Creative Practice Research in the Age of Neoliberal Hopelessness - Paperback

by Agnieszka Piotrowska (Editor)

In Creative Practice Research in Film and Media, creative practitioners discuss their experiences and examine how to retain integrity during times of political and economic battles in higher education, and attempts to quantify creative work. It uses the notion of tactical compliance to evaluate whether and when creative practitioners compromise their creativity by working within the higher education system. It offers a space for reflection for both practitioners and theorists, and it presents a much-needed intervention, which will be of interest to all academics engaged with creative practice as research.

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Bringing together a range of creative practitioners and notable scholars, such as Thomas Elsaesser, Catherine Grant, Roberta Mock, Warren Buckland, Kiki Tianqi Yu, William Brown and others, this fascinating collection explores the challenges of retaining integrity during times of political and economic tensions in higher education and elsewhere. Creative Practice Research in the Age of Neoliberal Hopelessness offers a space for reflection for both practitioners and theorists, examining the conflict between creative inspiration and the reality of having to produce work that contributes to human knowledge, and that can also be measured against governmental standards, rules and regulations. The contributors present a radical and much-needed intervention that will interest all academics engaged with creative practice research. The volume also contains Thomas Elsaesser's unique personal account of the making of his first and only film The Sun Island. Agnieszka Piotrowska is an award-winning filmmaker and theorist, a Reader in Film Practice and Theory at the University of Bedfordshire and Visiting Professor at Gdansk University. Best known for her iconic documentary Married to the Eiffel Tower (2008), she is the author of three monographs and numerous journal articles. This is her fourth edited collection.

Author Biography

Agnieszka Piotrowska is an award-winning filmmaker and theorist, a Reader in Film Practice and Theory at the University of Bedfordshire and Visiting Professor at Gdansk University. Best known for her iconic documentary Married to the Eiffel Tower (2008), she is the author of three monographs and numerous journal articles. This is her fourth edited collection.