those in which art practice forms a central element.
We anticipate that your research project will have a close affinity to your continuing interests as a curator. We expect specific curatorial projects to become part of your thesis if they can be shown to be explicitly integral to your research project. Your curatorial activities will also explicitly inform your research methodology.
At research level, the Department’s aim is to support reflection upon its central concern with practice, both within the contexts of contemporary art and within our academic environment.
The Department distinguishes practice at research level by its modality, which should be reflexive and contextualising. As a research student, you should be concerned to contextualise your practice in relation to other cultural production. Empirical research is understood as essential to innovative practice. Practice is also seen as a ‘primary source’ for analytical processes, both enhancing practice itself, and aiding the development of the text element of the thesis.
You meet your two supervisors regularly for discussion and guidance, and present your project to staff and students in the Department’s Research Seminar programme at least once each year.
For an explanation of qualifications, have a look at our IAG page on this site www.creativeway.org.uk/quals. Refer to www.goldsmiths.ac.uk
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Advice on courses and careers:-
The Creative Way IAG team provides a specialist service for anyone
interested in finding out about courses and careers in the creative and
cultural industries. We can provide information direct to Students,
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To find out more, visit our IAG page on this site on
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