Doctoral writing in the visual and performing arts: Two ends of a continuum

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 989-1003

  Paltridge, Brian ^a   Starfield, Sue ^b   Ravelli, Louise ^b   Nicholson, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

creative component; performing arts; practice based doctorate; visual arts; written component

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871135777     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2011.562285     Document Type: Article

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